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Data Analyst at Microsoft
Posted Sep 24, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in Redmond, WA (took 2 days)
The staffing agency called me and asked me if I was interested in a Data Analyst position. I said okay - thinking something is better than nothing. I usually work in the Bi space as a functional analyst / project manager.
I was called and spent .5 hour with the lead report developer. He asked general questions about my resume and concentrated on my last two assignments. The lead then called my staffing agency to schedule a two hour interview. The two hour interview consisted of a one hour overview of the system. I had a chance to ask question about their data and reports. Then I had a more technical interview with the DBA. I was asked all kinds of questions about large tables, best way to access, how to determine rowcount, cluster indexes ... etc. I didn't know all the answers... Then I sat down with a lady that acutally does the data analyst job. She was nice -- she asked a technical question or two. Told me about the type of work she does in the group. All in all nice people, but I did not get the job because they wanted someone really technical.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Program Manager at Microsoft
Posted Sep 20, 2009 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2008 in Redmond, WA (took 2+ weeks)
Was interviewed by a panel of Sr. Program Managers at a local recruiting session. A 1:1 with a Test Manager followed this interview. I think after the 2 hour discussion they had made a decision to hire me. It wasn't clear which team would make the offer, it took 2 more weeks to find out the list of teams interested in my abilities.
After talking to the hiring managers on the phone and in person I decided to opt for a team I was primarily interested in.
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Negotiation Details
This was the toughest part of the job acceptance process, the negotiation process dragged out quite a bit and they didn't budge much from the original offer. Its a little easier to get rewarded in stocks and one time bonus.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Program Manager at Microsoft
Posted Sep 16, 2009
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2008 in Seattle, WA (took 4+ weeks)
I had an initial phone screen. Got a lot of design questions and one or two technical questions. Was asked to come to Seattle for onsite interviews. I had 5 interviews with the Visual Studio Team which were very technical unlike other PM interviews because Visual Studio PM's are supposed to be technical. (I am a CS major). Got an offer 3 days later but then was told later that the position had been offered to someone else and I was asked to come back again to Seattle to interview with another team. This time I interviewed with the Office Team. I again had 5 interviews and got an offer again but I had already accepted another offer and so declined.
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Reason for Declining
Had another offer which I had already accepted.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Sep 14, 2009
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took 2 weeks)
The interviewer asked about course work and previous projects. Asked simple programming question about linked list tree traversal. Also asked more qualitative programming questions about how I would go about designing a specific facebook application. He was interested in having me describe my process for breaking down a problem and solving the individual problems and then reassembling my solutions into an overall solution.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) at Microsoft
Posted Sep 4, 2009
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2007 (took 2 days)
The process started with a screening interview by phone where the recruiter asked questions related to the resume and some basic technical questions like what's the difference between c++ and java.
After that I went through 4 or 5 technical 1:1 interviews with different people of different groups inside MS, like office, printing, etc. The 1:1 interviews consisted of producing an algorithm to solve specific problems which required the use of data structures and general programming skills. Be prepare to defend your algorithm in terms of performance (asymptotic notation) and corner cases.
One of the most important things to do during the process is to _verbalize_ your thoughts during the creation of your algorithm/design.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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SDET at Microsoft
Posted Sep 1, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2007 (took 2 months)
I was contacted by a staffing company about a temp to perm position at Microsoft for an SDET position. Since this was with a staffing company, and I did not live in the area, I did not have any face to face contact, rather, all contact was done over the phone.
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Reason for Declining
Pay was not competitive with other offers.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Aug 29, 2009
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2008 in Redmond, WA (took a day)
25 candidates in total. Took everyone out to a very expensive restaurant the night before (~$80 per person). Provided a limo to get to the interviews in the morning. Interviews were relatively easy (4 in total). Early ones asked about my research, and the later ones seemed more like a formality as they mostly just asked rehashed algorithm questions that I had seen on websites. Overall the interview process was a piece of cake.
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Negotiation Details
I was told up front that the offer was "non-negotiable". Since I had no other offers at the time, I didn't feel I was in a good position to bargain. For others, I would suggest getting a second or third interview with a different company set up around the same time, so you have more power.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Media Specialist at Microsoft
Posted Aug 26, 2009
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2007 in Redmond, WA (took 2 days)
I used a recruiter to get my phone interview. After the phone interview, I was invited to Redmond for on-site interviews. The on-site interviews were with 4 team members including the director and a final "bar-raiser" which was performed over the phone a week after my interviews. The interviews were more business like and asked many behavioral type questions. I had to talk about my past experiences and how I would fit in at Microsoft. Overall, the interview process was difficult but not impossible.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Software Intern at Microsoft
Posted Aug 22, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2009 (took 2 weeks)
I was corresponding through emails and they confirmed a phone interview for the initial screening.
The interviewer was an HR lady.
I was basically asked about my projects, educational background some some questions about my availability and whether I was interested in doing some project management.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Program Manager at Microsoft
Posted Aug 17, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2008 in Seattle, WA (took 1 week)
I only did the initial phone screen and did not pursure it further since I decided against moving for a job. I also heard from other microsoft insiders that that team did not have much growth. I remember that they were particular about having a landline to have the technical interview on, a mobile phone would not do. Some microsoft paranoia :) ?
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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