Microsoft has great pay and benefits. The people are amazing to work with. They are some of the brightest individuals I have ever met in my entire life.
Very difficult to get in. The corporate ladder is existent, but some may not mind it because of the culture and people at Microsoft.
There is no advice I could give that Microsoft has not already implemented or exceeded in my expectations.
I got the invitation link, completed and passed every test case successfully, but surprisingly received a rejection the following week without any clear explanation, even though my performance met all expectations.
Very thorough, with lots of different steps. You need to be very prepared. It's a very corporate process, with lots of schmoozing. You'll have an introduction to different people. There are multiple interviews, including panel interviews, phone scree
4 rounds: * LeetCode - repeating words * Behavioural - 4 questions (STAR format) * LeetCode - Computation time * System Design - Design an IDE
I got the invitation link, completed and passed every test case successfully, but surprisingly received a rejection the following week without any clear explanation, even though my performance met all expectations.
Very thorough, with lots of different steps. You need to be very prepared. It's a very corporate process, with lots of schmoozing. You'll have an introduction to different people. There are multiple interviews, including panel interviews, phone scree
4 rounds: * LeetCode - repeating words * Behavioural - 4 questions (STAR format) * LeetCode - Computation time * System Design - Design an IDE