Pay and benefits are outstanding. If you are type A and pushy, your actual competence is less important than your arrogance. After all, it's software and computers, so perception of your intelligence is more important than your ability to be humble and simply do a reliable job while slowly learning and becoming a true expert.
In hardware, there are no experts at Microsoft, only arrogant fakes.
If you happen to be a white male, you best not go into management. There have been specific statements, including in training of managers, that Microsoft is actively seeking to remove white men over 45 to "get their numbers right". White men are being removed from management roles in an active fashion, simply for being white. It's revenge time there.
Sell products, not your version of morality. Businesses should buy products and services based on value. The Cancel Culture will fade once everything is cancelled. McCarthyism passed, and so will Cancel.
Great process. The team is very good, and I was happy to meet and interview with the people I encountered here. It was great to see how the community operates. Thank you.
12 steps and a few more discussions with the recruiter. After 4 months, I was rejected. I am not at Microsoft level (technically and communication). Didn't ask anything specific technically, besides in the last interview. Information I learned in s
6 interviews were conducted over 2 days. 3 interviews were held each day, all conducted virtually. There was a gap of a few weeks between day 1 and day 2. The recruiter shared the feedback more than 3 weeks after the last interview.
Great process. The team is very good, and I was happy to meet and interview with the people I encountered here. It was great to see how the community operates. Thank you.
12 steps and a few more discussions with the recruiter. After 4 months, I was rejected. I am not at Microsoft level (technically and communication). Didn't ask anything specific technically, besides in the last interview. Information I learned in s
6 interviews were conducted over 2 days. 3 interviews were held each day, all conducted virtually. There was a gap of a few weeks between day 1 and day 2. The recruiter shared the feedback more than 3 weeks after the last interview.