Had all interviews with MSFT, L65. Then no feedback. After 2 weeks I reached out to recruiter. They came back with HM on vacation, next thing lead recruiter left MSFT, external recruiter still in touch with me - reaching out to new recruiter. Now asking me for time tomorrow to chat. What will it be? YoE: 14 TC: 470
L65 will not give you 470 or higher
Conversation was: Very very late in the process, an internal hire appeared. And this one will get the role. But they would like to stay in touch as I would be a fantastic match. I told them that I am not too convinced - since 1 year I have been involved in 4 full loop interviews and results were: 1) position too junior, 2) position cancelled, 3) internal hire, 4) internal hire.
This unfortunately is quite common at Microsoft
You don’t have the patience to be a L65. Wait and tell us later.
I reached out only once in 4 weeks (after the initial 2 weeks).
I wasn’t talking about that. You have a meeting tomorrow right. Let us know how it goes. Anyway I apologize for being snarky. Best of luck. Hope you get it.