Great environment. Most of the teams are packed with extremely smart and competent people.
Work outside the Redmond office is not valued as much, even if you produce more.
Some teams and maybe entire orgs may have a toxic culture (the remnants of the Balmer era).
This is being fixed, but some parts are moving way too slowly.
Try to reduce the discrimination. I am not talking about gender or race; Microsoft is great in this regard. I am talking about Redmond vs. the rest of the world and full-time employees vs. vendors.
The interviewer was friendly and tried to inspire you to answer questions. Based on the interview results, they seem to accurately reflect your coding level. This also helps you to judge whether you are ready for such a job or ponder whether you are
The interview took place during COVID-19 quarantine. The first stage was a conversational interview via video chat on Microsoft Teams with the hiring manager and another engineer. The second stage was a coding challenge. A product specification was
The interview process consisted of four technical rounds, all conducted in a single day in Mumbai. 1. **First Interview:** Two coding problems. Candidates first wrote pseudocode, followed by actual code in their language of choice. 2. **Second Int
The interviewer was friendly and tried to inspire you to answer questions. Based on the interview results, they seem to accurately reflect your coding level. This also helps you to judge whether you are ready for such a job or ponder whether you are
The interview took place during COVID-19 quarantine. The first stage was a conversational interview via video chat on Microsoft Teams with the hiring manager and another engineer. The second stage was a coding challenge. A product specification was
The interview process consisted of four technical rounds, all conducted in a single day in Mumbai. 1. **First Interview:** Two coding problems. Candidates first wrote pseudocode, followed by actual code in their language of choice. 2. **Second Int