Microsoft Employee Reviews for Software Developer
Browse Microsoft Reviews by Job Title →Software Developers at Microsoft give their company a 3.7 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Microsoft is 4.0, making them 8% less happy than every other employee at Microsoft and 5% less happy than every other Software Developer on CareerBliss - the happiest Software Developers work for Iowa State University.
What do you like about working at Microsoft?
"I like the opportunity to work with a worldwide recognized software company."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"As most if not all people know, this company has a worldwide reputation."
What don't you like about working at Microsoft?
"There is no opportunity or time to get more exposure to the company's technologies."
"Great and established company with tight risk control."
What do you like about working at Microsoft?
"I like working with and learning from excellent people in a very flexible environment."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Give enough emphasis on people skills, collaboration skills, and delivery capability."
What don't you like about working at Microsoft?
"My family is in the US, but I was in Beijing alone."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I would suggest balance of risk, stability and innovation. Risk should be controlled, but over risk-management can increase cost and decrease innovation."
Average Software Developer Ratings in the Past 2 Years
| Year | Salary |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $3 |
| 2012 | $4 |
Average Microsoft Attributes by Software Developer
"Long hours, hard work, true career growth and learning, great benefits, but a lot of stress."
What do you like about working at Microsoft?
"I grew professionally - both technically and interpersonally. It was a true career-building experience. There are good colleagues here."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"There will be tricky technical questions, and not just programming, but brain-teasers and puzzles."
What don't you like about working at Microsoft?
"Pressure to perform and internal competition are very high. It is a very stressful environment."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Have a better mentoring program for people who are not yet mid-career professionals (like I was when I got there)."
"Microsoft is a great company. I did an internship and then was extended for another 4 months."
"Microsoft as it is."
What do you like about working at Microsoft?
"You can learn how things could be done if you wanted to."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Open your eyes. Microsoft might waste your talent for no apparent reason."
What don't you like about working at Microsoft?
"Who works for Microsoft has decided to speak well about Microsoft. Otherwise, they won't work for Microsoft for too long. I left Microsoft and only I know what I have survived there. I needed 2 full years to recover. I know what is happening there. I know who, why, where... The fact that I was silent for 2 years and that I would probably remain silent for the rest of my life speaks for itself. All that if Microsoft is good and if Microsoft is bad is a political game in the sense that if I would speak against Microsoft I must be Linux or Google oriented. But after 15 years with Microsoft's technologies all around the world, I know what bothers that company better than all those lovers and haters. What they have, Microsoft cannot fix. For some time they will force the respect with their money, and beyond that they will vanish. It is irreparable. Sure, some teams can live in isolation for some time, and maybe even not need to pretend how good it is there. For me it was a pure horror, not that I was in a bad department or team, but learning that to reach that isolated probably in good part you must fight for about 5 years and seeing scenes that cannot belong to any normal software company in the world, and I've seen a lot... That does not make the entire Microsoft a good company at all. Anyhow, if I decide to speak, a novel on How my mother survived holocaust and I survived Microsoft will be definitely published at least on-line. I definitely know that many people would rather forget than put themselves into a position of being under Microsoft's attack if they speak openly. For me, I can't have any respect for them. I can either ignore them, or if I need to complete my recovery, write something about my experience. Good Yes, you can cheat yourself into believing that anything is good then, and join Microsoft in forcibly establishing dominance for some time. It is someone else's choice, not mine."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"None that would help."
"Blue chip company culture with a project manager-oriented culture."
What do you like about working at Microsoft?
"There are a lot of resources on the website."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Better use insiders' networking."
What don't you like about working at Microsoft?
"There are too many overlapped groups."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Be more open."
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Microsoft D365 Functional Consultant
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