# Why do you want to work at Microsoft? — Aced Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/questions/1727/why-microsoft Source observed: 2026-11-04T21:42:49.493Z Last checked: 2026-11-04T21:42:49.493+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-05T04:14:09.437+00:00 --- # Why do you want to work at Microsoft? We provide interview-preparation resources through Aced, formerly Exponent. This page is a behavioral interview question about explaining your interest in working at Microsoft. It collects shared interview experiences, related questions, and relevant preparation courses. ## Question details - **Company:** [Microsoft](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=microsoft) - **Category:** [Behavioral](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=behavioral) - **Reported interviews:** 14 - **Roles represented:** [Product Manager](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=pm) — 7; [Technical Program Manager](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=tpm) — 5; [Engineering Manager](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=em); [Software Engineer](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=swe) - **Most recent displayed report:** a month ago - **Save count:** 23 Detailed company statistics require an [Upgrade](https://www.aced.io/upgrade?src=questions). ## Interview experiences Seven interview experiences are shared on the page. The entries below preserve the reported role and level where provided. 1. **Microsoft — a month ago — Product Manager, Intern** > “Very easy interview. quick 30 minutes personable. Gave lots of information about what to expect next steps. We took more like 25 minutes.” [Read the full experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/microsoft-product-manager-intern-interview-afa269) 2. **Microsoft — 2 months ago — Technical Program Manager, Intern** > “The screen was normal behavioral questions with the only technical one being how would I improve a product of my choosing.” [Read the full experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/microsoft-technical-program-manager-intern-interview-681db2) 3. **Microsoft — 2 months ago — Engineering Manager** > “The interviewer seemed to be uninterested. It felt like there was no way he would pass me. I should have asked the recruiter properly about what they are expecting.” [Read the full experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/microsoft-engineering-manager-interview-adf5d5) 4. **Microsoft — 5 months ago — Product Manager, Sr. Staff / L7** > “Overall positive experience – people very friendly and sharp. Mostly behavioral interviews, with deep dive on prior work. There was 1+ week of silence after final round. Think it was because the recruiter got reassigned.” [Read the full experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/microsoft-sr-staff-product-manager-interview-17eddc) 5. **Microsoft — 7 months ago — Software Engineer, Mid Level / L4** > “I went through a pretty long Microsoft process for an SDE II role compared with other companies. It started with a HackerRank, then a one-hour recruiter screen that was very focused on motivation and culture fit, and then a loop of three back-to-back interviews on coding, system design, and low-level design. What stood out to me was how vague several prompts were, because I had to keep asking questions to uncover the requirements instead of just jumping into a textbook answer. In the coding round, they seemed to care more about how I reasoned through the binary tree problem than whether I used the exact BFS or DFS terminology. Overall, it felt about the same difficulty as Google or Amazon, but a little more focused on logical thinking and culture.” [Read the full experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/microsoft-software-engineer-interview-ca84de) 6. **Microsoft — 7 months ago — Technical Program Manager, Entry Level / L3** > “It was overall good. Except I was nervous in one of the interviews. But overall I really loved it. Just be very calm.” [Read the full experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/microsoft-technical-program-manager-interview-3d21d2) 7. **Microsoft — 2 years ago — Product Manager, Intern** > “It was good! It was straight forward. Interviewers were very nice and the final round was 3 interviews” [Read the full experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/microsoft-product-manager-intern-interview-5bb78c) ## Community answers No community answers have been contributed yet. ## Related questions - [Why do you want to work at SoFi?](https://www.aced.io/questions/6543/explain-interest-working-sofi) - [Why do you want to work at Meta?](https://www.aced.io/questions/3243/why-work-at-meta) - [Why do you want to work at Lyft?](https://www.aced.io/questions/6545/explain-interest-working-lyft) ## Related courses ### [Engineering Management Interview Prep](https://www.aced.io/courses/engineering-management) ![Engineering Management Interview Prep](https://images.ctfassets.net/x78yjrjc11pq/5AqarwlCDWmr0W7AbMJFwp/16862dab13471f5eb8728b27eb2fbc07/engineering_management_track_compressed_bbabaec4a6__281_29_9a9687c1fb.jpeg?w=800&h=800&fm=webp&q=75) We help candidates prepare for engineering manager roles at Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Stripe, and other top companies through mock interviews, frameworks, and advice from senior candidates. 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