Great company, absolute industry juggernaut
Great company, absolute industry juggernaut
Microsoft, as a company, has a lot of respect for its employees. Microsoft invests long-term in a problem space and aggressively pursues its competitors, often winning by constantly pushing forward and surpassing the competition when the competition starts to make mistakes.
The political nature of a large juggernaut like Microsoft can lead to high levels of frustration for someone used to working on small teams and pivoting quickly. The business is set to compete long term and is not particularly innovative. Lots of innovation happens at Microsoft, but Microsoft is rarely the first to productize that innovation.
Keep on keeping on.
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Senior Software Development Engineer
I was contacted by an external recruiter via LinkedIn. The job seemed interesting, with their game studio. Supposedly they're working on some kind of super-secret project over there that not even a signed NDA can loosen their lips about. But they re
Senior Software Development Engineer
As an internal interview process, I had only 3 interviews to go through. When I joined as an SDE 15 years ago, it was quite different. They usually scheduled the first 3 interview loops. If all 3 interviews went well, it would then proceed to 2 more
Senior Software Development Engineer
The interview consists of 5 rounds. The first round is easy. The following three rounds increase in difficulty. If you are lucky, you may encounter a "hard mode" (HM) round. Sometimes, depending on the team, there might be 6 rounds.
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2012I was contacted by an external recruiter via LinkedIn. The job seemed interesting, with their game studio. Supposedly they're working on some kind of super-secret project over there that not even a signed NDA can loosen their lips about. But they re
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2012As an internal interview process, I had only 3 interviews to go through. When I joined as an SDE 15 years ago, it was quite different. They usually scheduled the first 3 interview loops. If all 3 interviews went well, it would then proceed to 2 more
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2011The interview consists of 5 rounds. The first round is easy. The following three rounds increase in difficulty. If you are lucky, you may encounter a "hard mode" (HM) round. Sometimes, depending on the team, there might be 6 rounds.
