Microsoft has good WLB. Colleagues and managers are kind.
It provides less compensation compared to other big tech companies. The management is in disarray. There are no clear boundaries on responsibilities. The leaders lack a clear vision for the company.
I applied through a recruiter. It was much easier than I expected. It started off with a technical HackerRank screening of two medium and one hard LeetCode problems. - 1st Round: System Design and LLD of something like a sports scoreboard (30 mins)
Conducted interviews and problem-solving sessions with four individuals. The problems ranged from basic to intermediate in difficulty. Ample time was given to solve each problem, approximately one hour per problem. A complimentary lunch was provided.
I was told it's a general interview event where I could use any language I preferred. It turned out to be four interviewers from Azure Files, all prejudiced against code that wasn't C++. The last interview was especially awful. I was told it would
I applied through a recruiter. It was much easier than I expected. It started off with a technical HackerRank screening of two medium and one hard LeetCode problems. - 1st Round: System Design and LLD of something like a sports scoreboard (30 mins)
Conducted interviews and problem-solving sessions with four individuals. The problems ranged from basic to intermediate in difficulty. Ample time was given to solve each problem, approximately one hour per problem. A complimentary lunch was provided.
I was told it's a general interview event where I could use any language I preferred. It turned out to be four interviewers from Azure Files, all prejudiced against code that wasn't C++. The last interview was especially awful. I was told it would