You get to work with very smart people. Being a software giant, you get a lot of infrastructure to play with. There are a lot of career change opportunities. Name an area in Computer Science, and there will be an opportunity to work there. Work-life balance is better than at a lot of companies.
You need to deal with politics. Time flies away when you are here. Sometimes decision-making can be delayed because of too many opinions.
I dropped my resume at the Microsoft booth at a career fair. I received an email asking me to indicate which of the listed timeslots were possible for a phone interview. I also filled out a form detailing my preferred position and development layer.
This was an internal transfer interview. It was a typical interview loop that external hires would probably have: * One informational interview (meet the hiring manager, talk about yourself, and discuss the position and opportunities). * Four te
He talked to me first on the phone about my projects, goals, Microsoft, the Live Search team, and my interest. He then set up a phone screen with the development lead of the team I was interviewing for, which was scheduled for about a week later. T
I dropped my resume at the Microsoft booth at a career fair. I received an email asking me to indicate which of the listed timeslots were possible for a phone interview. I also filled out a form detailing my preferred position and development layer.
This was an internal transfer interview. It was a typical interview loop that external hires would probably have: * One informational interview (meet the hiring manager, talk about yourself, and discuss the position and opportunities). * Four te
He talked to me first on the phone about my projects, goals, Microsoft, the Live Search team, and my interest. He then set up a phone screen with the development lead of the team I was interviewing for, which was scheduled for about a week later. T