Great people, a lot of red tape, and a lack of confidence in their own vision
Great people, a lot of red tape, and a lack of confidence in their own vision
You're working with a lot of smart and dedicated people.
Every day is an opportunity to challenge oneself, learn, and improve.
You can change things if you really want to, but it's really hard.
Microsoft seems to continuously play catch-up with the competition. People know it but don't know how to fix this. Bureaucracy and the development process tend to naturally kill a lot of ideas and water down everything to average end-solutions. There is no time to iterate ideas, learn, and potentially let them flourish, so you'll need a lot of hard work and dedication to get an innovative idea through, but it's possible. The planning process is a bit of a mess and creates more pain than it should. It is probably why we fail to create a long-term vision that people can rally around.
We probably need a new CEO who can bring fresh ideas and style to the company.
We need more interim milestones to allow for mistakes and try new ideas. (Windows is using 3, it's not enough)
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A coordinator performed scheduling to accommodate my schedule, and each interviewer explained next steps. The interviews were good, with open-ended questions, and they always left time to ask questions. The only negative experience was how long it
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I came in for a 30-minute campus interview. They asked about my resume background and then went straight into a coding question. The interviewer was about 20-30 minutes late and gave me only 10 minutes to solve the coding question.
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The first round includes your basic information, description of your projects, and whiteboard coding. They give you enough time to think and write your code on the board. Overall, the question is not hard.
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United StatesAugust 1, 2021A coordinator performed scheduling to accommodate my schedule, and each interviewer explained next steps. The interviews were good, with open-ended questions, and they always left time to ask questions. The only negative experience was how long it
Software Development Engineer
United StatesDecember 12, 2018I came in for a 30-minute campus interview. They asked about my resume background and then went straight into a coding question. The interviewer was about 20-30 minutes late and gave me only 10 minutes to solve the coding question.
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State College, Pennsylvania, United StatesOctober 1, 2019The first round includes your basic information, description of your projects, and whiteboard coding. They give you enough time to think and write your code on the board. Overall, the question is not hard.
