Interesting Problems, Bureaucratic Blocks
Interesting Problems, Bureaucratic Blocks
Great benefits.
Redmond campus has some great places to work.
Always a ton of interesting problems to solve.
Impact on computing, software development, and most anyone who uses a computer is hard to overstate.
Huge company, not even a company really, but a ton of smaller companies that don't always work well together.
Huge products like Windows, Office, etc., can stifle innovation that might lead to competition.
Many larger groups are run top-down, and giving feedback can be difficult, especially around arbitrary technical decisions.
Allow passion to thrive at Microsoft.
Help people build products they are proud of, not just working on, but using and having their friends and family use.
Engage the end-users and not just customers (customer being the computer manufacturer).
Focus on scenarios or workflows rather than features.
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The interview process was very smooth. However, as Microsoft is a giant company, I suspect that this depends largely on the recruiters that a candidate works with. After two phone interviews, one of which was a screening from the recruiter, I was in
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2015I was contacted by a Microsoft recruiter who found a team for me to interview. (By the way, they gave me one of the worst customer experiences; the response time for each email was a minimum of 3 days!) I was not aware of a Microsoft policy, which I
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2012There are 5 interviews in a day. The final interview is conducted by the manager whose team you're going to join, and he has the final say in the hire/no-hire decisions. Each interview lasts about an hour. Interviews are conducted in each interviewe
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2012The interview process was very smooth. However, as Microsoft is a giant company, I suspect that this depends largely on the recruiters that a candidate works with. After two phone interviews, one of which was a screening from the recruiter, I was in
