Software Design Engineer II
Software Design Engineer II
Great facilities, benefits, and cafés. You get to work with a lot of talented senior engineers who have a ton of experience, and you get to learn a lot from them. Though it varies with teams, overall I had a good work-life balance.
Pretty much top-down in my experience. Though they are making a lot of changes, they always seem to play catch-up.
Encourage bottom-up ideas. Sometimes the best ideas come from new, young talent. There needs to be a better system to support entrepreneurial projects.
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Software Design Engineer II
My first informational round was with the General Manager for a Lead position, where he asked questions about my profile in lead roles. I had a second informational round with the Development Lead for a technical screening before they put me into the
Software Developer
I gave my resume to a recruiter and received an on-campus interview after a week. After three weeks, I received a decision. The process took longer than estimated. The interview consisted of only one question on a whiteboard.
Software Engineer
On-campus recruiting. The person worked in Boston for Microsoft. He was very nice and asked about my experience in programming and what other projects I had worked on outside of classes.
Software Design Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2010My first informational round was with the General Manager for a Lead position, where he asked questions about my profile in lead roles. I had a second informational round with the Development Lead for a technical screening before they put me into the
Software Developer
New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesNovember 1, 2017I gave my resume to a recruiter and received an on-campus interview after a week. After three weeks, I received a decision. The process took longer than estimated. The interview consisted of only one question on a whiteboard.
Software Engineer
New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesNovember 1, 2014On-campus recruiting. The person worked in Boston for Microsoft. He was very nice and asked about my experience in programming and what other projects I had worked on outside of classes.
