Depends on What Group You're In
Depends on What Group You're In
Excellent pay and benefits; they're really as good as you've heard. Once you're in, you're in. There's plenty of opportunity to move around. They really, truly value individual contributors.
Once you're in, you're in, so there is a ton of dead weight. If you're in the right place, it's great; if you work for some calcifying Peter-Principle-Poster-Boy, it will suck the life out of you. The bureaucracy is flabbergasting.
Satya Nadella is doing good work, but the company really needs to cut the fat and break through the paralyzing, insular subculture of mediocrity.
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I spoke with the recruiter for 10 minutes, and then the real process began. In total, six people interviewed me. I was asked to solve various technical problems. The problems were of average difficulty, not exceptionally hard. I had lunch with one
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The interview process was good, but I don't know about DSA much, hence I failed and couldn't pass. Be prepared with DSA and don't neglect it, as it doesn't seem to be bothered with much else.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2010I spoke with the recruiter for 10 minutes, and then the real process began. In total, six people interviewed me. I was asked to solve various technical problems. The problems were of average difficulty, not exceptionally hard. I had lunch with one
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IndiaSeptember 5, 2025The interview process was good, but I don't know about DSA much, hence I failed and couldn't pass. Be prepared with DSA and don't neglect it, as it doesn't seem to be bothered with much else.
