Good Pay, Bad Management
Good Pay, Bad Management
- Compensation is relatively good.
- Work-life balance.
- Private office.
- Unhealthy manager-to-engineer proportion.
- Many managers lack technical backgrounds.
- Micromanagement.
- Slow business processes.
- Microsoft's technology stack, featuring many outdated approaches.
- Engineering culture needs repairing (average level is too low).
- Management is awful and it slows down the development/research.
- Culture doesn't suit a tech company.
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The interview process is pretty standard. The first round is a talk with the recruiter. Then, the second round is usually a technical screening. The final round is a four-round interview loop, typically including: * Two technical interviews * One
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Interview was pretty straightforward. The onsite had four rounds, with the last round being with a senior manager. The senior manager was actually pretty nice, and he even helped me figure out some things that I was having trouble with initially.
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A corporate recruiter contacted me via email. After completing their OTS, I received an invitation to interview onsite in Redmond. The entire process took one month. It seems they want to hire as soon as possible. They extended an offer, which was
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2024The interview process is pretty standard. The first round is a talk with the recruiter. Then, the second round is usually a technical screening. The final round is a four-round interview loop, typically including: * Two technical interviews * One
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2021Interview was pretty straightforward. The onsite had four rounds, with the last round being with a senior manager. The senior manager was actually pretty nice, and he even helped me figure out some things that I was having trouble with initially.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2019A corporate recruiter contacted me via email. After completing their OTS, I received an invitation to interview onsite in Redmond. The entire process took one month. It seems they want to hire as soon as possible. They extended an offer, which was
