Microsoft Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great work to do, interesting."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"There are lots of great engineers and people, lots of technology, and some great leaders here and there."

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

"Understand the triad model, and get involved with the vision."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"It is hard to move fast within the company. Teams are very large and unwieldy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pick a few things and do them well - and focus on mobile, and new customers."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"The cafeterias and common areas are great! Building 92 is awesome. Big GOW fan."

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

"Learn to make it up as you go. If you are a UI designer, don't expect to work in the MAC OS environment or bounce ideas off your team."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The MSFT culture needs to be changed to one that fosters a creative, freethinking environment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should learn the English language and give better direction for their own budgeted directives/projects."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"It is a vast candy store for technology - great place to learn."

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

"Talk to insiders before interviewing. Review current articles on the company - especially Forbes."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"It is non-team oriented. The culture is very complex and highly decentralized, with no cross-division cooperation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company needs to rethink its incentive structure as recommended by a recent article in Forbes."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"It was great working for Microsoft. It has a good community focus."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"Microsoft has a poor track record with the companies it has acquired."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep on track and maintain focus with the companies that you acquire."

"It would be a great place to work if you are doing what you have been hired for."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"My likes are: good pay, best benefits, stock grant, nice office, and a lot of extras."

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

"Make sure you are working on the position you are hired for, otherwise find a new position soon."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The review process can be hard, especially when I am not working on the position I have been hired for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There are a lot of politics in the review process. That's not healthy for the company in the long run."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"Microsoft is a super company and has many interesting products."

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

"Never suggest things to the managers. They get offended by any comments."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The company location in rainy city Redmond, Washington is not good."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to be open minded for suggestions and comments."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the comfortable working environment where one can learn plenty of knowledge in multiple fields."

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

"Be confident and well prepared, and do not be afraid of failure."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The city is way too hot in the summer and there is no AC during overtime."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think that there is no obvious disadvantage in management."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"Smart co-workers and interesting projects made for an interesting and engaging workday."

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

"Get in while you are single and young, get out as soon as you have children."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The intense, competitive, aggressive company culture was depressing and unhealthy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Promote work-life balance, and encourage innovation and leadership from the bottom up."

"It was a great experience working there."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"The company has many smart people, and the working environment is good. There are many opportunities to learn and work with the latest technology."

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

"Take it as a good learning opportunity if you are hired. Try to find a good group to work with, and change groups if you don't feel good."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The company has become more bureaucratic and lost its innovative spirit. The top management has no vision and steers the company in the wrong direction."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become innovative again and willing to take risk. Change the review system and keep good people instead of yes sayers."

"It was interesting to see how Win7 was put together."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"The work was interesting and challenging. The support for even contractors for commuting was astounding. The facilities were the best ever."

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

"In my own hiring, I have found that broad experience can be as useful as depth in those cases where the job description is not so narrowly defined. Even if you are working on kernel code, it's nice to have an understanding of how Apache would stress it."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"Leadership was not visionary. That said, our group was chartered with making something new by simply restructuring the old OS."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Win8 running on arm cpu's is a bit of a mold breaker. It will force them to rethink how their software works in that environment. Mold breaking is good for Microsoft, for their products, and eventually for consumers."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"My likes are: always learning new technologies to add to my accomplishments, troubleshooting issues to resolution without having to escalate further, and working with various ops/dev teams and product managers in order to fulfill job tasks and responsibilities."

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

"Be aware there are a lot of things to learn up front, but all will start to fall into place quickly. The opportunities are everywhere, and as you work, you can be introduced to other IT processes that you might want to get involved in and seek formal training for. It can be very rewarding to work in the IT field."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"Some job tasks are limited to FTEs only, such as some advanced SQL updates and resolutions, preventing the ability to handle and close out issues without further escalation or assistance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would have a bi-monthly meeting with my teams to evaluate where our job processes are at, asking what is working, what is not working, what could help the processes currently in place, and what could I do to assist the team."

"It was good."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"It was good but brief since it was a contractor role."

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

"Be flexible to work different late shifts and at unmarked data warehouse locations."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"It was fine, but the hours were a bit late for night shift."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would prefer to work during the day and not at night."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"There are good benefits and pay - that's about it, I guess."

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

"Apply yourself and never give up - regardless of how many obstacles get in your way."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"There is not much accountability and responsibility, and people don't really care about anything."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would hold people more accountable, and demand a higher level of work ethic."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like that the company is running a big project, which will affect a lot of people. I enjoy working with different teams, and moving to different projects."

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

"Know what you are testing, and test every bid of the software if asked to do so."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I don't like that sometimes it takes too long for the company to move me to a different project, once I am done with the current project."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I want to grow, and I want management to help me in this. I don't like to be stuck in the beginner place."

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

"If you are the man of action, think twice, whether you want to work there. If you like the status, good name on the visit card, like to be a part of the office games, and know someone with high status in MS, apply."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"My dislikes were: having many managers with different goals settled on one time, working with Excel or PowerPoint for 60% of time, not much action but lots of explanations, seeking for the sponsor, and doing emails instead of taking real activities. There was no time to have a friendly relationship with colleagues. And there were politics, artificial smiles, and a strong push for the results but no support to achieve them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't bring so many friends from the outside of the company. Have a stronger push on quality and results, and less on promotion of the loyal friends."