Opportunity to work on products that reach out to millions of consumers.
High brand value, talented peer group, get to work on challenging engineering problems.
The company has become somewhat mature, which means there is red tape, especially in performance evaluation.
Growth opportunities have become slower.
The hiring standard is going down, at least in the India R&D center (Hyderabad).
Getting into Microsoft is not all that tough these days compared to a few years back.
I would suggest that the interviewing standards are raised.
I received a call from MS when they visited Pune. The first round was very short: After being asked a programming question, I was selected for the next round onsite. After flying down there, I had two interviews back-to-back. Both had the same pa
My resume was forwarded by my friend. I received a call from HR, and the process was followed up well until the interview stage. Typically, there are one or two telephonic interviews before proceeding to the onsite interview. Unfortunately, I was u
One written and three rounds of interviews. The last one was with HR.
I received a call from MS when they visited Pune. The first round was very short: After being asked a programming question, I was selected for the next round onsite. After flying down there, I had two interviews back-to-back. Both had the same pa
My resume was forwarded by my friend. I received a call from HR, and the process was followed up well until the interview stage. Typically, there are one or two telephonic interviews before proceeding to the onsite interview. Unfortunately, I was u
One written and three rounds of interviews. The last one was with HR.