Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test, II reviews

3.6

19% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

98% approve of CEO

11% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer in Test II employees have rated Microsoft with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer in Test II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer in Test II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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15 reviews
4.0
Jun 6, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

You'll learn a lot - that's for sure and your problem solving abilities will go through the roof - fetches one of the best starting salaries if you're a CS or Engineering graduate - plus great Benefits !!!

Cons

Career might get stuck after 3 or more promotions - competition is pretty stiff in getting promoted after the first two promotions and a lot of people don't make it to the fourth promotion.

3.0
Apr 11, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, surrounded by lots of raw intellect, individual offices. Virtually unlimited resources.

Cons

The review process is in a nutshell, horrible. On small teams the "curve" approach forces even the most talented of engineers to be in the 10% bucket. In the test world, there is little to zero chance of advancing to Senior or Principal from level 59 - you most certainly have to leave the company and come back. Pay is so-so compared to other companies in the bay area. The ego's you encounter here will boggle your mind. Microsoft hires based on raw intellect and places little to no value on the ability to communicate. Belief that best talent should be promoted to leadership. IC path is very unknown. Extremely political.

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