Good competitive work and pay. Opportunity to work with and network with smart people.
In my limited experience, a tinge of politics is present. You need to be aware of that to sail through.
Interview Stages: * Rec Scree * Phone Screen * Onsite (LC, System Design, Manager, LC) The interview was for a specific team, so many low-level (C, C++, and OS) questions were asked.
On-campus booth, quick chat. Then I did an on-campus, in-person interview. We discussed my CV and previous projects for a while. I was then asked one question, which wasn't very hard. Next, I completed a full day, in-house interview in Redmond. I w
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
Interview Stages: * Rec Scree * Phone Screen * Onsite (LC, System Design, Manager, LC) The interview was for a specific team, so many low-level (C, C++, and OS) questions were asked.
On-campus booth, quick chat. Then I did an on-campus, in-person interview. We discussed my CV and previous projects for a while. I was then asked one question, which wasn't very hard. Next, I completed a full day, in-house interview in Redmond. I w
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