No major complaints
No major complaints
Great workplace flexibility. Fantastic benefits. Smart, driven coworkers. Better work-life balance than other tech companies.
Hardware is underfunded, with not enough opportunities for advancement.
Stock refreshers are practically nonexistent. Compensation drops when the initial stock grant stops vesting.
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Mechanical Engineer
The consideration process was fairly long. It involved one formal interview, followed by an interview day at Microsoft headquarters. The interview day at Microsoft consisted of four 45-minute interviews with different people who worked on the same te
Mechanical Engineer
The interview process consisted of four onsite rounds. I would categorize them as: * **Design:** In the design interview, I was asked to design an application while facing increasing constraints. This was intended to assess my thought process and
Mechanical Engineer
It all started with me giving out my resume at the campus career fair. After a month or so, I was set up for an interview call with a manager, which went quite well. Most questions were conceptual, like the use of DOE, and whether I preferred to work
Mechanical Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2019The consideration process was fairly long. It involved one formal interview, followed by an interview day at Microsoft headquarters. The interview day at Microsoft consisted of four 45-minute interviews with different people who worked on the same te
Mechanical Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2014The interview process consisted of four onsite rounds. I would categorize them as: * **Design:** In the design interview, I was asked to design an application while facing increasing constraints. This was intended to assess my thought process and
Mechanical Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2012It all started with me giving out my resume at the campus career fair. After a month or so, I was set up for an interview call with a manager, which went quite well. Most questions were conceptual, like the use of DOE, and whether I preferred to work
