Very stable, great benefits, huge variety of products to work on.
Lots of bureaucracy, lots of time spent on compliance, commute to Redmond.
Create a San Diego programming branch. Cut a lot of chaff. Many engineers are net negatives.
I was initially contacted by a third-party recruiter working for Microsoft about a position on the Xbox team. Not expecting much, I went along with the process and spoke with the recruiter, and then another one. Finally, I was set up with a phone scr
I was originally interviewed for a team where, after the full loop of six interviews, the hiring manager ran into a headcount problem. She talked to another team in the same organization, and they contacted me. The hiring manager gave me a general o
I applied via the employee referral process. After a phone call with the Dev Lead, I managed to fly to Redmond. It was a three-round interview loop in one day, and on the second day, I received an offer.
I was initially contacted by a third-party recruiter working for Microsoft about a position on the Xbox team. Not expecting much, I went along with the process and spoke with the recruiter, and then another one. Finally, I was set up with a phone scr
I was originally interviewed for a team where, after the full loop of six interviews, the hiring manager ran into a headcount problem. She talked to another team in the same organization, and they contacted me. The hiring manager gave me a general o
I applied via the employee referral process. After a phone call with the Dev Lead, I managed to fly to Redmond. It was a three-round interview loop in one day, and on the second day, I received an offer.