Decent pay, bad work-life balance, shady treatment of employees
Decent pay, bad work-life balance, shady treatment of employees
Microsoft's benefits are fantastic; it's hard to find another company that has better.
Tells employees they're committed to providing better work-life balances, but doesn't do anything helpful to ensure that's achievable. Instead, it provides tight deadlines and unreal expectations.
The environment is extremely toxic due to terrible internal corporate politics. It's difficult to trust coworkers and management.
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Engineering Service Engineer II
If your application passes technical screening, you meet for an informational with the hiring manager. If that goes well, you meet with some of the team on an ad hoc basis. If that goes well, you are asked back for a "gauntlet" style interview. On t
Software Engineer In Test
I was 24. After graduating with a B.A. in Computer Science and working for one year at UC Berkeley's RAD Lab, I interviewed for a software engineer-in-test position at Microsoft's Silverlight unit. The interview process included three rounds of phon
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
I was contacted by a representative through email and went through a short phone interview in a couple of weeks. About three weeks later, I was informed that I had passed the first part of the interview. I then had to fly to Redmond for one-to-one
Engineering Service Engineer II
Bellevue, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2011If your application passes technical screening, you meet for an informational with the hiring manager. If that goes well, you meet with some of the team on an ad hoc basis. If that goes well, you are asked back for a "gauntlet" style interview. On t
Software Engineer In Test
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2009I was 24. After graduating with a B.A. in Computer Science and working for one year at UC Berkeley's RAD Lab, I interviewed for a software engineer-in-test position at Microsoft's Silverlight unit. The interview process included three rounds of phon
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2013I was contacted by a representative through email and went through a short phone interview in a couple of weeks. About three weeks later, I was informed that I had passed the first part of the interview. I then had to fly to Redmond for one-to-one
