What I learned working for Microsoft as a UX designer

I left my UX designer job at Microsoft just a day before the 2020 new year!. Indeed, it’s was a great journey working there with great minds.

Sheik standing in a photobooth and his laptop with microsoft sticker

Being a UX design professional with varied experience working in a service firm, startups, and moving to a well-established corporate organization has offered so much in the room for me. Sharing here, what I learned from Microsoft as a product designer. It could help anyone who wants to have a deeper look inside the design culture at Microsoft.

1.Interview process:

I had an intensive interview process that took almost 3–4 months from the day I received a call from the recruiter till I received the offer letter in hand. In total, there were 8 rounds including portfolio review, tasks, onsite interview, remote interview, and HR round. Become a big fan of their hiring process and evaluation. I just learned a lot of things in each interview round.

Ideally, the way how each round had quick prototyping sessions to demonstrate our skill set and ability to go above and beyond to prove…