Big company, but big products
Big company, but big products
The benefits package is really, really good: health, gym (Pro Club), fringe benefits, etc.
Coworkers - intelligence, personalities.
Devs get their own office.
- On-call rotation: Maintaining a large online service regularly woke me up at night with service errors.
- Big company / red tape: Sometimes abounds, both for development of features and getting logistical stuff done.
Go for smaller, nimble teams.
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I was contacted by a recruiter from Microsoft, who found my profile on LinkedIn. He sent me an online test to take, which I passed. Then his colleagues scheduled the on-site interview in Redmond, Washington. The interviews went well. I had a good
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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
The interview process is somewhat unpredictable. There are multiple interviews, typically between three and five. The interviews themselves have somewhat unpredictable content. Some teams leave it up to the individual interviewer to determine what
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 1, 2013I was contacted by a recruiter from Microsoft, who found my profile on LinkedIn. He sent me an online test to take, which I passed. Then his colleagues scheduled the on-site interview in Redmond, Washington. The interviews went well. I had a good
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 StatesNovember 1, 2012The interview process is somewhat unpredictable. There are multiple interviews, typically between three and five. The interviews themselves have somewhat unpredictable content. Some teams leave it up to the individual interviewer to determine what
