Good Benefits, Stressful Bureaucracy
Good Benefits, Stressful Bureaucracy
Some of the compensation packages Microsoft provides are very good (e.g., health insurance). Additionally, the Redmond campus is beautiful.
There is a lot of bureaucracy, so be prepared. A lot of employees do little to no work and push it onto the members lower in the hierarchy, so it can be very stressful for the lowest member of the team.
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SWE New Grad
On-campus 30-minute interview in early October (passed). Heard within a couple of days that all interview spots were taken, but there might be an opening in late November/December. Heard back from my recruiter in December to schedule an onsite in l
SWE New Grad
I had a coding screen from Codility, a resume/HR round, and three interviews onsite. It was not awful, but the bar has definitely been raised. I think Microsoft is not paying enough for this bar.
SWE New Grad
1 behavioral, 2 technical. Straightforward questions were asked in the behavioral interview. In the next two rounds, there was 1 technical question each, LeetCode-type problems. The first interview was about 30 minutes long, and then each of the next
SWE New Grad
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2018On-campus 30-minute interview in early October (passed). Heard within a couple of days that all interview spots were taken, but there might be an opening in late November/December. Heard back from my recruiter in December to schedule an onsite in l
SWE New Grad
United StatesFebruary 14, 2025I had a coding screen from Codility, a resume/HR round, and three interviews onsite. It was not awful, but the bar has definitely been raised. I think Microsoft is not paying enough for this bar.
SWE New Grad
United StatesMarch 18, 20241 behavioral, 2 technical. Straightforward questions were asked in the behavioral interview. In the next two rounds, there was 1 technical question each, LeetCode-type problems. The first interview was about 30 minutes long, and then each of the next
