How do you get an interview opportunity at Microsoft? Their referral never works, should I reach out to HM directly?

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How senior are your referrers and are you certain they are actually submitting the referrals? How many submissions so far?

1) I got it when recruiter reached out to me. Never the other way around.
2) When someone says their team is hiring, that’s also a good bet to get an interview because they have direct contacts. Like right now I have direct contact with the recruiter & hiring managers who are doing interviews for my team.

A1: Not in my team. Would suggest you find a PM person on here for the best referral, but I’m happy to do 1 for you if you wish too.

Referrals are only really useful if it’s a senior person or someone on the team hiring.

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