Relaxed and nice people
Relaxed and nice people
People are relaxed. You can come and go as you need. Deadlines are met. Resources and networking are abundant. There are lots of benefits and rewards, like an on-site bike shop and an eyeglasses store (Redmond, WA).
Poor chains of command.
They try to instill fear of anyone in the top 200.
Communication can be extremely low.
They treat "v-employees" on a totally different level than FTEs.
I have sat with the top 10 at Microsoft; they are nice and respectful men and women. There is no point in playing the fear game with them. Some of them even crack jokes, and you should be able to be yourself around them with a slight bit more respect, but do not make us fake it.
Also, knowing who your boss is, who their boss is, and what they do would be nice.
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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
Software Engineer Intern
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
