There is a lot happening; no day is ever dull. Working on the back end, your customers are usually down the hall from you. Everyone I know was promoted after a year. Main campus is like going back to college again, except with free drinks and more impact.
Some teams seem to be in maintenance mode; I would avoid those teams. It's not clear if Windows Phone will survive.
Try to leapfrog the competition, not catch up to it. Also, it seems like we have a reorganization every few months; is that really needed? Finally, please don't get rid of offices.
Applied online. The process included a phone interview first, followed by six rounds of onsite interviews with technical questions. Each round was 45 minutes long and focused on technical questions of average difficulty. I spoke with the general mana
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
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
Applied online. The process included a phone interview first, followed by six rounds of onsite interviews with technical questions. Each round was 45 minutes long and focused on technical questions of average difficulty. I spoke with the general mana
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
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