Great company but slow progress
Great company but slow progress
- The opportunity to work on extremely large-scale systems.
- A valuable brand on your resume.
- Lots of mentoring opportunities to connect with schools and universities.
- A great office, free barista coffee, free kombucha and other soft drinks, and free lunch every now and then.
- Lots of tech debt.
- Projects can progress slowly due to large-scale collaboration and process.
- Most people are smart and nice, however, there are some incapable engineers and managers.
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The standard interview process is similar to that of companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. It consists of a set of technical whiteboard challenges and design questions. The technical questions primarily aim to vet your background in data str
Senior Software Engineer
The interview process involved four rounds. Each round was conducted by a different reviewer. The team primarily works with C# and C++, with a strong emphasis on C++ according to the interviewer. I was permitted to use Python for coding during the
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The Microsoft interviewing team came to a college fair. They conducted one round of interviews there. After that, I completed an assessment and two phone interviews. The entire process took two weeks.
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Oslo, NorwayNovember 18, 2018The standard interview process is similar to that of companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. It consists of a set of technical whiteboard challenges and design questions. The technical questions primarily aim to vet your background in data str
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Suzhou, ChinaFebruary 14, 2025The interview process involved four rounds. Each round was conducted by a different reviewer. The team primarily works with C# and C++, with a strong emphasis on C++ according to the interviewer. I was permitted to use Python for coding during the
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California City, CaliforniaApril 29, 2024The Microsoft interviewing team came to a college fair. They conducted one round of interviews there. After that, I completed an assessment and two phone interviews. The entire process took two weeks.
