Work, work, work
Work, work, work
Good salary. Most software is made here, so it's a playground.
Have fun competing against others that have no life and work 80+ hours a week. I never saw anyone outside of work; most developers worked like dogs and had few interests outside of work (in my opinion) besides mundane things like cooking and photography.
Basically, you move here, buy your base Toyota Corolla, rent an apartment, and work, work, work. Buy your house, work, work, work.
Also, be prepared to play "Survivor Redmond," build your alliances, etc.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2014An initial screening interview on campus consisted of a brief (~5 minute) behavioral interview, followed by a coding question on string manipulation/character arrays. After the screening interview, I had five interviews on the Microsoft campus. All
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2015Phone screening with basic behavioral questions and some brain teasers. Four 45-minute onsite interviews. The questions are not as hard as Google, but they do want you to run test cases, including tests for corner cases, large inputs, and invalid in
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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
