YMMV. Hope you land on a good team
YMMV. Hope you land on a good team
- Good benefits and bonus, salary is decent.
- Interesting/informative events/talks (if you have time to attend them).
- Good perks.
- Terrible work-life balance.
- Contractors often treated as second-class citizens (this is coming from the perspective of an FTE).
- Offshore teams (non-US-based) are taken advantage of. It is normal to see them online at 1-2 AM their time.
- There doesn't seem to be a good handle on the time-zone spread.
- Internal movement is not as streamlined or encouraged as it is advertised to be.
- Normalize an 8-5 / 9-6 schedule.
- Openly discuss career goals and trajectory.
- Respect offshore counterparts; they are human beings, not resources.
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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.
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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.
