Microsoft

The hiring process started in September and ended in December, with unbelievably long periods of silence and no updates in between. The Hiring Manager joined the interview process as the last person, which was unexpected as they were expected to be

I was contacted by a recruiter via LinkedIn. I didn't apply for a specific position as they had a generic Principal Software Engineer opening for multiple projects. The screening interview with the Microsoft LinkedIn recruiter was brief, mostly disc

1. Got an initial screening interview over the phone and was rejected simply because I did not speak at a high enough language level (though I have a conversational level). I was very disappointed at being judged by language only, while they totally