Better culture, slower growth
Better culture, slower growth
Overall, the environment at Microsoft is conducive to work-life balance and facilitates authentic connection and collaboration with coworkers.
Managers mostly actually care, and your feedback is respected.
Microsoft is a large company, and there are definitely still pockets of management that do not subscribe to the new culture, preferring to micromanage and exert top-down pressure to conform.
Also, being a large company, your progress in your career is somewhat slower.
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First round interview: Some random person who could hardly speak English. Second interview: Some stupid person who was interviewing me as his replacement. Third interview: A smart Asian dude who asked me about binary trees.
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I was contacted by a Microsoft recruiter via LinkedIn who was hiring for Core Cleared positions (requiring a Top Secret/SCI clearance) based in Seattle, WA and Herndon, VA. I had an initial phone screen with the recruiter, who messaged me asking gen
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The interview process was comprehensive and efficient. It consisted of: * Initial phone screening * Challenging technical interviews * A thorough behavioral interview Communication was prompt throughout the process. Overall, it was quite good.
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2019First round interview: Some random person who could hardly speak English. Second interview: Some stupid person who was interviewing me as his replacement. Third interview: A smart Asian dude who asked me about binary trees.
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2019I was contacted by a Microsoft recruiter via LinkedIn who was hiring for Core Cleared positions (requiring a Top Secret/SCI clearance) based in Seattle, WA and Herndon, VA. I had an initial phone screen with the recruiter, who messaged me asking gen
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 23, 2023The interview process was comprehensive and efficient. It consisted of: * Initial phone screening * Challenging technical interviews * A thorough behavioral interview Communication was prompt throughout the process. Overall, it was quite good.
