I’ve been very interested in working for Microsoft for years. I see a few postings that i plan on applying for. Curious, what the current climate is at Microsoft. And, if anyone wants to refer me in, would greatly appreciate it. #microsoft TC:175
I just got an offer from Microsoft, I’m on my last month using this Blind profile
Written or verbal? Because lol
Verbal, waiting for the written one, I already have a team thought. Should receive the writing one this week. I’ll let you know
Lots of rumors. We did have cuts but very targeted. Our blind channel is super worried in engineering side especially since azure apparently is in freeze. People are scared for sure. Some say September layoff are coming. Others say Jan. No one knows shit
No one knows for sure. Our internal channel has a bunch of people shitposting about when it's gonna happen and who'll be hit, but it's honestly out of our control. If there are layoffs, it won't be perf based and will happen to entire teams at a time. Point being, there's nothing anybody can do if they do happen. Your best bet is to keep leetcoding if you join and hope for the best. Worst case scenario, you get a few months' notice, during which you can interview prep 24/7. Then severance. That's better than nothing.
Msft people at bottom of team in 09... obviously good people get thrown in the mix too
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