How I was rejected at Microsoft

both accounts are very recent. so i suspect (see my other comment) that new users are "green" and that this post is spam that is being pumped by a sockpuppet (posted by a green user with, initially, a single reply from another green user). nice :o)

Re: How I was rejected at Microsoft

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Post by px » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 5:39 PM UTC

I wonder if the green usernames may actually help posts by new users gain traction. I found myself more likely to take a look--curious to see what sort of submissions new users are offering.

Re: How I was rejected at Microsoft

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Post by jsnell » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 5:50 PM UTC

Surprising that they gave such detailed feedback. That's usually a big no-no. And for a good reason as we can see here. If the candidate disagrees with the feedback, he will get angry. But good luck with the search.

Re: How I was rejected at Microsoft

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Post by renegadedev » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 5:58 PM UTC

Reminds me of mine at MS over a decade ago. Breezed through the first two and I was starting to think I had this nailed. In the third one they took me to this older guy's office and he sat in this weird contraption looking chair. Details are fuzzy maybe because it was perhaps the most traumatic interview I've ever had. He dived right into Windows Kernel and I knew I was in trouble 5 minutes into the interview. They sent me back to my hotel after that one and I knew I was done for. A week later the rejection came by mail. Anyway overall good experience except for those harrowing 45 minutes.

Re: How I was rejected at Microsoft

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Post by bjg » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 6:20 PM UTC

jsnell wrote: post #8

Surprising that they gave such detailed feedback. That's usually a big no-no. And for a good reason as we can see here. If the candidate disagrees with the feedback, he will get angry. But good luck with the search.

I interviewed with one of the bigger org's at MS in Seattle about a month ago, they told us that they would be unable to give us feedback if we didn't receive an offer. I suppose different branches of MS could do things different?

Fortunately I didn't have to worry about that, starting this summer :)