Great company to work for, depending on what team you end up on
Great company to work for, depending on what team you end up on
- Cutting-edge technology
- Very smart people
- Fame
- Benefits (through end of 2012)
- Learning and growth opportunities
- Some teams value quantity over quality; be careful where you end up.
- Benefits are going away. Many tend to think Microsoft is the only employer with good insurance coverage, but this is not true, as many others offer insurance with no copays or deductibles.
- Food is unhealthy (calories, fat, sodium, etc.) and expensive at our cafeterias (with a minor exception in the Commons).
- SDET staff tend to stagnate in their level longer than other roles.
- If one team has higher standards or bars for performance reviews, pay should be higher.
- Pick better leads. Leads are not always good at dealing with people, to the detriment of employees and their morale.
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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
HackerRank test and 3 rounds of coding, plus an experience-based interview. The position was for QA, who should have storage and networking knowledge. So, basic questions on storage and networking were asked.
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
A full-day process, broken into multiple individual one-on-one interviews. These interviews can include time at the blackboard, writing snippets of code or scripting. Not for the faint of heart or the unprepared.
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
Applied through a university recruiter and got to do an on-campus interview. The question was very easy (add an item to a sorted linked list), and I got to fly to Sydney for the next round. The second round consisted of four individual interviews wit
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 23, 2025HackerRank test and 3 rounds of coding, plus an experience-based interview. The position was for QA, who should have storage and networking knowledge. So, basic questions on storage and networking were asked.
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2020A full-day process, broken into multiple individual one-on-one interviews. These interviews can include time at the blackboard, writing snippets of code or scripting. Not for the faint of heart or the unprepared.
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
Sydney, AustraliaMarch 1, 2015Applied through a university recruiter and got to do an on-campus interview. The question was very easy (add an item to a sorted linked list), and I got to fly to Sydney for the next round. The second round consisted of four individual interviews wit
