Everything depends on how much your manager likes you
Everything depends on how much your manager likes you
This is a place where you can literally find a huge range of products to work on: devices, enterprise software, web services, automotive, and of course Windows/Office.
Lots of smart people who are very passionate and motivated, with high energy. A great place to learn.
Benefits are great, especially the health benefits.
The company is now very big. If you're at a junior level, there's a good chance you'll drown in the crowd, or the competition will be intense. Managers have a lot of power over their directs. If your manager likes you, good things happen to you. If not, bad things happen to you.
Reviews tend to hinge heavily on the opinion of one person: the manager.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2017Lots of brain puzzles and escalating interviews with different people on the team. Read the books on brain puzzles asked at MS interviews. They're not wrong. Most people interview with multiple teams. However, if all your interviews are with one te
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2016The interview process was good. The interview was mainly based on coding. There were no specific testing questions. The interview covered: * A question on arrays. * A question on Linked Lists, specifically how to insert a node. * A question o
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 24, 2016Initially, I was contacted by a recruiter. I had a quick phone screening and then was called for an onsite interview. The onsite interview was horrible because one of the interviewers was jumping randomly between questions. I believe the interviewer
