Courtesy of Gretchen again, here are a bunch of links about what it’s like to interview with Microsoft – our own Eric Maino made her short list! -Kevin (Microsoft)

Georgeo over on the MSDN Webcasts Blog outlines a Webcast series from Dr. Joe Hummel , a professor of CS. It’s a 15–part series, and you can win a new Portable Media Center just for watching! -Kevin (Microsoft)

After looking at some of the other bloggers that had linked to my interview posts I ran across a great post filled with lots of great .NET Interview Questions . I have gone through various other technical interviews lately not including the Microsoft...

Some of the easiest ways to compete - and get your free stuff - close tomorrow night March 1st! So read on for updates on the IT, Algorithm, and Visual Gaming invitationals. Here's how to get started: For any of the competitions, after you register...

We’ll try to pick things up shortly, but we’ve been slow for a couple reasons: our two student bloggers, James and Eric, have been rather busy lately! James is graduating and entering the working world (my condolences!) and Eric has been busy...

Courtesy of Gretchen on the JobsBlog. -Kevin (Microsoft)

Andrew Flick is looking for student volunteers to help out with INETA 's Academic effort. If you aren't familiar with INETA, it is the International .NET Association, a non-profit group dedicated to helping make developer user groups focused on .NET successful...

I have just posted most of the problems that I was asked throughout the interview process at Microsoft . I did not post my solutions, but if you are really interested please don't hesitate to contact me. --Eric (Grand Valley State University)

I have finally gotten around to writing about my interview experience. I ended up interviewing with the Visual C# and WebDev team. The experience was great and I have written more about it here , here and here . --Eric (Grand Valley State Univesity)

I just finished a great day of interviewing at Microsoft . I will write more about this later, but most likely on my personal blog when I do. Stay tuned for a link to the post later... --Eric (Grand Valley State University)

Dr. Joe Hummel talks about modern Windows development in Visual Studio .NET using C# in a series of webcasts . Dr. Hummel is a professor of Computer Science at Lake Forest College. This 15-part series covers a wide-range of topics, including object-oriented...

MSNBC reports that Microsoft is recalling 14.1 million power cords for its Xbox video game console. Order your free replacement today from http://replacements.webprogram.com/index.asp . -James (California State Univ., Long Beach)

(only for the United States portion of the Software Design Invitational) Entries are DUE TONIGHT by 11:59 PM Pacific! Not sure how to submit your spec? Follow the following steps: 1. Register for the competition at www.imaginecup.com 2. Create a team...

You can help make theSpoke better and apply to be on theSpoke 's first Student Advisory Board. The full details are on Mario Jobbe’s blog , but they are looking for smart, technical students to: - Attend MSN Messenger meetings every other week to discuss...

Sara Ford from the Visual Studio Core Test test team pointed out this idea for how to show off you code skills and earn yourself a Microsoft "Ship-It"* award in the process! VS Core Community Powertoys Contribute code over on their community site on GotDotNet...

The leader boards are now active in several of the Invitationals (follow the links – you need to register first!) – a short recap: Algorithm Invitational : While students from Australia and the United States (go California ) are in the 1-2 slots, China...

Not sure what a Webcast is? Check this out . You can watch them live or recorded, either way they are a lot more fun than reading a text book. A sampling of what’s coming – see the rest of the newsletter for all the rest: Digital Blackbelt Series : Joe...

--> Getting these started up again - this week it's Aamer Abbas, a Microsoft Student Ambassador from the University of North Carolina. In his own words... My name is Aamer Abbas and I'm a senior at the University of North Carolina. Though I have many...

Some quick clarifications on the deadlines to enter/compete for the various Imagine Cup Invitationals : Software Design (US ONLY - this various by country): February 15th Visual Gaming, IT, IT High School, and Algorithm: March 1st Short Film, Rendering...

For those students in Silicon Valley, Scoble is speaking today at San Jose State at 2:30PM Pacific about the blogosphere. See Steve Sloan's post for more details . [Updated: - he's also doing a Geek Dinner at 6pm tonight , if you can't make the presentation...

I still think ICQ is by far the superior IM client, but unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't agree. It was back in my later high school days that I decided to switch from ICQ to AIM, because that's what all my friends were using and the sole purpose...

Mario Jobbe says that from now until the end of February, theSpoke will donate $5 to the Red Cross for every avatar that is changed on theSpoke to one of three icons: Blue Avatar (tsunami_help_blue.gif) Green Avatar (tsunami_help_green.gif) Red Avatar...

Recently I have been contacted by a few companies about possible job opportunities and it's great. What I like best about it is that I am not actually out actively looking for these positions, but yet most of them are finding me one way or another. If...

To Eric's recent post about how he as a Microsoft Student Ambassador is collaborating with his Apple Campus Rep counterpart, I've heard a lot of examples of this, as part of another aspect of my job, managing the US Student Ambassador program. Personally...

Martin Schray, a Microsot Academic Relations Manager from Chicago posted some great samples of a web service and smart device project on his blog . Check them out to get started and remember specifications are due in a couple of weeks! -Kevin (Microsoft...