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      Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) reviews

      3.8

      98% would recommend to a friend

      (685 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      90% approve of CEO

      86% positive business outlook

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      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Compensation and benefits

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Software Development Engineer In Test SDET employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 685 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer In Test SDET 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 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      685 reviews
      4.0
      Nov 4, 2012

      Great opportunity for a college graduate

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great perks. Flexible schedule / Ability to work remotely, even from a different country. Very good compensation, Good work/life balance. World impacting work. Ability to get to know very smart or important people in the tech industry.

      Cons

      Cross-team collaboration is difficult. Just like any other large organization, there is too much unnecessary process, but it depends on the team. Necessity to look after yourself almost too aggressively to achieve promotions.

      2.0
      Oct 28, 2012

      Working in Windows

      Software development engineer in test (sdet) ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Office for almost each employee. - Working on products seen and used by billions. - Large and variable set of automation, synchronization, coding. - Large and awesome set of training courses. - Excellent name recognition: I do not have to explain where I work or what I do. - Windows is the strongest and most technical part of Microsoft.

      Cons

      - After the design phase, you focus on very narrow stuff which limits your learning. - Good visible projects are assigned based on your relation to level-2 managers. If the relation is good, then you get good projects and good reviews. Otherwise, you are screwed. - Technical excellence is not the key in survival, but communicating every single item you work on to anybody and everybody plus courting them. Sometimes, it is just too corny. - Try to move to Project Manager (fastest promotions) or to developrment (2nd fastest promotions), and avoid test as it will affect your job seeking afterwards.

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