has anyone interviewed at Microsoft or Apple? If so, what was it like?

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Interviewed with Microsoft recently. First interview was with a manager within the same team I applied to. Second call was with a recruiter. Last step was 4 one-hour interviews on the same day with different level folks. Ended up turning it down because of comp

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I got a verbal offer which was underwhelming too. Were they open to negotiation?

Went through interviews recently for a customer success role. Exec case study interview I had to provide lots of tangible examples from experience with results, impact, what I learned, etc. Was quite challenging

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