Does Microsoft look as good as Amazon on resume?

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Oct 22, 2018 24 Comments

Got return offer from Amazon, and also got an offer from Microsoft. MSFT gave a much higher package (170k) in Seattle. I am happy about the number, but also worried. I will use a lot C# and may learn some non-marketable skills. Also, many people especially those in open source communities just don’t like Microsoft. Not sure if it’s a good idea to join MSFT

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  • Microsoft / Data
    Ginny

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    Ginny
    Depends on the team and specific skills used but IMO msft has a very slight edge.
    Oct 22, 2018 0
  • Amazon
    PAxv45

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    PAxv45
    i have worked at both and believe both are good on resume but Amazon might have an edge. I dont think however it should be a deciding factor for you. Think about which type of work makes you happier.
    Oct 22, 2018 1
  • New
    VoSi13

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    VoSi13
    You’re trying to evaluate the company based on other people’s perception. I’d say join based your own perception.

    Good, satisfying work trumps everything else IMO.
    Oct 22, 2018 0
  • Both are same tier and will get you an interview pretty much anywhere, but actually getting the job is all you.
    Oct 23, 2018 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    jNeo42

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    jNeo42
    Microsoft’s perceived inferiority will subside once it hires in-house recruiters and gets rid of the lousy 3rd party agencies, and improves their gatekeeper concept in the interviews (like Amazon’s bar raiser). I just interviewed for a general Senior SWE role at Google, and next for a particular spot at Microsoft which looks like a far more varied and challenging spot compared to being a body at Google. But I am very senior and hard to please with tech jobs. I can’t take just anything — Amazon seemed promising but turned out to not be the right fit (though I ended up on a great team).
    Oct 23, 2018 5
    • Microsoft has a gigantic pipeline of candidates. Not sure where you heard otherwise. The vast majority of that pipeline, is handled through internal recruiters of which Microsoft employs an army. You dont have to track down an hm to get started at all. If you do, or can get a good referral it will help you at ms or any of those other companies. Like all companies if you dont have a referral there is automated matching to find viable candidates from the mountains of applications. Then youre saying that ms has to improve its gatekeeper concept without actually knowing what it is.
      Oct 23, 2018
    • Amazon / Eng
      jNeo42

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      jNeo42
      I’ve been contacted by nearly everyone, except for Microsoft. Not sure how I’ve never made it into their system. Especially after talking to a Senior SDE who told the external sourcer that I’m good for Microsoft but not for his team. That was 7 months ago. I now have direct contact to an HM for a team I found through a friend. I would have otherwise never found it.
      Oct 23, 2018