Fantastic workplace for recent college grads; major glass ceilings for mid-career workers
Fantastic workplace for recent college grads; major glass ceilings for mid-career workers
Pro-customer focus, competitiveness, and an excellent ability to develop young talent. Highly maternal/paternal, with a socialistic style of caring for employees.
Ruthless politics once on a dev lead level; cross-divisional animosity; a curious inability to hammer out a reasonably fair comp/ranking and rating system.
A lot of my friends left Microsoft out of frustration with the review system, with no other complaints. Get the performance management right, and this puppy will keep on going for a long time.
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
This was a phone screen where the interviewer asked basic questions. I was not very interested because I had just learned that 18,000 people were being laid off. One interesting question was: If a single bit has two possible values (0 or 1), how ma
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
I almost missed out because they typed my email address incorrectly, and they had been trying to contact me for weeks. I had an on-campus interview with some relatively straightforward questions. I was invited to visit their campus. They had a nice
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
I had a great experience interviewing with Microsoft. The questions were both technical and analytical in nature, with a lot of focus on algorithms and design, as expected. I had a presentation and six interviews in one day. The first few interviews
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2014This was a phone screen where the interviewer asked basic questions. I was not very interested because I had just learned that 18,000 people were being laid off. One interesting question was: If a single bit has two possible values (0 or 1), how ma
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 25, 2014I almost missed out because they typed my email address incorrectly, and they had been trying to contact me for weeks. I had an on-campus interview with some relatively straightforward questions. I was invited to visit their campus. They had a nice
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2015I had a great experience interviewing with Microsoft. The questions were both technical and analytical in nature, with a lot of focus on algorithms and design, as expected. I had a presentation and six interviews in one day. The first few interviews
