Mixed bag – experience can vary a lot, depending on team and manager
Mixed bag – experience can vary a lot, depending on team and manager
- Work-life balance is good.
- Lots of smart people to work with.
- Good values and contributes well to society, for example, encourages giving back to the community.
- Too slow to adapt and can be very bureaucratic sometimes.
- It is too big, so learning opportunities can be limited compared to smaller companies, especially for beginners.
- Engineering systems are in need of a big overhaul.
Remove bureaucratic managers and processes in order to be more efficient.
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The phone interview was pretty easy. They only asked one coding question about a binary tree. After the phone interview, I went to the on-site interview. It was scheduled for 5 rounds. However, I failed the first three rounds, so I didn't get a chan
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 18, 2022The process was very simple. 1. A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn. 2. I finished the online coding assessment. From there, a Microsoft Hiring Event day was scheduled. The interview was pretty simple, straight LeetCode. They didn't even change t
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2013The phone interview was pretty easy. They only asked one coding question about a binary tree. After the phone interview, I went to the on-site interview. It was scheduled for 5 rounds. However, I failed the first three rounds, so I didn't get a chan
