A lot of politics and passive-aggressive behavior
A lot of politics and passive-aggressive behavior
The pay is reasonable, and there are some changes to excel. For top employees, there is a high potential program, which can open up many doors for other jobs within the company. If you are a technical person, there is a lot of opportunity to network and meet other bright people.
The stock is not going to go up in value, and the company is not going to grow bigger than it is. You should not expect your stock value to increase.
Many people have the false illusion that Microsoft is still on top and that they are there to stay. There are also a lot of politics and perception games being played.
It is very important that you get an emotional/technical attachment to your dev manager and the other dev managers, so that they do not try to throw you to the dogs in the closed-door performance reviews.
You have to fix this. Decisions at Microsoft usually do not have a general focus, and the architects don't do anything but waste money. You should fire these people.
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Not difficult; basic LeetCode questions involving trees and mostly string manipulation. No offer, most likely because my behavioral answers were abysmal, and I need to work on them. These were just basic questions for which I was not prepared at all
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I got the phone interview and set it up for one week later. One engineer was not on time, arriving 10 minutes late. We talked about my resume and they asked some behavioral questions. I received the feedback two weeks later. The interview process w
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Software Development Engineer I
Seattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2020Not difficult; basic LeetCode questions involving trees and mostly string manipulation. No offer, most likely because my behavioral answers were abysmal, and I need to work on them. These were just basic questions for which I was not prepared at all
Software Development Engineer I
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