Great benefits and good work-life balance.
Office politics can get very toxic. Middle management are often clueless. It's almost impossible to advance your career, as you will be competing against old-time Microsofties.
Give credit to people who do the work.
The interview happened on MS Teams, which is a very poor tool. The macOS app never starts up, and the browser client is very, very bad. In one interview, there were continuous dropouts and voice issues which took up 10-15 minutes of my interview time
The worst interview process I have ever had. I applied online for two positions and was contacted by a recruiter. I replied to the questions they had, and then received no response; they disappeared. I sent multiple emails for follow-up but never h
Shortened loop due to a prior experience and a referral. Five onsite interview rounds, including four technical and one culture fit round. Overall, the questions were creative and not the usual LeetCode variants. The interviewers were more focused
The interview happened on MS Teams, which is a very poor tool. The macOS app never starts up, and the browser client is very, very bad. In one interview, there were continuous dropouts and voice issues which took up 10-15 minutes of my interview time
The worst interview process I have ever had. I applied online for two positions and was contacted by a recruiter. I replied to the questions they had, and then received no response; they disappeared. I sent multiple emails for follow-up but never h
Shortened loop due to a prior experience and a referral. Five onsite interview rounds, including four technical and one culture fit round. Overall, the questions were creative and not the usual LeetCode variants. The interviewers were more focused