[mysql]

Not sure about other places but MSFT recruitment just reached out to me today.

[timClicks]

Just make sure that it's an internal recruiter seeking to fill an actual position, not someone on contract that's just fishing for applicants.

[giaour]

Every team at MSFT does their own hiring, so experiences there won't be uniform.

[pbhjpbhj]

Do they literally do the whole hiring process, or do take use a central hiring department to help them. It sounds really inefficient to have every team duplicate hiring personnel? Though of course you need the team to be in control of the process.

Do the teams organise any other company wide functions in that way? Hardware procurement, maybe?

[hiq]

This is most likely very team-/location-dependent.