Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II reviews

3.8

98% would recommend to a friend

(722 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

90% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer In Test SDET II employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 722 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer In Test SDET 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 SDET II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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722 reviews
4.0
Jun 12, 2008
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Pros

Pros: As an intern: Great benefits (Geared towards college students, which basically means free stuff like mini fridges, shirts, zunes, etc). As far as DevDiv is concerned (Developer Division), I was very happy with how my teamed worked, and treated interns. Did their best to help you learn, such as even sending interns to conferences (which I was quite surprised about). If I had to do it again, I would defiantly accept the offer. What was really awesome was working on a project that would actually get released to millions of users, which is something that can't usually be said for most places. The random events that they host for interns is the best part. Make sure to go to as many as you can.

Cons

Cons: Hide what it is really like to interns (which makes sense, but still...). Horror stories are heard about teams who treat their interns badly, or give them projects that are basically useless. Also pressure you about taking an offer at the end of the internship (which you want to be paid 10,000 dollars less is not a very good idea). Also is prevalent that they have an email discussion list that was made to distract interns from doing work. Kind've backstabbity in my opinion. Not very impressed with the idea. If they would fix a lot of these issues, it would be much better.

3.0
Jun 11, 2008
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Pros

Some cool products, such as Microsoft Surface, that can make a long term impact on computing. Also, the fact is the products we work on are still used by millions of people. In addition, flexible work hours, so you rarely have someone checking the clock, and good perks in addition to the salary.

Cons

Hard to get recognized, mostly because there's so many other people in the same situation as you. That in turn makes it hard to move up quickly, so gone are the days where you become instantly rich. And since it's a large company, you often run into politics at the workplace, meaning some decisions make no sense whatsoever.

4.0
Jun 11, 2008
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Pros

Being on the inside of one of the most successful software companies ever.

Cons

As an american engineer with 20 years experience, and a familiy with 3 kids, I simply could not compete with all the young talent imported from other countries, making half my salary and working 80hrs a week. At my level, I was expected to put in more hours, and consistently got bad reviews NOT because of anything I did, but by comparison to my peers. Unsustainable.

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