Strong, solid company. More business than engineering focused, with lots of bureaucracy
Strong, solid company. More business than engineering focused, with lots of bureaucracy
Good benefits, work-life balance is better than at newer generation tech companies (FB, Google, Amazon), a well-established company with virtually unlimited resources.
I'm sure it varies by team, but it often feels like the company fosters a more competitive than collaborative environment, even within the same team. Managers are hit-or-miss; your career can often depend on how lucky you were in getting a particular manager. It feels more "corporate" than other tech companies.
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The first round was on campus at the university. Then they flew me to MS for the second round at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond. I had four interviews on that day, each lasting 45 minutes with a 15-minute break between them. There were three tec
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The interview consisted of two sessions back-to-back. The first session included both soft and technical questions. The second session consisted purely of technical questions. The interview started late, and the second interviewer seemed to be rush
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I was found by an interviewer at a university fair where we had a short talk. The next day, I attended an open presentation by Microsoft, where they went in-depth about one of their technologies. I asked a lot of questions, trying to clarify missing
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2015The first round was on campus at the university. Then they flew me to MS for the second round at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond. I had four interviews on that day, each lasting 45 minutes with a 15-minute break between them. There were three tec
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Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaOctober 1, 2016The interview consisted of two sessions back-to-back. The first session included both soft and technical questions. The second session consisted purely of technical questions. The interview started late, and the second interviewer seemed to be rush
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Munich, Bavaria, GermanyDecember 1, 2013I was found by an interviewer at a university fair where we had a short talk. The next day, I attended an open presentation by Microsoft, where they went in-depth about one of their technologies. I asked a lot of questions, trying to clarify missing
