Pretty Good Culture, Not Good Enough for Low Pay
Pretty Good Culture, Not Good Enough for Low Pay
- Culture of teamwork.
- Prioritize growth over immediate success.
- Not a blame-based culture.
- The pay is quite low comparatively.
- Very poor stock refreshers mean staying long-term isn't feasible.
- Culture is very team and manager dependent.
- Re-orgs are common, meaning you can't count on your team culture staying the same.
- Pushes everyone to participate in diversity and inclusion initiatives but doesn't reward those who do.
- Recognize and reward D&I work.
- Consider better stock refreshers.
- The culture is good, but not good enough to justify the low pay.
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First round OA with two questions, about LeetCode medium. Final round: three technical interviews, with coding questions. Since the JD mentioned language C, the coding question was done with C.
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I had a 45-minute phone call with a recruiter regarding an engineering position. They discussed the specific team I was applying to join, as well as Microsoft's workplace culture in general.
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The interview was easy. Most of the questions they asked were LeetCode easy. Unfortunately, I haven't been selected even after answering everything perfectly. I think they rejected me because of the ongoing visa issues.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2025First round OA with two questions, about LeetCode medium. Final round: three technical interviews, with coding questions. Since the JD mentioned language C, the coding question was done with C.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 11, 2025I had a 45-minute phone call with a recruiter regarding an engineering position. They discussed the specific team I was applying to join, as well as Microsoft's workplace culture in general.
Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2025The interview was easy. Most of the questions they asked were LeetCode easy. Unfortunately, I haven't been selected even after answering everything perfectly. I think they rejected me because of the ongoing visa issues.
