Awesome
perks
We ask our employees to give us their best daily, and we're committed to doing the same. It's why we offer world-class benefits designed to empower you and your family to live life well.
At the Israel R&D Center we take a holistic approach, making sure we provide support to our employees’ everyday needs, going beyond day-to-day work. With our unique Employee Service Center, helping with all work-related issues in one location, as well as providing services such as: printing and lamination, discounted dry-cleaning and laundry, sending/receiving packages, and more!
We also make sure that the working environment and overall employee experience is top notch with lots of extras: On-site barista, fully stocked kitchenettes, lunch card, shuttle service, game and music rooms, fully equipped fitness center, employee discounted convenience store – and dog friendly policy
Our
interview
process
Interviewing can feel nerve-wracking at times. In order to minimize this feeling, and as part of our culture which embraces transparency and clarity, we’ve put together some information to help shed some light on what you should expect throughout the interviewing process, and help you prepare to the fullest.
A bit about the process: After hitting the ‘Apply Now’ button on our career page, your resume will be reviewed and if found suitable, you’ll be contacted by our recruitment team to get to know you a bit better, tell you about the role you’ve applied for, and how it’s like to work at Microsoft. Next, you’ll be invited to a few technical interviews to check your technical skills (you can find more about how to prepare for the interviews in the links below). Finally, you’ll be invited to an interview with one of our managers, or potential teammates, to assess your overall fit with the team and Microsoft.
- Do your research
Don't stop at understanding the position you’re interviewing for. You should understand what's happening in the tech industry, what Microsoft is doing well, and how we can make ourselves stand out from the competition. Make sure to prepare questions to ask during your interview. This is also a chance for you to make sure that the opportunity is what you are looking for.
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Know our competencies
The interviews will include competency-based questions, as well as questions about your resume. Keep the core competencies in mind. Think of examples you can share or incorporate into your conversation. These are our core competencies:
- Collaboration. Communicating effectively within the team and across teams.
- Drive for results. Working tenaciously to deliver on commitments, constantly seeking bigger challenges, holding yourself and others accountable.
- Customer focus. Our mission at Microsoft is to empower every person and every organization to achieve more.
- Influencing for impact. Successfully persuading and influencing others with effective communication.
- Judgment. Effectively scoping complex problems and using business acumen to make knowledge-based decisions.
- Adaptability. Ability to deal with ambiguous and uncertain situations or problems with agility.
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Accelerate our culture
At Microsoft, we believe that living our culture is key to achieving our mission. Selecting people who have the right skills and mindset is important, not only for the company we are today, but also for the company we aspire to be.
Our growth-mindset culture is designed to drive innovation and collaboration. Being a learn-it-all instead of a know-it-all fosters curiosity and prompts us to be inclusive and seek new and diverse perspectives.
For our interview process, we focus on these key aspects of our culture:
- Growth mindset. True learners who can acquire new skills rapidly and connect with others to help bring big ideas to life.
- Diverse and inclusive. Being open to learning about your own biases and changing behaviors accordingly. Value differences, seek them out, and invite them in.
- One Microsoft. Actively seeks collaboration with others and looks for common ground across differences, contributes to and builds on success of others, and prioritizes for customer and team within their role.
- Customer obsession. The ability to learn about customers' perspectives, show empathy to their experiences, and incorporate these insights into their decisions and deliverables.
- Values. When we come together, we treat each other with respect, we act with integrity, and we are accountable to one another for our words and actions.
- Manager expectations. Our managers help bring our culture to life. As they model, coach, and care, they help reinforce our culture and create an environment where everyone can do their best work.
Learn more about Microsoft culture
- Envision your future
We encourage you to have a vision beyond the role you’re applying for. At Microsoft, you can build a career across a variety of teams and disciplines. Go to Microsoft Life to learn more about how Microsoft has helped employees make a difference in their lives, communities, and careers.
- Be yourself
We value authenticity and unique perspectives. We invite you to come as you are. So, you don’t need to dress up to impress us. Wear whatever makes you most comfortable.
- Demonstrate your thinking and curiosity
We want to see not only what you know, but also how you think. Be prepared to share your thought process and explain the rationale behind your decisions. When asked to solve a problem or develop code, ask clarifying questions, state your assumptions, and be prepared to share your opinions or explain your choices.
Throughout the assessment process, we aspire to assess fundamental knowledge, capability, and learning potential. We don’t expect you to know everything. When you get stuck or don’t have experience with the subject matter, we encourage you to ask clarifying questions that show your integrity, collaboration, and ability to be resourceful.
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Be specific
We recommend you use the STAR(R) model when answering questions. This will help you create clarity and structure your response.- Situation
- Task
- Action
- Result
- Reflection
- Ask for the interview timeline
At the end of the interview process, ask the hiring manager or recruiter when you can expect to hear back about the next steps or the hiring decision.
- Follow up
Your recruiter will follow up with you about the outcome of your interviews as soon as a hiring decision is made. Feel free to send a thank you email to the recruiter, who will forward it to the hiring manager and interviewers.
- Stay connected
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Join
us
Learning &
development
At Microsoft, growth isn’t just a buzzword or a bonus - it’s one of our core values. Microsoft’s industry-leading L&D programs allow you to advance and develop your skills daily, with a wide range of sessions and courses to level up your personal and professional skills.
ILDC’s Engineering Excellence Academy offers employees the chance to expand their technical knowledge with various tech courses and skills workshops. Our internal professional communities provide an ongoing knowledge-sharing platform for various product groups across different disciplines. Additionally, new employees receive an immersive, hands-on onboarding experience with Azure tools to get up to speed with the latest technology and best practices.
Personal
Development
We offer a wide range of opportunities focused on Career Development and personal growth, led by our commitment of our managers. You can also join countless online courses, MOOCs, lectures and more, or join our company-wide mentorship programs to build valuable relationships and learn from one another.
We offer dedicated programs for our manager community, including basic management skills, best practices to address current management challenges, coaching and mentorship opportunities, community gatherings throughout the year, and much more.
