Smart people, but still a number
Smart people, but still a number
Good pay. Good work/life balance most of the time. Smart people. Immediate team and direct manager are super nice.
No dedicated verification and validation team.
This was pushed on the software developers.
Laid off people in droves while the company made profits.
It doesn't matter if you worked a couple years or 10 years for the company; no one is safe from layoffs.
Allow unions to form such that employees can have greater control over their careers at Microsoft.
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Technical Screen: Leetcode Hard question about Graphs. Interview loop over two days, 4 rounds. 3 rounds had Leetcode Medium/Hard along with System Design questions and behavioral. Manger round was mostly behavioral along with a design question. D
Software Development Engineer II
The 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
I interviewed for an SDE II position with the Microsoft Academic Graph team. I will say outright that it was an absolutely terrible interview experience for me. The team asked me some specific questions about how I would add features to Microsoft A
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 21, 2025Technical Screen: Leetcode Hard question about Graphs. Interview loop over two days, 4 rounds. 3 rounds had Leetcode Medium/Hard along with System Design questions and behavioral. Manger round was mostly behavioral along with a design question. D
Software Development Engineer II
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 StatesNovember 1, 2019I interviewed for an SDE II position with the Microsoft Academic Graph team. I will say outright that it was an absolutely terrible interview experience for me. The team asked me some specific questions about how I would add features to Microsoft A
