The money and cafeteria are good. They put brand new computers on your desk and 2 monitors. I sometimes got to work from home; it was very useful to deal with all the stress from office politics and Balmer's chair throwing.
That forced stacking is insane! Basically, you have a team of 10 people, and by the end of a quarter, the manager has to decide who to fire relative to all other people in your team. Even if all are performing a good job, still, somebody has to get a bad review. Guess what that does to teamwork? Nobody wants to help anybody with anything; everybody tries to screw somebody else over.
Horrible!
Stop forced stacking. If people are lazy, fire them, but don't make employees compete with each other. We should be competing with other companies, not with ourselves.
The standard interview process involves 4-5 interviews. The last interview is with a decision-maker called AA. AA incorporates feedback from all interviewers and makes the final call. Interviewers are usually friendly and make you feel comfortable.
A typical Microsoft interview: * 5 people * 1 hour each
Very professional and great interviewers. It was relatively easy as I had already had the experience needed for the job. Specific questions related to technology and solving problems on a board.
The standard interview process involves 4-5 interviews. The last interview is with a decision-maker called AA. AA incorporates feedback from all interviewers and makes the final call. Interviewers are usually friendly and make you feel comfortable.
A typical Microsoft interview: * 5 people * 1 hour each
Very professional and great interviewers. It was relatively easy as I had already had the experience needed for the job. Specific questions related to technology and solving problems on a board.