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If you manage to pass the preliminary phase, Microsoft will pay for your plane ticket and hotel in Redmond (or a European office) so you can go for the actual interviews.

There are usually five one-hour interviews, and the interviewers are the engineers from the team interested in hiring you.

If your interview is for a programmer position, don't expect to talk much about your CV and past achievements. Instead, they will give you a marker and ask you to code on a whiteboard, which makes much more sense than talking about your CV. Or would you hire a cook without tasting their food, no matter how many culinary masters degrees they have?

Between interviews, they make you wait a few minutes. During that time, the person who just interviewed you tells their impressions about you to the next interviewer and gives their final opinion: Hire or No Hire.

If everything goes well and in the first four interviews all interviewers vote Hire, you will have a final interview with the team lead, who has the final say. Conversely, if you receive two No Hires in the first 3 interviews, they will thank you and will not bother any more interviewers because they know you don't have the profile they are looking for.

If you pass this stage of the selection process, you will receive an offer in approximately one week.

Although I left Microsoft just as Windows 8.1 development began, I am very excited because I personally know many of the people involved in the project and because some of the code that will run on your computer when you update was written by me.

This is because the 4 years I was there I worked precisely on the team responsible for installation and upgrade (moving from one version of Windows to the next while keeping all programs, files, and preferences).

I have decided to take this opportunity to write a post of gratitude to Microsoft.

Working there was an unforgettable experience, and I only have good things to say about the Redmond company.

They gave me the opportunity to be part of the development team of the most used operating system in the world, to have brilliant people as colleagues and to learn from them, and at all times I felt important and valued.

If I left, it was solely for personal reasons, because I wanted to try something different, not because I was unhappy or had any problems.

Next, I will tell you what life is like at Microsoft, why it is the best company in the world, and how you can work there if you are interested.

Let's get to it!

Life at Microsoft

Hacer que sus trabajadores estén lo más cómodos posibles para que hagan todo bien y más fluido.