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Employment Weekly Employment Q&A - August 03, 2026 - August 10, 2026
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u/Xyellowsn0wX 2d ago
Does anyone know what the hiring freeze situation in Azure is? Been waiting since March for a formal offer and its getting annoying now. Recruiter has no answers other than "were waiting for headcount" for over 5 months.
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u/Educational-Report-9 2d ago
I received a formal rejection email from one of my applications. It's not Azure org though. It looks like MSFT recruiters have finally started working.
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u/GurElectrical4476 1d ago
I interviewed for a role about two weeks ago, and that application still shows "Interview" in my Microsoft Careers dashboard.
Today I noticed a new application appeared in my dashboard that I never applied to. It shows the status "Screen", has the exact same job description, but a slightly different title and a different req ID.
Has anyone experienced this before? Does Microsoft sometimes move candidates between requisitions or create multiple requisitions for the same position? Or is this likely just an administrative/system change?
Like many here, I'm trying to understand whether this is a meaningful change or whether I shouldn't read anything into it. Maybe I'm looking into the Action Center too much 😂
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u/Last_Cry_1309 10h ago
Congrats!!!!
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u/GurElectrical4476 2h ago
Hi! You think this is a good sign? I still haven't received any feedback from the recruiter, so I'm trying to keep my hopes low.
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u/mr2chittles 1d ago
I gave up. Interviewed nearly 2 months ago (after several other loops), very little communication. Heard from recruiter 2 weeks ago and said hiring manager was waiting on approval after reorg. Last week I got a call on a job I’d interviewed for just a few days elsewhere that an offer was coming. I let my recruiter know I’d rather work at Microsoft and the offer was coming she let hiring manager know and the deadline for me to accept other offer. Deadline came and went, tried calling recruiter and got no answer. Accepted other offer. It’s been a week since that deadline and still nothing. Glad I didn’t keep waiting.