Microsoft still has one of the best benefits packages out there. There are still a ton of really smart and passionate people here.
The company has been stagnant for more than a decade now. The culture, environment, and pay are all starting to lag behind the top companies in the tech industry.
Start reforming the culture by redoing the entire review experience. Start paying people top wages. Forget the 80 percentile because Microsoft is no longer the software company to work for, so people are evaluating their benefits package a lot more closely. If anything, MS needs to pay more than companies like GOOG/FB to get the best people.
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