Proud to work at Microsoft
Proud to work at Microsoft
I’ve spent my entire 10+ year career at Microsoft and would give the era before Satya’s leadership a 3/5.
The last 5 or so years, though, have seen many improvements in the bold bets, disruptive technologies, and cultural improvements. The leadership is transparent and accountable.
The best parts of working at Microsoft are:
- The culture of the company (growth mindset)
- The executive leadership
- The exciting, world-class products.
I’m the lower and middle layers. The cross-group politics and reward structure can result in competitive internal partnerships.
They try to encourage a “one Microsoft” culture, but conflicting organizational priorities can cause friction.
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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
Principal Software Engineer
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
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
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Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanOctober 1, 20251. 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
