Great experience until the unexpected layoff
Great experience until the unexpected layoff
Collaborative team with smart, helpful engineers.
Management often provided positive feedback and seemed engaged.
Interesting technical challenges and meaningful projects.
Good culture for growth and mentorship.
Sudden layoffs with no warning or transparency. Mixed signals from leadership (e.g., praised one day, let go the next). Feels like upper management may not fully understand or value engineering contributions.
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It was an interesting experience. The interviewers are quite smart. They will study your resume before coming into the room. I had a total of 5 rounds, though I was told there would be 3. This is usually a good sign, but I received a rejection. The
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This interview was for a 7-month internship at Microsoft. It consisted of one interview with the hiring manager. He mostly asked behavioral questions to gauge my technical skills and interests. He later tested my programming skills by asking me one
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Phone tech screen, followed by a virtual onsite with four coding rounds. There was no system design for the SWE2 level. Each round included some behavioral questions. This was not part of a hiring event, but rather for a direct position through refer
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2017It was an interesting experience. The interviewers are quite smart. They will study your resume before coming into the room. I had a total of 5 rounds, though I was told there would be 3. This is usually a good sign, but I received a rejection. The
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2017This interview was for a 7-month internship at Microsoft. It consisted of one interview with the hiring manager. He mostly asked behavioral questions to gauge my technical skills and interests. He later tested my programming skills by asking me one
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2024Phone tech screen, followed by a virtual onsite with four coding rounds. There was no system design for the SWE2 level. Each round included some behavioral questions. This was not part of a hiring event, but rather for a direct position through refer
