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Becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft [Q and A]

29 March 20215 March 2023by Ela Mościcka | Career Coach for Engineers, Recruiters/Sourcers and Career changers13 Comments

There is a lot of advice online for people interested in joining Microsoft as a Software Engineers.

In this post, I decided to share with you my first-hand experience and answer the most common questions I’m receiving throughout my career from Developers interested in working at Microsoft.

I’m sure that my article will help you clarify some of your doubts as well as get a better understanding of how to get a Software Engineering role at Microsoft.

[Read about my journey into software engineering]
*please note that the below answers are based on my work experience and refers to Engineering teams in Europe

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My journey into Software Engineering

20 December 202026 March 2023by Ela Mościcka | Career Coach for Engineers, Recruiters/Sourcers and Career changers14 Comments

I was thinking about writing this kind of a summary of my journey into software engineering for quite some time. And even though it is still ongoing, I decided to share it as I truly believe that “sharing is caring”: maybe it will inspire someone else to follow their dreams, maybe someone is also learning how to code and is having one of the “Omg, I don’t know anything and can’t code” moments. Whatever the reason is, I hope you’ll enjoy reading it 😉

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Hi and thanks for stopping by! My name is Ela Mościcka and I've been in the tech industry for more than 12 years.

I'm bringing unique knowledge, skillset, and expertise by combining two worlds: tech recruitment and software engineering.

As a Software Engineer at the "Microsoft Teams" team, I work on a product that is being used by more than 250 million monthly active users. My primary area of responsibility (and something I'm passionate about) is E2E tests and Accessibility.

Before the career change, I was one of the top Talent Sourcers at the Microsoft EMEA Engineering Recruitment team where I specialized in building new Software Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams as well as growing existing ones.