It can have only 2 possible meanings:-
1.) If all of their positions get filled, they’d reject us(Yup, I too recieved same mail), else accept for next rounds.
2.) They recieved too many applications that it isn’t technically possible for them to interview all that they want to accepted, so they’d interview us later.
I just hope, it isn’t the first point, as it’s Microsoft afterall.
“…there will be a delay in the next steps for your candidature with us.”
By this line, I am expecting that it is point 2 because they have too many candidates to interview and by the time they would be done interviewing them, it will be 16 December. Since they don’t want us to lose hope for the next steps, they are asking us to wait until the stipulated time.
Will try this once, though this sounds very counter-productive but yeah I do get why it may work, HR guys possibly won’t really understand a very optimised solution !