Company / 01
Amazon
Cloud, retail, ads, devices. PM/PMM heavy.
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Tech company one-pagers
HTC maintains one-page company guides covering business model, MBA roles, recent news, and interview format. Ask in #club-htc for any of them.
(02)The one-pagers
The one-pagers
Company / 02
Apple
Devices, services, wearables. Craft-obsessed.
Company / 03
Cisco
Enterprise networking and security.
Company / 04
Dell
Enterprise compute, storage, and PCs.
Company / 05
eBay
Marketplaces. PM, PMM, and Strategy roles.
Company / 06
Social platforms, ads, AR/VR (Meta).
Company / 07
Search, ads, cloud, Android, hardware.
Company / 08
HP
PCs, printing, hybrid work hardware.
Company / 09
IBM
Enterprise software, consulting, cloud.
Company / 10
Intel
Semiconductors, foundry, data center.
Company / 11
Professional network, talent, learning.
Company / 12
Microsoft
Cloud (Azure), productivity, gaming, AI.
Company / 13
Netflix
Streaming, content, ads tier.
Company / 14
Oracle
Database, cloud apps, infrastructure.
Company / 15
Salesforce
CRM and the surrounding cloud ecosystem.
Company / 16
Samsung
Devices, semiconductors, displays.
Company / 17
Real-time public conversation (X).
Company / 18
Uber
Mobility, delivery, freight.
(03)Side-by-side
The Big 5, compared.
Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft side by side. Culture, interview style, and intern comp at a glance.
| Dimension | Amazon | Apple | Microsoft | Meta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture | Frugal, customer-obsessed, high-ownership. Intense and writing-heavy. | Data-driven, collaborative, ambiguous. "Googley" — humble and curious. | Secretive, craft-obsessed, functional silos. High bar on detail. | Growth mindset, inclusive, large but increasingly fast. Satya-era reset. | Move fast, impact-oriented, blunt feedback. Strong eng culture. |
| Interview style | A loop that includes a bar raiser, an interviewer from outside the team. STAR-format stories against the Leadership Principles; written narratives common. | Product sense, analytical case, behavioral. Hiring committee review. | Functional team interviews, deep domain dives, fit with engineering program manager (EPM) and PM partners. | Behavioral, product/case, and Microsoft's own "model, coach, care" leadership lens. | Product execution, product sense, leadership and drive across functions (XFN). |
| What they look for | Ownership, dive deep, deliver results. Crisp written thinking. | Structured ambiguity-handling, user empathy, analytical rigor. | Taste, rigor, comfort with ambiguity, deep functional expertise. | Customer obsession, growth mindset, cross-team collaboration. | Speed, judgment, willingness to push back, impact at scale. |
| MBA intern comp (monthly) | ~$11–12k + housing stipend | ~$12–13k + housing stipend | ~$11–12k + relocation | ~$11–12k + housing stipend | ~$13–14k + housing stipend |
| Top MBA roles | PM, PMM, senior PM-technical (Sr PM-T), Operations, Finance Rotational | Associate PM (rare), PMM, gPS, BizOps, Strategy & Ops | Engineering program manager (EPM), PM, Marketing, Finance Development Program | PM, PMM, Finance MBA Program, Business Programs | Rotational PM (RPM), PMM, Strategic Partnerships, Data Science |
| Best fit if | You write well, like ownership, and run toward hard problems. | You love structured analysis and big, ambiguous user problems. | You're craft-driven and want to work on world-class hardware/software. | You want scale + stability with a re-energized growth culture. | You want speed, scale, and direct impact on billions of users. |
Comp ranges are directional and come from levels.fyi, read in July 2026. They are not Haas outcomes data, and actual offers vary by role, level, and location.
(04)Want the PDFs
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