Even though the salary is much lower than that of Seattle coworkers, Microsoft pays much better than local Vancouver companies.
Parking is inconvenient. The city is super congested. The parking fee is high.
Applied on their company website, and about two weeks later, the hiring manager reached out to schedule a technical screening interview. After completing the screen, I proceeded to four virtual onsite interviews.
The interview process consisted of 4 rounds. There were three LeetCode rounds and one system design round. The LeetCode problems were medium to hard level, and the system design round was high-level.
A screening phone call from a senior software engineer. There was one coding question, and I had about 30 minutes to solve it. I solved the problem verbally pretty quickly, but it took a while to figure out the details in the actual coding section.
Applied on their company website, and about two weeks later, the hiring manager reached out to schedule a technical screening interview. After completing the screen, I proceeded to four virtual onsite interviews.
The interview process consisted of 4 rounds. There were three LeetCode rounds and one system design round. The LeetCode problems were medium to hard level, and the system design round was high-level.
A screening phone call from a senior software engineer. There was one coding question, and I had about 30 minutes to solve it. I solved the problem verbally pretty quickly, but it took a while to figure out the details in the actual coding section.