Huge diversity of opportunities, and pretty easy to transfer around.
Amazing peers.
Great compensation/benefits - the company really looks out for employees.
Work on high-profile products.
Some product teams complain of politics (others don't at all).
Some products are not well received, especially annoying when due to micromanagement.
Give product teams more autonomy.
Encourage (with a stick if necessary) product teams to play nicely together.
Restore the influence of top engineers on product design.
I interviewed for a Senior SDE position at a hiring event. The process consisted of an online assessment followed by a day of onsite interviews. There were four rounds covering algorithms and design. The questions were fairly easy, and I performed
I was asked to attend a hiring event at 8:30 AM. My first interview round began at 8:45 AM and focused on Data Structures and problem-solving. I solved the problems and their further variants, and I thought it went excellently. Then, I had to wait a
It was defined as a technical interview. It was face-to-face, held in Microsoft's offices in Herzliya, Israel, and lasted 1.5 hours. I was interviewed by the Principal Software Engineer of the group. After a brief small talk, they explained what the
I interviewed for a Senior SDE position at a hiring event. The process consisted of an online assessment followed by a day of onsite interviews. There were four rounds covering algorithms and design. The questions were fairly easy, and I performed
I was asked to attend a hiring event at 8:30 AM. My first interview round began at 8:45 AM and focused on Data Structures and problem-solving. I solved the problems and their further variants, and I thought it went excellently. Then, I had to wait a
It was defined as a technical interview. It was face-to-face, held in Microsoft's offices in Herzliya, Israel, and lasted 1.5 hours. I was interviewed by the Principal Software Engineer of the group. After a brief small talk, they explained what the