Smart People, Slow Progress
Smart People, Slow Progress
Global impact of the work I do.
Unique architectural and technical challenges.
Diversity of expertise you encounter while handling difficult projects.
Smart people.
Slow-moving. Excessive politicking in places. Good project teams are overly deep.
Improve accountability – fire people when they deserve it.
Widen the dynamic range of rewards for work well done.
Have a wider array of smaller groups, developing in agile mode and getting matching rewards if successful.
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The interview process took 8 weeks. I was referred by a friend and was contacted by an engineering manager first. We set up a phone screening for the week after. Then two weeks went by, and I was contacted by a recruiter. She wanted to set up a pho
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The process started with a university campus recruitment interview round. When selected, I was invited for Microsoft on-campus interviews. I interviewed with two teams at the SQL Server group, having three rounds of interviews with each team. Quest
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2015The interview process took 8 weeks. I was referred by a friend and was contacted by an engineering manager first. We set up a phone screening for the week after. Then two weeks went by, and I was contacted by a recruiter. She wanted to set up a pho
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2017A recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn and set up phone interviews with three different groups. Two groups wanted to bring me on-site for a final interview. **On-Site Interview with Group #1:** The hiring manager openly expressed his desire to hire
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 23, 2013The process started with a university campus recruitment interview round. When selected, I was invited for Microsoft on-campus interviews. I interviewed with two teams at the SQL Server group, having three rounds of interviews with each team. Quest
