Good Balance, Politics Hurt
Good Balance, Politics Hurt
Significantly less pressure than other major software companies.
Actually respects work-life balance.
Some groups do interesting work and have a great sense of camaraderie.
Older orgs seem hyper-political. Impact is ignored and promos are given out based on politics. They make interesting bets but kill them off before they can bear fruit. Too many re-orgs.
Focus on fixing the annual awards and pro iron assessments. It is very demoralizing to see poor performers advance and good ones leave the company.
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This was for Clod and Applications, the Power BI gateway team. It involved a phone screen and three technical rounds. Topics were pure Computer Science and Data Structures, all done on whiteboards. No Azure, no databases, no REST, and no WCF were i
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 29, 2024Very disappointed. One interviewer was from a different team (replacing another interviewer) and continued to ask questions on topics that were not very related to the position and that I am not familiar with.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 19, 2025I applied through an employee referral. - During the full loop, along with LeetCode problems, the focus was more on system design and non-functional requirements in design. - Low-level as well as high-level system design questions were asked.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2016This was for Clod and Applications, the Power BI gateway team. It involved a phone screen and three technical rounds. Topics were pure Computer Science and Data Structures, all done on whiteboards. No Azure, no databases, no REST, and no WCF were i
