Microsoft is a great company to learn new tech, associate with some of the most intelligent folks in the industry, and choose from a number of disciplines. It fosters a challenging environment where people have unlimited potential to grow in their careers.
In the last few years, the company has done a great job to improve employee work-life balance. The review process has also been made more transparent, which gives you an opportunity to have an open discussion about your career with the management.
Apart from all these, MS offers great benefits.
Microsoft has become a large organization, and that has brought tons of unnecessary process overhead.
Distinguish star performers and reward them. Goldstars have lost their value.
The hiring process is a stepped approach, unlike other tech companies like Google and Amazon, which use a committee approach. In the stepped approach, a no-hire vote from an interviewer will likely terminate the process immediately. In the committee
One Skype call with a recruiter (about personal experience), followed by an onsite interview. There were four 1-on-1 interviews: * Two and a half interviews on simple algorithm tasks * One interview on a design task * Half an interview on per
Superb! Test your technical and HR skills in each round. Each round is more daunting than the previous. The panel consists of highly experienced and talented recruiters. They simultaneously test your stress management at each level. Technically, yo
The hiring process is a stepped approach, unlike other tech companies like Google and Amazon, which use a committee approach. In the stepped approach, a no-hire vote from an interviewer will likely terminate the process immediately. In the committee
One Skype call with a recruiter (about personal experience), followed by an onsite interview. There were four 1-on-1 interviews: * Two and a half interviews on simple algorithm tasks * One interview on a design task * Half an interview on per
Superb! Test your technical and HR skills in each round. Each round is more daunting than the previous. The panel consists of highly experienced and talented recruiters. They simultaneously test your stress management at each level. Technically, yo