Nice Place to Visit, but I Wouldn't Want to Live There
Nice Place to Visit, but I Wouldn't Want to Live There
- Compensation is competitive.
- Still a lot of smart people there.
- Big company with the resources to do what they want.
- Plenty of stuff to be learned.
- Easy to miss broader tech trends and not learn technologies the rest of the world uses.
- Microsoft is still very Windows-centric, even though the rest of the world isn't.
- Work/life balance can get miserable.
- Office politics and culture are sometimes poisonous.
- Focus on standards and true interoperability. You do a great deal of lip service without really delivering.
- Stop being so Windows-centric.
- Find ways of keeping employees out of the "Microsoft bubble" and ensure they're connected to broader trends in technology.
- Give up on phones and search.
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Senior Software Development Engineer
The interview was mostly centered around designing a system, algorithms, and also some puzzles. The interview was not too difficult for me. One of the puzzles was the "aha" type that I could not solve without hints from the interviewer. I would sa
Senior Software Development Engineer
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.
Senior Software Development Engineer
Normal phone screening first, followed by the full interview loop. Three rounds were completed: * The first two interviews focused on algorithms, specifically linked lists and binary search trees. * The third interview was a design question.
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2009The interview was mostly centered around designing a system, algorithms, and also some puzzles. The interview was not too difficult for me. One of the puzzles was the "aha" type that I could not solve without hints from the interviewer. I would sa
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2017I 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.
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2014Normal phone screening first, followed by the full interview loop. Three rounds were completed: * The first two interviews focused on algorithms, specifically linked lists and binary search trees. * The third interview was a design question.
