Competitive compensation. Ease of movement among teams in the company. Management is fairly transparent with regards to feedback. If you seek a structured environment, this is probably a very good place for you.
Full-time employees seem obsessed with performance reviews. As an intern, I found myself explaining the basics of my project to full-time employees far more than I really should have, perhaps indicating a lack of knowledge and focus on my team. Being a Microsoft employee is all about "drinking the Kool-Aid." That is, seeming dissatisfied with the way a team is operating is almost always met with negativity rather than constructive responses.
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I attended an on-campus screening session, after which I received an offer to fly to Redmond for an interview. Since it was a major recruiting event for the on-site interviews, we had a large party the night before, hosted and paid for by Microsoft.
The phone interview was with a lady from the Office group. She sounded uninterested. There were some resume questions, and that didn't go so well. However, after a long time, I was invited onsite. The questions included reversing a string, atoi, an
I applied for the position via the school's career fair. After a week, they sent me an email to set up an on-campus interview. After two weeks, they sent a congratulatory email saying that I passed the first round and they decided to move me to Seatt
I attended an on-campus screening session, after which I received an offer to fly to Redmond for an interview. Since it was a major recruiting event for the on-site interviews, we had a large party the night before, hosted and paid for by Microsoft.
The phone interview was with a lady from the Office group. She sounded uninterested. There were some resume questions, and that didn't go so well. However, after a long time, I was invited onsite. The questions included reversing a string, atoi, an
I applied for the position via the school's career fair. After a week, they sent me an email to set up an on-campus interview. After two weeks, they sent a congratulatory email saying that I passed the first round and they decided to move me to Seatt