MSFT is a big company. A few teams are innovative and fast, while others are slow
MSFT is a big company. A few teams are innovative and fast, while others are slow
It has lots of internal opportunities; it's relatively easy to switch jobs. You can try out different work styles: fast/slow or tight/loose, according to your family situation.
There are great domain experts, and you can learn from them.
Compensation is so-so.
Some teams have bad politics.
We should really push for the One Microsoft goal and break down organizational boundaries. Attractive compensation is needed.
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Four guys interviewed me. The interviewers asked questions that were not very hard. If you read books like "Programming Interview Exposed," you should be able to handle them. I think I failed the last round, which was with the manager. The manager a
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I took the interview this January. It was very hard. I had 3 interviews in total. The first interviewer asked about my course project and asked me to write code. The second interview consisted of a tech talk and dinner. I was interrupted multiple
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The first interview I had was with a college recruiter, and it went well. It was more behavioral in nature. I was contacted back about a month later and told I had the opportunity for a second-round interview at their headquarters in Seattle. There
Software Developer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2011Four guys interviewed me. The interviewers asked questions that were not very hard. If you read books like "Programming Interview Exposed," you should be able to handle them. I think I failed the last round, which was with the manager. The manager a
Software Developer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2011I took the interview this January. It was very hard. I had 3 interviews in total. The first interviewer asked about my course project and asked me to write code. The second interview consisted of a tech talk and dinner. I was interrupted multiple
Software Developer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2015The first interview I had was with a college recruiter, and it went well. It was more behavioral in nature. I was contacted back about a month later and told I had the opportunity for a second-round interview at their headquarters in Seattle. There
