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re: How to Get a Job At Microsoft Part II: Writing an Awesome Resume

Randy Guthrie — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:44:14 GMT

To be honest, our recruiters only have so much time to give to any one resume (like 20 seconds), and one of the "tests" of fitness is if a candidate can highlight their strengths concisely on a single page. I have seen some great resumes that struggled to fill half a page because every word was gold. In my opinion, a PowerPoint presentation or web page misses the point. One of my favorite examples is that you don't catch a fish by throwing your entire tackle box in the river, you catch a fish by knowing what one fly or lure to use out of all the stuff in your tackle box. Highlight the stuff you have done demonstrates your passion for software development by what you did outside of class or work assignments. Highlight your leadership (active or passive). Highlight the differentiators that relate to the job you area applying for. Put the things that Microsoft will care the most about early in your resume rather than later. Use as few a words as possible. Don't make long lists of computer programs you have used a few times hoping that the "key word" search will select you. We're smarter than that. Highlight awards and recognition you have received. One of the hottest differentiators right now are apps. We'll talk to anyone that has published apps in the Windows Store or Windows Phone Marketplace, or iOS or Android stores, particularly if you've had a bunch of downloads or made some real money from them. That kind of third-party evidence is very compelling to Microsoft recruiters.

re: Mounting .ISO files Directly is Awesome Feature in Windows 8 for DreamSpark and MSDN Subscribers

Philipp Kern — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:47:40 GMT

Just because a file is an archive of many other files it does not mean that it is compressed. ISOs are just following a standard that defines how directories and files are laid out on disk. There is no compression involved at all. Which is why ISO are often shipped in archives, unless their creators took great care to compress their content, which is the case with all common Linux distributions and Windows installation disks.

re: How to Get a Job At Microsoft Part II: Writing an Awesome Resume

Paige Kutta — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:26:00 GMT

If applying for a Microsoft marketing internship would it be better to use their CV or would it be more appealing to upload a multimedia résumé such as a power point presentation or create a website marketing myself?

re: How to Get a Job At Microsoft Part II: Writing an Awesome Resume

sandy — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:49:18 GMT

Hi Randy. this blog is pretty impressive, liked it!

I have a question to you.

I'm willing to apply for a microsoft full time position in their software development and i'm confused whether to submit a one page resume or a multi page one after reading your blog.

Can you give me your suggestions?

re: Using the Windows 7 USB Download Tool with ANY .iso file

Prithvi — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:07:10 GMT

The link to the file is dead.

As mentioned by others, no need to use all these tools.

Format the pen drive with NTFS quick format.

Simply extract the .iso file by using PowerISO into the pen drive.

Boot normally and choose USB-HDD in boot menu.

re: Using the Windows 7 USB Download Tool with ANY .iso file

Umm — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:22:20 GMT

"Unfortunately there are not a lot of turn-key tools out there for burning from an .iso to a USB memory device."

Sure there are. They're just only available on Unix-like operating systems. When is Microsoft going to add this- yet another feature that Unix-like operating systems have had for over 20 years- to the standard available tools?

re: Mounting .ISO files Directly is Awesome Feature in Windows 8 for DreamSpark and MSDN Subscribers

Patel Mihir — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:35:29 GMT

After founding lot of software doent work....this short trick to mount iso. file work..........

Kept it up

re: Using the Windows 7 USB Download Tool with ANY .iso file

sahban — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:07:57 GMT

DURAISAMY your solution worked for me. Thank you.

re: Using the Windows 7 USB Download Tool with ANY .iso file

las — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:53:31 GMT

Dear randy,

Thanks for app.I found out why it gives read only.you have to add whatever name.iso in comandline.Missing .iso extension at the end of command gives that error

re: Using the Windows 7 USB Download Tool with ANY .iso file

Sinisa — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:16:16 GMT

Great! I solve some issues with this tool. Thanks