Great Engineers, Flawed Process
Great Engineers, Flawed Process
People-oriented culture Manageable work-life balance You can always find something interesting to do. Good engineers.
Customer obsession is often a hit or miss.
Fail fast is foreign to many teams, and hence a lot of money and time will be wasted.
Program management teams are the culprits, as they often don’t do a good job in discovering requirements.
Build purpose-driven software, and don't just cook something up and throw it over the wall.
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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
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The process was an HR screening, followed by a Python panel round consisting of five interviews. I passed the screening and went for the loop rounds. All rounds were pretty good. I got interviewed by principal-level engineers and managers. The questi
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
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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
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March 31, 2026The process was an HR screening, followed by a Python panel round consisting of five interviews. I passed the screening and went for the loop rounds. All rounds were pretty good. I got interviewed by principal-level engineers and managers. The questi
