A great place to work, with great benefits and culture
A great place to work, with great benefits and culture
I love working at Microsoft for the most part. The pay is mediocre compared to other big tech companies, but it is not inherently bad. The benefits make it worth it in my opinion; healthcare doesn't come out of each paycheck, for example.
Great company culture; I love the "growth mindset" focus. I have had 3 managers in 3 years. My teams and managers have always been respectful and encouraging.
On-call can be stressful; it's team-dependent.
Some internal systems and tools have existed for decades. Learning them can be weird and doesn't always translate to other companies well.
Promotion velocity has been slow despite being consistently praised in performance reviews, with managers agreeing I am already performing at the next level, etc.
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The process took four weeks. - 1 in-person screen at a job fair - 2 in-person screens on site All interviews had some kind of technical aspect. They were all about a LeetCode medium-level question.
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Phone interview followed by five back-to-back on-site interviews with the Universal Store team in Redmond, WA. Very professional arrangements were made for my on-site interview, and the results were communicated the very next day.
Software Engineer
A 45-minute phone interview with some basic questions like puzzles and design. Then I got onsite. There were five one-hour coding interviews in total with the specific team. The last round was with the hiring manager. He was really awesome, so I
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesApril 3, 2026The process took four weeks. - 1 in-person screen at a job fair - 2 in-person screens on site All interviews had some kind of technical aspect. They were all about a LeetCode medium-level question.
Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2017Phone interview followed by five back-to-back on-site interviews with the Universal Store team in Redmond, WA. Very professional arrangements were made for my on-site interview, and the results were communicated the very next day.
Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2014A 45-minute phone interview with some basic questions like puzzles and design. Then I got onsite. There were five one-hour coding interviews in total with the specific team. The last round was with the hiring manager. He was really awesome, so I
