Once fabulous, Microsoft has now lost its heart and its way
Once fabulous, Microsoft has now lost its heart and its way
Working with a global team of incredibly smart people. Individual passion for product and technology is second to none.
When Microsoft was all about passion, technology, and customers, no one minded the long hours and non-optimized interpersonal relationship skills of our senior management. We had a shared mission, vision, and goals.
There is no longer a positive variance on the "my deal at Microsoft" balance sheet for employees. Long hours, abysmal collaboration at all levels, and an interpersonal environment that feels increasingly like Wal-Mart.
Pull up!
There's still time, just not much. We're quickly losing all our best and brightest.
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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
