Working at Microsoft is fun, rewarding, and has the unlimited potential of making a big impact in technology
Working at Microsoft is fun, rewarding, and has the unlimited potential of making a big impact in technology
Abundance of knowledge resources, professional and career mentorship, scope for making a great impact on the world, opportunities to switch to several different roles and products within the company, great working conditions, and an amazing place to live (Seattle area).
Lack of vision for the company at the highest levels of management, bureaucracy, not being agile with respect to competition from smaller companies, and getting isolated into highly-specialized silos of work.
We need to focus on core products and technologies and make them better, instead of being distracted into too many diverse businesses.
We should trim the size of the company by weeding out people who do not contribute.
We need to reduce the levels of middle management.
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Software Development Engineer
The interview was 30 minutes at the career center of our university. I was first asked to describe things that appear on my resume and was given a basic data structure question afterwards.
Software Development Engineer
I met the recruiters on campus and then applied online. Next, there was a phone call prep session with an employee. He gave me advice on how to interview with them and what to expect. Then I had two phone interviews. After that, they flew me to Re
Software Development Engineer
Participated in an interview event that lasted about half a day. This involved four rounds of approximately one-hour interviews with short breaks in between. The questions focused on algorithms and Big-O notation for run-time and space complexity.
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2011The interview was 30 minutes at the career center of our university. I was first asked to describe things that appear on my resume and was given a basic data structure question afterwards.
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2013I met the recruiters on campus and then applied online. Next, there was a phone call prep session with an employee. He gave me advice on how to interview with them and what to expect. Then I had two phone interviews. After that, they flew me to Re
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 27, 2016Participated in an interview event that lasted about half a day. This involved four rounds of approximately one-hour interviews with short breaks in between. The questions focused on algorithms and Big-O notation for run-time and space complexity.
