Just remember to change your group every couple of years
Just remember to change your group every couple of years
Great medical coverage.
Large, searchable database of code. If you don't know how to use a method, you can look at multiple implementations.
Company store sells MS software at a great (cheap) price.
You work with really smart people.
You'll need to work as though you were in a startup without the reward. It wasn't always this way; there was a period in which managers didn't want their employees to burn out. That has changed.
Don't stay in one group for long. Those I've seen doing great moved around, gaining new skills and making themselves more valuable.
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They plan three interviews. If they go well, another three may be scheduled. Otherwise, the candidate is rejected. I was stumped on a coding question to write all possible string combinations that can be generated by pressing a variable number of ce
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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
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2015Had an initial interview with a recruiter. Then had a tech screen (phone interview), followed by an on-site interview with 3 engineering leads, and finally an interview with the manager. This happened on Friday, and I received the offer on the foll
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2009They plan three interviews. If they go well, another three may be scheduled. Otherwise, the candidate is rejected. I was stumped on a coding question to write all possible string combinations that can be generated by pressing a variable number of ce
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 1, 2010I 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
