Cool Tech, Boring Compliance
Cool Tech, Boring Compliance
Stable benefits, good salary, and many interesting technologies.
Compliance is boring. Learning internal tools doesn’t transfer. Opportunities to do cool stuff vary widely by team, and you may be stuck on a team you don’t like for a while.
Leadership meetings feel like political sessions, not strategic ones.
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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
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
Several rounds of f2f interview. Lot of programming questions - database, logical Qs, USB related etc. The candidate has to write the solutions on whiteboards. It's good to talk to folks who challenge you on your programming skills.
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
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
United StatesSeptember 30, 2018Several rounds of f2f interview. Lot of programming questions - database, logical Qs, USB related etc. The candidate has to write the solutions on whiteboards. It's good to talk to folks who challenge you on your programming skills.
