not for me anymore
not for me anymore
Great benefits.
Work/life balance.
There is a variety of teams and projects to work on.
Variable quality of teams.
Large organizations move very slowly. Total lack of agility.
Over-staffed in some areas – people are there to ensure they have jobs, not to make new products.
Work at principal level starts to become more about fixing the organization, rather than interesting technical or product issues.
Improve guidance and career options for 65+ engineers. Prune teams that are obviously dead weight. Don't play the field so much; choose a strategy and execute on it, rather than exploring every possible outcome.
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The process was fairly standard: one technical screen followed by a four-interview loop. Unfortunately, several problems in the process impacted my ability to succeed. The preparation guidance provided was incorrect. The recruiter told me to study L
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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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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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United StatesFebruary 1, 2025The process was fairly standard: one technical screen followed by a four-interview loop. Unfortunately, several problems in the process impacted my ability to succeed. The preparation guidance provided was incorrect. The recruiter told me to study L
