You receive good pay and benefits. You get to work on interesting and challenging problems. You can decide the pace of your career.
Microsoft is a huge company with thousands of teams. You can move to learn a different technology in a new team every few years without ever having to move out of the company.
In some teams, heavy competition results in unnecessary politics.
Work-life balance may be affected if you are looking to get promoted in a competitive environment.
The company flew me to Seattle for the interview. The process was very well organized. On the day of the interview, I had 6 interviews. The questions were of moderate complexity. I received an offer in 2 business days, and they asked me to respond
The regular interview cycle for MS includes: * One HR round for introductions. * A technical phone screening. * One full day of technical interviews (five in all). Technical interviews required whiteboard skills. In the phone screening, I was
It was five years ago. I had really forgotten the questions. They were not hard. Questions like reversing a linked list, etc. It took five hours, too long. After all, a director asked me for coffee. It ended up that two teams gave me offers.
The company flew me to Seattle for the interview. The process was very well organized. On the day of the interview, I had 6 interviews. The questions were of moderate complexity. I received an offer in 2 business days, and they asked me to respond
The regular interview cycle for MS includes: * One HR round for introductions. * A technical phone screening. * One full day of technical interviews (five in all). Technical interviews required whiteboard skills. In the phone screening, I was
It was five years ago. I had really forgotten the questions. They were not hard. Questions like reversing a linked list, etc. It took five hours, too long. After all, a director asked me for coffee. It ended up that two teams gave me offers.