Overall, Microsoft is still a good place to work
Overall, Microsoft is still a good place to work
Lots of interesting technology. Great name recognition. Medical benefits are the best I've seen. Overall compensation is pretty good, though the stock value has not been going well, even before the economic downturn. A lot of smart and passionate people. Microsoft is doing a better job with career tracks for the various disciplines.
The overall culture is not collaborative, but this probably depends a lot on the individual teams.
The company overall has been reactive to market trends recently.
There is so much hierarchy that there ends up being plenty of waste, but it seems that senior management doesn't see it because the communication is filtered on the way up.
The review system could still be improved, though the last round of changes has improved things.
Pay more attention to what the front-line workers are saying. Make decisions based on long-term benefits, not short-term gain.
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Software Engineer Intern
Very straightforward, two back-to-back thirty-minute technical interviews that had a combination of LeetCode easy and medium questions, along with some behavioral questions that were sprinkled in there.
Software Engineering Intern
It was one round, two interviews: one technical and one behavioral. It took about a month to get the interview request and a week to hear back. The behavioral round also had some minimal technical questions.
SWE Intern
I got a referral from the TNT program, which allowed me to skip the phone screen and other interviews. I got to the final round and had back-to-back interviews with a Software Engineer and a Product Manager. Both interviews were mostly behavioral, wi
Software Engineer Intern
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 21, 2025Very straightforward, two back-to-back thirty-minute technical interviews that had a combination of LeetCode easy and medium questions, along with some behavioral questions that were sprinkled in there.
Software Engineering Intern
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 20, 2025It was one round, two interviews: one technical and one behavioral. It took about a month to get the interview request and a week to hear back. The behavioral round also had some minimal technical questions.
SWE Intern
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 4, 2025I got a referral from the TNT program, which allowed me to skip the phone screen and other interviews. I got to the final round and had back-to-back interviews with a Software Engineer and a Product Manager. Both interviews were mostly behavioral, wi
