MSFT hurts chance getting interviews

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๐ŸฌFlyFish

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๐ŸฌFlyFish
Feb 28 13 Comments

Been in MSFT for almost 4 years, and have recently started looking to make a change in career. But from what heard back from recruiters, I feel like my MSFT experience on resume does not help me get interviews, or even hurt my chance.

There was a recruiter from Amazon who rejected outright and said that was due to my experience in MSFT tech stack does not align well with her team. I was like ๐Ÿ˜ฌ WTF.

Some smaller companies are harder to get interviews than FANG who do general hiring.

Feel frustrated when recruiters throw my resume back or out the window. I have interviews lined up with couple of FANG companies, maybe itโ€™s easier than hot startups?

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TOP 13 Comments
  • New / R&D
    Psynaptic

    New R&D

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    Neuralink
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    Working on Brain Machine Interfaces at Neuralink
    Psynaptic
    It's not the company. It's what you did while at the company.
    Feb 28 1
    • New
      fyi-lmao.

      New

      fyi-lmao.
      Yeah. OP, you may have to tweak resume. Are you working on desktop app? Are you writing MSFT UI apps? You may have to abstract things a little bit.
      Feb 28
  • Google
    bytecave2

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    bytecave2
    I was at Microsoft for 24.5 years and got hired by Google. My experience at MS didnโ€™t seem to hurt. Just interviewed again and got offers from Meta and Cruise. Maybe it depends what your experience is in?
    Feb 28 2
  • Stripe
    ones&zeros

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    ones&zeros
    Donโ€™t let one bad experience from Amazon discourage you.
    Feb 28 1
    • New
      fyi-lmao.

      New

      fyi-lmao.
      Yeah. Aren't sde ii at amazon stack agnostic?
      Feb 28
  • ???

    there are dozens of amzn recruiters pinging everyone with 3+ yoe

    just go find another one of them and try again
    Feb 28 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    Love Leaf

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    Love Leaf
    Don't worry about the Amazon recruiter. There will be 3 others reaching out to you, probably. I got rejected by an Instacart recruiter, even though Meta, Google etc. are clearly interested. So I guess it's just something that happens.
    Also, you can always try getting referrals if your resume doesn't get noticed.
    Feb 28 0