Big Projects, Big Bureaucracy
Big Projects, Big Bureaucracy
Great benefits. Can now move around to find the right team, as long as you don't have bad reviews. Huge resources and can work on projects that ship to the world.
Same cons as working for any large corporation. You need to be popular, outgoing, and love process in most of the company.
In addition, you'll need to be pretty pushy to make it to the senior bands, and making principal is rare. You'd be better served by starting your own company than trying in many cases.
Also, the company gave up on software testing as a discipline. So, if you love testing (or that happens to be what you specialized in), then look elsewhere.
No, I doubt they'd care. They have a plan; we'll see if it works.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 11, 2025I applied through an employee referral. The process took two weeks. There were four different code screens. They were primarily DSA with some system design. All were relatively straightforward with twists. I wasn't expected to complete the entire pr
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2019A recruiter contacted me around mid-September. I then had a 5-round onsite interview, plus an additional General Hiring Manager interview a week ago. After that, the recruiter disappeared without providing any update. I will treat this as a reject
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2020The interviewers were very courteous and genuinely interested in me. There were five interview rounds scheduled for me, with a 10-minute gap between them. They also provided a person to accompany me for lunch, and it was a wonderful experience.
