What happens if Microsoft Recruits you?

[Bruce Nunnally]

When Microsoft wants to you hire you, it drops a "love bomb" on you, according to a person we spoke with who Microsoft wooed.

Rip through the 9 stages of a Microsoft "Love Bomb" →

Microsoft wanted to our source-- let's call him Tony -- to join its entertainment and devices division.

Tony ultimately turned Microsoft down, opting to start his own consultancy. But he says of he wasn't starting his own thing, he was ready to take the job in "a heartbeat."

Here's how the whole thing went down.

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