My ten years at Microsoft have been a decade of stagnation
My ten years at Microsoft have been a decade of stagnation
Health plan; however, that will be downgraded in 2012.
A culture of nepotism, where opportunities and work are rewarded more based on preconceptions than performance.
Train leads on how to manage people, using qualified, outside management training vendors.
Was this helpful?
Microsoft Interview Questions
Microsoft Interview Experiences
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
First, there is a phone screen in the beginning. It's a coding question with some behavior questions. Short introduction, and a 40-minute coding question, and ask questions to the interviewer. And the manager asked a system design question, asking me
Software Engineer (Internship)
The interview process at Microsoft was pretty intense. The onsite interview consisted of four 45-minute interviews. Each interview covered a 5-minute introduction and about 40 minutes of technical discussion, focusing on algorithms and problem-solv
Software Engineer Intern
Two back-to-back interviews in one day. Topics covered were linked lists and hash maps. The questions were pretty straightforward and not typical LeetCode-style problems. It wasn't too difficult, but this role was more systems-heavy.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 21, 2023First, there is a phone screen in the beginning. It's a coding question with some behavior questions. Short introduction, and a 40-minute coding question, and ask questions to the interviewer. And the manager asked a system design question, asking me
Software Engineer (Internship)
Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2017The interview process at Microsoft was pretty intense. The onsite interview consisted of four 45-minute interviews. Each interview covered a 5-minute introduction and about 40 minutes of technical discussion, focusing on algorithms and problem-solv
Software Engineer Intern
Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 25, 2025Two back-to-back interviews in one day. Topics covered were linked lists and hash maps. The questions were pretty straightforward and not typical LeetCode-style problems. It wasn't too difficult, but this role was more systems-heavy.
