The environment was supportive. At least in the group that I was working on, people seemed pretty happy with their direct leadership.
If one was interested in Microsoft, now would probably be the time to join, given the shifts that are occurring. (Note: this applies mostly to software engineers, since they are gutting some positions in order to reach a certain ratio between developers and PMs.)
You can notice the dead weight at times. It definitely seemed like Satya Nadella, the new CEO, was trying to take the company in the right direction. While I would bet for them succeeding as opposed to against, you can tell it'll probably still take a decent while.
On-Campus and On-Site Interviews at Redmond Contacted by a recruiter for an on-campus interview opportunity. This was a short screening interview with some behavioral questions and a coding question, for which pseudocode was sufficient. The on-site
The first round was on campus at the university. Then they flew me to MS for the second round at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond. I had four interviews on that day, each lasting 45 minutes with a 15-minute break between them. There were three tec
The phone interview consisted of general questions and one semi-technical question about quickly finding a book in a library. The on-site interview consisted of four interviews. All involved coding on a whiteboard and focused on data structures and
On-Campus and On-Site Interviews at Redmond Contacted by a recruiter for an on-campus interview opportunity. This was a short screening interview with some behavioral questions and a coding question, for which pseudocode was sufficient. The on-site
The first round was on campus at the university. Then they flew me to MS for the second round at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond. I had four interviews on that day, each lasting 45 minutes with a 15-minute break between them. There were three tec
The phone interview consisted of general questions and one semi-technical question about quickly finding a book in a library. The on-site interview consisted of four interviews. All involved coding on a whiteboard and focused on data structures and