Freedom, But Promotion Blocked
Freedom, But Promotion Blocked
Very little micromanagement, lots of room to try out other teams.
It's hard to get promoted due to "budgets." The relationship between engineering and PMs is terrible.
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I recently had a phone screen for an SDE II role at Microsoft. While the process itself was straightforward, the interview experience was highly unfair. The interviewer did not allow me to run my code or provide test cases and stated that syntax was
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I was asked to appear for an interview with the team I was working with as a contractor. There were 6 interviews lined up for the whole day. These were split sessions (morning/afternoon), and if you didn't have a majority thumbs-up in the first sessi
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United StatesSeptember 1, 2025I recently had a phone screen for an SDE II role at Microsoft. While the process itself was straightforward, the interview experience was highly unfair. The interviewer did not allow me to run my code or provide test cases and stated that syntax was
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Mountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2025It was a good and in-depth interview experience. Rounds: * Online assessment * Phone screen * 4 loops rounds (Coding, system design, Low level, Coding + low level) Just be prepared with all concepts and take mock interviews.
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2009I was asked to appear for an interview with the team I was working with as a contractor. There were 6 interviews lined up for the whole day. These were split sessions (morning/afternoon), and if you didn't have a majority thumbs-up in the first sessi
