Difficult for career growth
Difficult for career growth
Great benefits. A ton of different, exciting areas to work on. Wildly different cultures depending on the group, so there's something at MS for almost everyone.
Far too much politics, and sometimes brutal backstabbing to get promotions. There are no clear guidelines for levels, and it's possible to get stuck for years.
Frequent reorgs frequently reset any career growth.
For all the talk of diversity, the loud, opinionated, male employees are promoted the quickest.
So far, diversity is an idea coming from the top. Please empower individuals to act and comment on diversity, and ask regular employees for feedback. Right now, if something is going wrong in a team, there's no way to correct it.
Also, please stop reorging so often. It feels very demoralizing, and I've seen multiple great teams fall apart due to reorgs.
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You first go to a career fair, speak with a bunch of recruiters and send out your resume. Then there's a phone screen where you talk to a recruiter/employee, and then an onsite interview at Redmond, Washington.
Software Engineer
I had a 30-minute interview with a hiring manager. I briefly introduced myself. He introduced his team a little bit. Then we proceeded to a coding test. There was some time left for questions.
Software Engineer
I had a relaxed on-campus interview. Following that, there was an on-site with four interviews, which were mostly technical. Expect LeetCode "easy" to "medium" difficulty problems. I made my process much longer than it had to be. They treat you rea
Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2017You first go to a career fair, speak with a bunch of recruiters and send out your resume. Then there's a phone screen where you talk to a recruiter/employee, and then an onsite interview at Redmond, Washington.
Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2024I had a 30-minute interview with a hiring manager. I briefly introduced myself. He introduced his team a little bit. Then we proceeded to a coding test. There was some time left for questions.
Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2018I had a relaxed on-campus interview. Following that, there was an on-site with four interviews, which were mostly technical. Expect LeetCode "easy" to "medium" difficulty problems. I made my process much longer than it had to be. They treat you rea
