Beware of the Bureaucracy
Beware of the Bureaucracy
If you get into a good group, you can work on some exciting things and with some great people. It looks good on a resume.
There is a lot of bureaucracy that causes the company to move slowly on almost everything they do. The upper management seems incompetent and unable to adapt or innovate.
Get rid of the current CEO (Ballmer must go) and put someone in charge that is not a salesman.
Find someone to lead the company that can innovate and take risks.
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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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The first round is an on-campus interview (though a phone interview may be used in some cases). Candidates then proceed to the second round, which is an on-site interview in Redmond. The interview begins at 10 AM and concludes around 3 PM. All trave
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2015The first round of phone screening primarily focused on my background. I believe the interviewer was from HR/Recruiting and was not highly technical. It's crucial to sell yourself during this round. I highlighted a project I worked on in parallel com
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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 StatesMarch 1, 2010The first round is an on-campus interview (though a phone interview may be used in some cases). Candidates then proceed to the second round, which is an on-site interview in Redmond. The interview begins at 10 AM and concludes around 3 PM. All trave
