It ain't no fun being a Microsoft Contractor
It ain't no fun being a Microsoft Contractor
- Orca Card
- Free Beverages: Sodas, Milk, Coffee, Tea, etc.
- Exposure to new consumer products
- Contact with knowledgeable colleagues
As a contractor:
- Unilateral reduction in pay rate at any time
- Must provide your own computer
- MS charges a "Facilities charge" to all vendors working on site
- Exclusion from ALL company celebrations, product launches and awards
The way contract employees are treated promotes their treatment as "second rate employees." This, in turn, discourages top performers from working there very long and instead tends to collect desperate people who can't find a job elsewhere.
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It was one round, two interviews: one technical and one behavioral. It took about a month to get the interview request and a week to hear back. The behavioral round also had some minimal technical questions.
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I got a referral from the TNT program, which allowed me to skip the phone screen and other interviews. I got to the final round and had back-to-back interviews with a Software Engineer and a Product Manager. Both interviews were mostly behavioral, wi
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 21, 2025Very straightforward, two back-to-back thirty-minute technical interviews that had a combination of LeetCode easy and medium questions, along with some behavioral questions that were sprinkled in there.
Software Engineering Intern
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 20, 2025It was one round, two interviews: one technical and one behavioral. It took about a month to get the interview request and a week to hear back. The behavioral round also had some minimal technical questions.
SWE Intern
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 4, 2025I got a referral from the TNT program, which allowed me to skip the phone screen and other interviews. I got to the final round and had back-to-back interviews with a Software Engineer and a Product Manager. Both interviews were mostly behavioral, wi
