The first day was just awesome! I have arrived in the US on Saturday night, and spent most time until now trying to get accomodated to the new time zone. I certainly haven’t managed that yet since I have been waking up at about 4am every morning in US. Well, I have a great studio I’m living in and a really good car (Toyota Corolla). I’m sorry I don’t have any pictures yet, but I forgot my camera at home and the phone...

There is still 1 more week to go until leaving Romania for the US. I wanted to share some facts about the live interview, which I find useful for any potential candidate. My phone interview was held in Warsaw, Poland. Microsoft took care of all expenses including airplane tickets, hotel booking and food. It was a great experience. I arrived at the Microsoft HQ in Warsaw about 10 minutes earlier than the planned start time and I’ve met...

Still 2 more weeks to spend in Romania and plenty of things to do before leaving, but I can’t wait for the big moment. Since the last post a couple of things have happened. First of all, my H-3 visa petition has been approved by USCIS. This means I’m good to go as soon as I receive the visa. I will have a visa interview on monday at the US Embassy in Bucharest, and the next day the visa should be out. Hopefully there won’t...

After sending in my resume to Microsoft, I have soon received an e-mail from them inviting me to a phone interview a couple of days later. I accepted imediately and started preparing. I printed tons of paper containing frequently asked questions, tips, tricks and general information about the phone interview. It didn’t help me too much. I guess they actually have such a range of possible questions that it is impossible to prepare...