Excellent company to work at, with talented people continuously working at improving for the world
Excellent company to work at, with talented people continuously working at improving for the world
There are lots of talented people here, and it's a company that has the resources to support you in achieving your goals. The company also has many, MANY teams that can give you more opportunities than a lifetime if you desire to change things up.
There are many layers of management.
Sometimes those management layers will make decisions that completely change the course of your work without ever coming to personally talk to the affected teams about it.
This has been the cause of frustration for some extremely talented people.
There's no free food provided.
Connect more with all the reporting chains below you. Ask them for a perspective from the lower rungs, as well as how your decisions will honestly affect them.
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Software Development Engineer II
This was an internal interview process. It started with an informational session with the hiring manager, a roughly one-hour discussion about what the team does, my current responsibilities, and why I was interested in the position. Next, there were
Software Development Engineer II
Contacted the dev manager to ask about the position and had a phone interview scheduled after that. I then applied to the position on the internal site and was scheduled for interviews with 5 more people, which included tasks and technical questions.
Software Development Engineer II
I first received a tentative invitation from a Microsoft recruiter to attend a "hiring event." Several days later, I had a technical phone interview with an engineer who had a very heavy accent. Apparently, I passed because I was given a formal invit
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2015This was an internal interview process. It started with an informational session with the hiring manager, a roughly one-hour discussion about what the team does, my current responsibilities, and why I was interested in the position. Next, there were
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2012Contacted the dev manager to ask about the position and had a phone interview scheduled after that. I then applied to the position on the internal site and was scheduled for interviews with 5 more people, which included tasks and technical questions.
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2012I first received a tentative invitation from a Microsoft recruiter to attend a "hiring event." Several days later, I had a technical phone interview with an engineer who had a very heavy accent. Apparently, I passed because I was given a formal invit
