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# How would you scale application security initiatives without scaling the team?

We provide interview preparation through Aced, formerly Exponent. This page is a community question for candidates preparing for a **Technical Program Manager** interview. It is categorized under **Project Management** and **System Design**, and concerns **Microsoft** interview preparation.

## Question details

- **Reported last asked:** a year ago
- **Interview count:** 1 shared interview experience
- **Roles:** [Technical Program Manager](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=tpm)
- **Company:** [Microsoft](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=microsoft)
- **Categories:** [Project Management](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=project-managing), [System Design](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=system-design)

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## Interview experiences

One interview experience is shared:

- [Microsoft · a year ago](https://www.aced.io/experiences/microsoft-senior-technical-program-manager-interview-d891e0)
  - **Candidate role:** Technical Program Manager
  - **Level:** Senior / L5
  - **Feedback:** “Process was very well made with good questions and open ended scenarios. Technical question was unexpected threat modelling.”

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