Working there was like an exercise in deceit and deception. Useless work repeated for years, only because management prefers denial over course correction.
Hunger Games-style political plots.
There was a meet and greet at a restaurant in my area. Microsoft paid for food and such. Soon after, I received some emails and LinkedIn profiles, and then a phone interview. I did well and went straight to the onsite. It was a full day of intervi
The interview process took 8 weeks. I was referred by a friend and was contacted by an engineering manager first. We set up a phone screening for the week after. Then two weeks went by, and I was contacted by a recruiter. She wanted to set up a pho
I had two technical interviews over the phone. Both technical interviews were challenging but doable. I had to write code using a web application that allowed both me and the interviewer to see what I was typing. After those interviews, I had one mo
There was a meet and greet at a restaurant in my area. Microsoft paid for food and such. Soon after, I received some emails and LinkedIn profiles, and then a phone interview. I did well and went straight to the onsite. It was a full day of intervi
The interview process took 8 weeks. I was referred by a friend and was contacted by an engineering manager first. We set up a phone screening for the week after. Then two weeks went by, and I was contacted by a recruiter. She wanted to set up a pho
I had two technical interviews over the phone. Both technical interviews were challenging but doable. I had to write code using a web application that allowed both me and the interviewer to see what I was typing. After those interviews, I had one mo