A mixed bag
A mixed bag
- You are working at a world-class company. Good on resume.
- Lot of opportunities for career growth.
- Comparatively stable job and good benefits.
- You can be an individual contributor forever.
- Your focus becomes too narrow, and you get insulated from the world, thereby becoming obsolete in the real world.
- Too much politics.
- Microsoft gets the work of 10 people from 6 people. It is a coal mine and will suck your life out of you.
- If you get a jerk as your lead, you are stuck with him/her, and that is the end of your career at Microsoft.
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The review process sucks. It is a "who is more popular" contest rather than a real review of one's contribution or the amount of work one puts in.
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Promoting "go getter cocky" people is bad. Such people have no people skills, and people under them suffer as the newly minted lead/manager wants to show how great he/she is. Develop some policies about what kind of people should be promoted.
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Get rid of most of the leads and managers. They are useless and making the life of real workers miserable. Then promote properly trained people to be leads/managers.
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Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
The process started with an email question that required a response. Following that, I had a phone interview where I was asked questions about real-time operating systems and concurrency issues. The on-site portion consisted of six interviews. The
Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Had multiple interviews, including one on-campus interview and then several interviews at Microsoft in Redmond. Interview questions consisted of algorithms and personal questions about your past experiences. Interviewers asked questions about sorti
Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Planning, initial communication - very good. 5 interviews. Work culture is different from group to group and varies. Offices are based on seniority. Some groups have people sharing offices, while others use cubicles.
Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2007The process started with an email question that required a response. Following that, I had a phone interview where I was asked questions about real-time operating systems and concurrency issues. The on-site portion consisted of six interviews. The
Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 17, 2013Had multiple interviews, including one on-campus interview and then several interviews at Microsoft in Redmond. Interview questions consisted of algorithms and personal questions about your past experiences. Interviewers asked questions about sorti
Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2013Planning, initial communication - very good. 5 interviews. Work culture is different from group to group and varies. Offices are based on seniority. Some groups have people sharing offices, while others use cubicles.
