Great place, a lot depends on the team
Great place, a lot depends on the team
- Decent compensation.
- There is a lot of interesting work.
- The culture has significantly changed in the past few years, under the leadership of Satya.
- Microsoft is very heavy on open-source, and this openness changes the world's perception.
- Very big company. You can feel insignificant at some teams.
- Promotions and annual bonuses are not totally fair.
Embrace new culture; don't promote people for inventing a bicycle.
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Software Development Engineer II
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
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
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
Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2012The 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
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 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.
