Opportunity to work on products used by the whole world
Opportunity to work on products used by the whole world
You get a chance to make a difference and work on high-impact products.
You get to work and learn with a lot of smart people.
Good pay and benefits.
Some teams have more bureaucracy than others.
Sometimes you feel that you are just a cog in a big machine.
In most teams, it is hard to grow career-wise without sacrificing some work-life balance. There are a lot of people there who work hard and put in a lot of extra time. If you don't do the same, then you may not get promotions or a huge bonus.
Increase base pay across the board for engineers.
Change the culture of working late and over the weekend.
Increase the hiring bar. Lately (8 years), hiring quality has been going down.
Allow more flexible work-from-home options.
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Software Development Engineer II
I first had a phone interview and answered a few basic computer science questions. During the on-site interview, I had about 6 hours of interviews (1 hour per person) throughout the day, including a lunch interview. The "loop" usually gets cut after
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
There were 3 rounds of technical interviews after the initial screening. Different interviewers asked some repeated questions. Some questions focused on your existing areas of expertise, including: * Active Directory * .NET * CI/CD
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2012I first had a phone interview and answered a few basic computer science questions. During the on-site interview, I had about 6 hours of interviews (1 hour per person) throughout the day, including a lunch interview. The "loop" usually gets cut after
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 StatesOctober 1, 2013There were 3 rounds of technical interviews after the initial screening. Different interviewers asked some repeated questions. Some questions focused on your existing areas of expertise, including: * Active Directory * .NET * CI/CD
