WLB
Quality of work. Nice and old people still around.
Salary and Benefits
Low hiring bar lately.
Hard, not too easy. They gave plenty of time to solve the code, but I just wasn't too confident. In hindsight, I should have been better prepared. But I still would've screwed it up.
Usual, rather simple programming questions, pretty standard and found in every book. Nothing to add, as learning data structures and how to apply them to a variety of issues, computer architecture, OS-specific things, and some networking would help.
I was amazed how fast Microsoft managed to run my hiring process. I had already received another offer from a high-value company, and before signing there, I thought I'd try my luck with Microsoft. Knowing this, HR called me the day after I submitte
Hard, not too easy. They gave plenty of time to solve the code, but I just wasn't too confident. In hindsight, I should have been better prepared. But I still would've screwed it up.
Usual, rather simple programming questions, pretty standard and found in every book. Nothing to add, as learning data structures and how to apply them to a variety of issues, computer architecture, OS-specific things, and some networking would help.
I was amazed how fast Microsoft managed to run my hiring process. I had already received another offer from a high-value company, and before signing there, I thought I'd try my luck with Microsoft. Knowing this, HR called me the day after I submitte