Mostly dependent on your manager... mostly
Mostly dependent on your manager... mostly
- Good pay and benefits.
- Generally good work/life balance for big tech, depending on your manager.
- Decently supportive of WFH/hybrid, with no forced RTO.
- Changing teams is the same as applying from outside the company, with lengthy interview loops and all.
- Very deep hierarchies with many middle managers, leading to lots of office politics, reorgs, etc.
- There's always a big layoff around the corner.
- Even if your manager is good, company-wide initiatives can sometimes hurt you. I lost my job due to an automated process that my manager wasn't even involved in.
- Anti-DEI at this point. They got rid of their whole DEI department, and then fired me and a lot of other trans and disabled people two days after the inauguration this year.
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I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. Microsoft Software Engineer 2 Interview Experience: Timeline: - Initial screening - Put on hold while interviewing other candidates - Full onsite loop scheduled Total Rounds: 6 (1 screening + 5 onsite)
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I received a call from the recruiter, who then set up a phone screen with a member of the hiring team. This process took about a week. After clearing the technical screen, I was invited onsite for a round of interviews. The entire process took about
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A multi-round interview that generally takes the whole day. Each interviewer will ask a series of questions, and at least one interviewer will have you complete a coding problem on the whiteboard.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 2, 2026I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. Microsoft Software Engineer 2 Interview Experience: Timeline: - Initial screening - Put on hold while interviewing other candidates - Full onsite loop scheduled Total Rounds: 6 (1 screening + 5 onsite)
Software Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2015I received a call from the recruiter, who then set up a phone screen with a member of the hiring team. This process took about a week. After clearing the technical screen, I was invited onsite for a round of interviews. The entire process took about
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2011A multi-round interview that generally takes the whole day. Each interviewer will ask a series of questions, and at least one interviewer will have you complete a coding problem on the whiteboard.
