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
5 people in the loop, a mix of Dev/SDET. Testing process questions. Technical questions (how you will test x). Behavioral questions (what will you do if you...).
Before the interview, I was nervous because of the company name, Microsoft. When my chance came, I entered the interview room and made a good first impression. After that, I slowly gained my confidence and gave satisfactory answers. At last, they tha
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
5 people in the loop, a mix of Dev/SDET. Testing process questions. Technical questions (how you will test x). Behavioral questions (what will you do if you...).
Before the interview, I was nervous because of the company name, Microsoft. When my chance came, I entered the interview room and made a good first impression. After that, I slowly gained my confidence and gave satisfactory answers. At last, they tha