Great benefits, family-oriented, decent work-life balance. This is a great company with tremendous resources, doing amazing work in the technology industry. Lots of really smart people here.
Too much bureaucracy. The company has made some missteps, investing too early or before the market was ready, and then stopping investment or not going "all-in" when they should have. Mobile is a great example of this.
The interviews started at 9 a.m. in Fargo, ND. I had interviews with a total of four engineers who asked progressively more involved questions. After three hours of interviews with the first two engineers, a third engineer took me to lunch on their
The hiring process started with a 45-60 minute phone screen. This screen focused on my background, OOPs, and C++ coding and design fundamentals. Two days after my phone screen, I was offered an invitation to visit Fargo for an in-person interview. T
I was a college hire, which I think is the easiest way of getting hired at Microsoft. I initially got interviewed at my university along with 200 other students. Then I got an on-site interview. The on-site interview was a series of 5 interviews: *
The interviews started at 9 a.m. in Fargo, ND. I had interviews with a total of four engineers who asked progressively more involved questions. After three hours of interviews with the first two engineers, a third engineer took me to lunch on their
The hiring process started with a 45-60 minute phone screen. This screen focused on my background, OOPs, and C++ coding and design fundamentals. Two days after my phone screen, I was offered an invitation to visit Fargo for an in-person interview. T
I was a college hire, which I think is the easiest way of getting hired at Microsoft. I initially got interviewed at my university along with 200 other students. Then I got an on-site interview. The on-site interview was a series of 5 interviews: *