Good place to work
Good place to work
Great pay. Smart people. Wonderful benefits package. If you like code, this is a great place to be. The people here are very nice.
It just wasn't for me. If you are a young college grad, be warned: The people here are older, and ultimately, the stereotype is true – Microsoft is a bit corporate and stuffy. Also, the developer technology there wasn't that great. Other than Visual Studio, development tools are not that up to snuff.
There needs to be a fundamental change to the environment at Microsoft. It really is very corporate and stuffy, and I don't know if it is able to change.
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Five algorithmic questions got asked over and over, different data structures and algorithm questions. It was difficult compared to modern hiring practices. Totally different once I joined the team. Worse thing is that the lunch interview is still an
Software Development Engineer
I had an interview on campus in Fall 2014 for an internship. They emailed me back and told me that while the interview went well, they didn't have any positions available at the time. I thought it was just a really nice way of saying "thanks, but no
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Initial screening: * Some behavioral questions. * How many lines of code have you written in your previous job? * Sorting algorithm in recursive and iterative approaches.
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2013Five algorithmic questions got asked over and over, different data structures and algorithm questions. It was difficult compared to modern hiring practices. Totally different once I joined the team. Worse thing is that the lunch interview is still an
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 26, 2015I had an interview on campus in Fall 2014 for an internship. They emailed me back and told me that while the interview went well, they didn't have any positions available at the time. I thought it was just a really nice way of saying "thanks, but no
Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2010Initial screening: * Some behavioral questions. * How many lines of code have you written in your previous job? * Sorting algorithm in recursive and iterative approaches.
