In discussions with Skype in Estonia. Need to understand what to expect in terms of salary #offer #career #tech
Recently received a NG SWE offer for Microsoft Teams org in Redmond, WA. Wondering what the RTO policy, on call, WLB and growth looks like org-wise. I’ve heard some mixed reviews with some saying the org is cutthroat, a failing product (compared to Skype) but has high growth. My offer letter has Ra...Read more
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I applied for Software Engineer, Graduate 2022. They gave me an interview over Skype (not a call, Skype CHAT) and had me fill out a Google questionnaire with behavioral questions. Is this the usual process? Do the actual interviews come later on? I'm super confused with this process. The recruiter t...Read more
Recently received a NG SWE offer for Microsoft Teams org in Redmond, WA. Wondering what the RTO policy, on call, WLB and growth looks like org-wise. I’ve heard some mixed reviews with some saying the org is cutthroat, a failing product (compared to Skype) but has high growth. My offer letter has Ra...Read more
I have a linkedin machine learning software engineer interview coming up. What to expect during the initial phone screening round? Recruiter told me that I will have a skype session of 1 hour which will have 2 coding questions and machine learning basics. How should I prepare for the coding screenin...Read more
Hi i have a technical phone screen tomorrow at Microsoft. Can someone share their experience regarding what tools the company uses to conduct the interview? Is it a telephonic round or does it use some software like Microsoft teams, skype etc? I want to be prepared with all the tools needed for the ...Read more
I am curious to know what are the top ten teams in microsoft that are generally percieved across the company .... like outlook, skype, windows, azure etc etc . If any one knows a much lower level division (like divisions under windows or division under azure etc) , please do reply in that level. #m...Read more
I am a huge fan of the US and I want to get a GC and live there. I know the different visa types (H1B, L1, EB2 etc). I am a Software Developer from Eastern Europe with 10+ years of experience with .NET. I have applied for positions at all the big companies (Apple, Facebook, Salesforce etc.) and many...Read more
I’ve never been laid off but have seen coworkers get let go: The company (not WePay) was laying off 1000 software engineers scattered across 4 locations. They started with the east coast then slowly moved towards west coast. I was based in the west coast so our layoffs happend on a Friday. My proje...Read more
I have Ubuntu installed on my laptop and have employee system management software installed on it. I know my company can see what processes are running, what’s load size, memory status and whether device is on or not. But can they remotely access the computer, and can they see what websites I’m open...Read more
This is not an advertisement.(I don't work for Krisp). But I clearly like the Krisp software which cancels out all the background noise (especially the kids crying, airport noise etc). Here is the referral link, but feel free to explore and download yourself. It just works! https://ref.krisp.ai/u/ua...Read more
Some time ago, I could not login to my Skype, saying that account was blocked for "serious violation of the Microsoft Services Agreement". Ok, I know what you may think and no - I did not do anything illegal from what I can tell. I did not share any content, harassed anyone or anything like that. I...Read more
Many software engineering teams at Tesla are failing because of very low hiring bar. (Engineers working for car teams are exceptionally good and do not fall into this category). Over 60% of team members are contractors converted to FTE. Here is their job-life cycle. Interview while joining as cont...Read more
I applied for a SDE position at Microsoft through their career portal. A couple days later I get reached out by the hiring manager on Linkedin saying that he has a position open and that he wanted to have a call with me tomorrow morning. I tell him that I am busy at the time. Then he sends another m...Read more
How do you effectively learn on the job as a junior engineer when seniors do not provide ground-up training in a structured way? A lot of the Skype/Webex/MSTeams powerpoint presentations within teams or cross-team contain a lot of terms and concepts which I am not familiar with. These kinds of pres...Read more
I was reading through this forum nerve-racked after my on-site at Snap so I thought I would share the story of the interview. This was for the office in Vienna (Austria). I applied on their website end of March. I had Skype screening from the head of local team on 22nd of April. Nothing technical...Read more
I had first joined GM as an intern and had a great time learning about the corporate world, as this was my first real world experience. There was a program called the ambassador program, which allowed GM employees to rent any GM car for free for a week every 3 months, and I was able to rent the Cadi...Read more