Microsoft Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Career necessity."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like technology innovation."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I don't like their lack of depth of understanding of how to implement their technology for the betterment of business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop paying heed to management metrics, and start figuring out how to innovate from the perspective of their customers' needs."

"Good place to be."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"They were a great group of people to work with. I loved my job."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"It was a term position."

"Good company to work."

"Great place to work and make a career if given the opportunity."

"Anyone who enjoys building software and being surrounded by talented people would love a job at Microsoft."

"I really enjoyed the atomsphere."

"MSFT - not the best place to work at anymore."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"There are lots of benefits and smart people to work with. The culture is changing, but some remnants of what made this a great company are still around."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready for off the wall questions like how to get some people going across a river in a boat. Interviews in Redmond are WAY different than interviews in the field."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"There is too much importing of external management who have different cultures and values than what the company was founded upon. Political prowess has overtaken technical prowess as the best skill set to have, which is a darn shame."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The current layoffs and cost cutting measures will cost the company fourfold over the next few years in the areas of morale and hiring. The company is changing, and although there are pockets of sanity still available, there are way too many coasters who show up to work in Redmond each day and still have jobs."

"It was another professional interview and I was offered another job within the company on the spot."

"Bitter about the good people laid off and the loafs that are protected by upper management."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"In the beginning it was an exciting place to be involved in leading edge technologies."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be very selective in which group you choose to join."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I don't like the deteriorating level of professionalism in project management principles as well as just plain business acumen in many organizations. There is no recognition of the value of PM fundamentals; no one I worked with could barely understand logic diagramming or principles of WBS creation. They just use MS Project to make pretty pictures that did a great job of showing how late their next project delivery would be."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Start paying attention to the fundamentals, forget the touchy-feely junk, and start with sound PM fundamentals. Use knowledgeable people to plan work before committing to a delivery, and root out the good-ole-boy protections for incompetent people who sit on the web all day doing the photography hobbies and never deliver on time."

"Good place to work."

"Excell is a great company. The group within Microsoft averaged 75 to 100 hours per week!!!!!!"

"Exceptional, fun place to work."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the new challenges every day and the intelligent peers. It is incredible."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confident and prepared for any challenging questions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to evolve."

"Microsoft is the best company ever."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the complexity and diversity in work."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I'm not always able to manage work-life balance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep making it a great place to work by listening to your employees and helping them with career development."

"Exciting company, with a fantastic working environment."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I really liked working with the key developers to document software issues. I loved setting up all the test servers and apps."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to work really hard. If you don't enjoy heavy IT work and learning a lot, don't apply."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"Some PMs seem kind of haughty."

"Good place to work."