15 YOE w/Microsoft stack - MS won't interview me but FB and Amazon will

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goatcandy

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goatcandy
Jun 18, 2021 11 Comments

I absolutely cannot get even a phone screen with MS. I've got on sites coming up with FB and Amazon. Daily I get hit up by recruiters from other companies. But I cannot get a Microsoft recruiter to give me the time of day. Also multiple rejects from cold applying for jobs on their website.

Anyone at MS have insight as to what they're looking for? I've got so much experience with C# and MS SQL Server, I'd love to stay in that ecosystem (even if it costs me TC) but I can't even get a shot.

What's weird is you'd think other companies would shy away from me because so few outside of MS use C#, but they don't seem to be bothered by it.

I don't have big tech experience, could that be the problem?

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  • Recruiting is a black hole at msft. Getting a referral is the quickest way.
    Jun 18, 2021 0
  • SAP
    ARjz53

    Go to company page SAP

    ARjz53
    Remember that MSFT makes its tools easy to use. So having experience in them doesn’t generate respect, even in MSFT
    Jun 18, 2021 1
    • New
      goatcandy

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      goatcandy
      OP
      I saw wondering how long it'd take before the proverbial "C# programming isn't real development because you have a nice IDE" comment came up. But I'm pretty sure before they got to MS, very few of their devs were exclusively hacking Go in Notepad. ;)
      Jun 18, 2021
  • Wayfair
    thd48kg

    Go to company page Wayfair

    thd48kg
    Same thing happened with me in 2017 I at least applied for 15 different positions, and got no call in return. I recently got compensated $2000 as it was their fault. You can sue them if jd matches your profile and you have applied for enough positions.
    Jun 18, 2021 4
    • Wayfair
      thd48kg

      Go to company page Wayfair

      thd48kg
      I didn't sue, I just got a mail where they said that they were sued by someone and need to pay everyone who applied within that timeframe and didn't get call. In which I was supposed to fill in my details. Then I got a check in a month.
      Jun 18, 2021
    • Weird, that honestly sounds like a scam, but hey, if you got 2k congrats.
      Jun 18, 2021
  • Getting interview is all about luck.
    Jun 18, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    bVdf06

    Go to company page Amazon

    bVdf06
    Attend ms hiring event, ez offer
    Jun 18, 2021 0