A good place to start your career
A good place to start your career
You constantly work with the latest Microsoft technologies. You have hundreds of product groups that you can interview with to find one that you are very interested in. You work with smart people for the most part, so you can grow professionally unlike any other place.
No exposure to the real world or technologies on other platforms. Most of the time, you are competing with your teammates for a good review. This fosters a poisonous environment, lack of cooperation, backstabbing, and so on. This is perhaps the biggest downside to working at Microsoft. However, most other large companies have similar issues.
We need to understand why the stock price has stagnated for 10 years.
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Software Development Engineer
After submitting a resume through the school career office, I was invited to an on-campus interview where general questions (e.g., why do you want to come to Microsoft, your background) were asked. I was then invited to Seattle for a full-day on-sit
Software Development Engineer
I had a technical phone screen via Skype, where I answered questions about my resume and did some coding via a shared Notepad. About a week later, I received the invite to interview in Redmond, which was scheduled for another week later. I flew out
Software Development Engineer
Microsoft recruiters messaged me on LinkedIn. They sent me an online assessment that had to be completed in 60 minutes. If I passed, I would be able to go on-site. I interviewed at Microsoft's campus in Redmond for a full day, with a loop of six pe
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2009After submitting a resume through the school career office, I was invited to an on-campus interview where general questions (e.g., why do you want to come to Microsoft, your background) were asked. I was then invited to Seattle for a full-day on-sit
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2016I had a technical phone screen via Skype, where I answered questions about my resume and did some coding via a shared Notepad. About a week later, I received the invite to interview in Redmond, which was scheduled for another week later. I flew out
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2017Microsoft recruiters messaged me on LinkedIn. They sent me an online assessment that had to be completed in 60 minutes. If I passed, I would be able to go on-site. I interviewed at Microsoft's campus in Redmond for a full day, with a loop of six pe
