Losing our passion to bureaucracy
Losing our passion to bureaucracy
A job that appeals to "A-types."
Beginning to look at competitive salary compensation now.
Lots of different jobs to try out once you are in.
Free soft drinks!
MS is becoming stagnant, and promotions are becoming more and more difficult as each year passes, particularly in the core groups like Windows and Office. If you are not an overachiever, prepare to be quickly filtered out.
Work-life balance is becoming an increasing problem as consolidation of resources continues at an alarming rate.
MS had a medical plan that was top in the PNW up to 2012, but thanks to "Obamacare," it has joined the "meh" category.
Stacked ranking is an old system for keeping friends in their jobs, not promoting the real performers.
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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
