Interviewing for: Sr Mgr Fin (MS), Sr Mgr BizOps (LI), Prog Mgr (ABB). 6+ yrs exp. MBA from top school. Some context: Passed Super Day/had multiple calls with hiring mgrs at MS, and strongly considering a strategy role in the finance org based in Seattle. I currently live in the Bay. I'm finishing interviews at LI (Sunnyvale) and ABB (SF) but I feel good about my chances. Concerns/Questions: MS seems like a great place based on interviews but I've read so much shit about culture/politics/low pay on Blind and am REALLY nervous about relo'ing. I've relo'ed before but is it worth it at MS? If I leave the Bay am I demolishing chances of coming back? Any improvements in culture/etc. after the announcement to break up WDG/re-org? Also, what is typical TC for Sr Mgrs in fin at MS? The soft offer during first call w/recruiter seemed wayy low. Can folks share opinions on difficulty of passing LI interviews, and opinion on working at ABB? Any help/thoughts/insights are appreciated. - Edited for clarity and less robot-ness. Was trying to get to the point.
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Depends on the team MS is like many small division and each team and division has its own way of dealing with there product ... if you like the team and the product go for it..
Thanks for insight @Rocket - do you think the culture is starting to improve overall after the re-orgs?
OP, Finance Manager is not a strategy role. If you want strategy role, apply for a strategy role in MS. Corporate Finance track/skill/perception is very, very different from Strategy/BizOps.
So the role/team I'm speaking to is for a strategy and planning type role, within the finance org. I have seen strategy roles in both places - for instance, my current role is also strategy within finance. Not all finance is pure number crunching/accounting.
Can you both elaborate on what the strategy role is? I’m just curious. If it’s something standard, a link would suffice.
LinkedIn bizops is the way to go. Bizops has a great reputation at LinkedIn and you’ll be working directly with product and data science on strategy.
Thanks for the insight! Any idea around the difficulty of getting through the interviews? i.e., lots of technical or behavioral questions? I'm hopeful for this role, so while I'm doing my best to prep any additional thoughts are helpful.
Unfortunately I can’t say with certainty (I’m not in bizops). I would guess case questions and behavioral.
LinkedIn is a fantastic company to work for. If you get an offer, use the others as leverage to get you LI offer higher. I cannot recommend the other two.
My experience with MS in finance has been good. Low pay is a common theme but I have a decent deal and know others that make good pay as well, as far as finance goes not necessarily as far as FAANG goes. Assuming you’re brought in at Lvl 62 Senior FM TC I wouldn’t take anything less than $140k base, targeted annual bonus will be $14k/10% (you could maybe get up to 15%) and maybe $70k (??) in stock over 3 years (so approx $180k TC). 401k match is good and the WLB is solid if you’re not on a shit team and can manage yourself a bit. Re-org is a huge win from a Finance standpoint IMO because the former EVP Terry was an absolute disaster to deal with from a business/FP&A/strategy side. Rajesh is already making great strides with finance to change the way the business runs and get them better seats at the table when Terry would literally avoid us. Happy to DM about it if you want, I’m FM about to be SFM presently.
Op, would you be able to share any more about which org specifically for MS? I'm also finance @MS and know a lot of the strategy groups. Feel free to pm if you prefer
LinkedIn BizOps here. Comp will be higher than MS but I’m a lower level so can’t give specifics (wouldn’t disagree w MzqC50). For interview, I wouldn’t expect anything “technical” in a software sense, but you should definitely know SaaS from a business perspective. Case interviews are much less formal than traditional consulting and may even be sprinkled into a broader interview. I had several mini-cases like “should LinkedIn enter the X market?” or “how large is the Y market in Z region?” Definitely have good stories ready for behavioral questions, and I’d definitely emphasize your ability to lead as a SM — we like great people managers :)
It’s like this one speaks in code!