A great, but incredibly frustrating, learning experience
A great, but incredibly frustrating, learning experience
There is so much to learn from working at Microsoft. I became a much better employee, both technically and professionally, because of my experience. The work environment is very nice, including private offices, which are becoming more and more rare. It looks great on your resume.
The culture is caustic. Stack ranking encourages managers to find fault and assume wrongdoing where none was intended and no harm occurred. Some managers retain underperforming employees on staff in order to avoid having to give valuable employees a poor annual rating. There is very little room for innovation. Most work at Microsoft is an attempt to copy the success of others. This makes work unfulfilling.
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Software Development Engineer II
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
Online coding. Regexp expressions. Computer networks. Some system design. Focus on bug-free code and communication skills. Very tough questions; corner cases should be considered. Good interviewers are kind and give a lot of hints.
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
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
Australind, Western Australia, AustraliaApril 1, 2024Online coding. Regexp expressions. Computer networks. Some system design. Focus on bug-free code and communication skills. Very tough questions; corner cases should be considered. Good interviewers are kind and give a lot of hints.
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
