Invigorating, impactful, challenging, and demanding
Invigorating, impactful, challenging, and demanding
Empowered to make an impact, lots of super smart people. The world uses what you build to be productive. Good vacation with seniority.
Poor work-life balance is necessary to be competitive. Politics can be a problem at times, as MS has grown to be quite large.
Stay focused on culture. Reverse deductibles in health plans.
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Principal Software Engineer
I unfortunately had a very bad experience with more than one Microsoft recruiter. They all treated candidates in a very sloppy and irresponsible way. All other companies' recruiters have done their due diligence to complete some internal screening pr
Principal Software Engineer
The interview process was scattered and multi-tiered. I spoke with several resources before getting to the hiring manager. Initial discussions were very high-level and generic. They acted more like HR screeners, even though they had IT knowledge. Fi
Principal Software Engineer
There were 5 rounds in total. The interviewer in the 3rd round looked highly prejudiced and was not listening to answers carefully. This was only for the 3rd round and was disappointing.
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 28, 2018I unfortunately had a very bad experience with more than one Microsoft recruiter. They all treated candidates in a very sloppy and irresponsible way. All other companies' recruiters have done their due diligence to complete some internal screening pr
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2021The interview process was scattered and multi-tiered. I spoke with several resources before getting to the hiring manager. Initial discussions were very high-level and generic. They acted more like HR screeners, even though they had IT knowledge. Fi
Principal Software Engineer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaMarch 1, 2021There were 5 rounds in total. The interviewer in the 3rd round looked highly prejudiced and was not listening to answers carefully. This was only for the 3rd round and was disappointing.
