Good place to work, but no longer the Microsoft of the 80s and 90s
Good place to work, but no longer the Microsoft of the 80s and 90s
The company still attracts and retains good engineering talent. The benefits program is outstanding.
The company still has an extremely strong presence in the PC/desktop market. Very good compensation.
Microsoft is no longer seen as a "hot" place to work, so the concentration of top-flight engineering talent is less dense than it used to be. Senior management has shown confusion with its business strategy over the last decade, having difficulty shipping Vista and always playing catch-up with Google. Innovation is limited. The company is slow-moving and can take a long time to get anything interesting done. Size can be stifling.
Considering bringing in younger management to concentrate on innovation.
Find ways to become more agile.
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The first interview in the series was a Skype interview focused on non-technical problem-solving questions. Onsite technical interview day involved visiting a series of employees in their offices for interviews. The candidate was shown around variou
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Microsoft's infamous "interview loop" consists of three one-hour-ish interviews with current MSFT employees, followed by another interview with a general manager. The interview structure is nothing peculiar, featuring standard algorithm construction
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Attended campus job fair. Completed 1 round of on-campus interviews and 4 rounds of on-site interviews.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 22, 2016The first interview in the series was a Skype interview focused on non-technical problem-solving questions. Onsite technical interview day involved visiting a series of employees in their offices for interviews. The candidate was shown around variou
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2010Microsoft's infamous "interview loop" consists of three one-hour-ish interviews with current MSFT employees, followed by another interview with a general manager. The interview structure is nothing peculiar, featuring standard algorithm construction
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2013Attended campus job fair. Completed 1 round of on-campus interviews and 4 rounds of on-site interviews.
