Microsoft Interview Question for Program Managers


Team: Bing
Country: India




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Windows 8 (As the preview version, so they might change it already)
1. The Start button. Windows 8 got rid of the Start button which has been one of the MS signature for years. Although they are targeting young people that are familiar with tablets or smart phones. This made it really difficult and confusing for elderly users.
2. Ways to shut down computer. It is way too complicated to just turn off your PC. You have to tap the right side of the screen (or go to start, then tap the right), choose "settings" -> "power" -> "shut down". I know they are trying to develop a better UI for tablets (i.e., no mouse required), but if they want to release a product that will be installed on both tablets and PCs, this is something they should consider redesign it.
3. Start menu. Again, they try to have the new MS grid looking thingy. However, they have to think from a PC user's perspective. This is the most inconvenient UI I've never seen. (Who want's to scroll across your monitor to just open a program?)
4. Log in screen. Now there's a screen before the password enter screen when you start your machine. The way to get rid of that screen is to either click your keyboard or "drag that screen up with your mouse". It is really obvious to see this feature is copying the "slide to unlock" feature on a smart phone. However, is that necessary for a desktop?
5. Log in with your email account. It is nice they try to link everything together so you only need one account/ password. However, not everyone like this. Although there are ways to not use this options. It is just not intuitive enough that might get on users' nerves.
The bottom line is I feel that Windows 8 is a platform designed for tablet not PCs. They should either design a separate UI for desktop or at least having the options to customize the UI.

- Malluce August 05, 2012 | Flag Reply
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You have given some really nice suggestion. However, this is part of their strategy. Since there is a large windows customer base, but very small windows phone (nokia) user base. They are trying to get their users to get used to windows 8 interface so much that they should prefer windows phone and windows running tablets, due to familiarity and comfort they would develop to windows 8.
This would enhance their sale in tablets and smartphones that are gonna be the used primarily as computing devices by general public.

- Sohaib January 30, 2013 | Flag
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Internet Explorer
-> Addons
-> Java Script Engine & Performance.
-> UX
-> Security
-> Bookmarks.

- Vijay Rajanna June 15, 2012 | Flag Reply
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LOL

- Anonymous June 17, 2012 | Flag
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Internet explorer has already an option to mark your favorite pages. So, i don't think Bookmarks option would be really a good choice.

- Aashish June 20, 2012 | Flag
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Auto session save

- rb June 25, 2012 | Flag
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MSN:
-User experience, lighter ui, add multi lingual functionality.
-Voice calls
-Video
-Integrated social networks
-Integration with other XMPP enabled chatting services
-Unified interface for anything that *could* reside in system tray.

- John June 20, 2012 | Flag Reply
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MS word:
1) A tab on the right side connected to search engine (google/bing) as you select the word in the file.
2) Based on the previous text, using it as training module, prediction of new words based on his writing style.
3) Teach English to new people
4) By having a "hotkey" for changing the color of the text which we can get from predefined swatches.
5) Have a "hotkey" to switch font which in turn we can get from predefined swatches of Fonts.

- rahul October 04, 2012 | Flag Reply
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Internet Explorer

1. Change the age old UI, add more usability, and accessiblity to it.
2. Saving of search results locally
3. Add analytics, semantics to a search I am making, i.e. X people searched this;
4. Exporting of my browser profile anywhere to other browers and accepting their configuration to be imported into IE
5. Display of page load performance, current internet speed etc for better user connect

- Asheesh July 15, 2015 | Flag Reply
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First, Microsoft should spend thier energies and efforts in stabilizing the products that have released till now escpecially Operating system

- Sreedhar July 11, 2012 | Flag Reply


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