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November 2007 - Posts

Roadtrip: Microsoft Canada Development Center

Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:05 PM by JobsBlog
I recently visited the Microsoft Canada Development Center (MCDC) in Vancouver, along with my teammates on the International Recruiting team. Well, having never been to Canada before, I had to take my video camera and I am SOOO glad I did. I had a blast Read More...
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Jobcast: Life as an Escalation Engineer, part II

Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:07 AM by JobsBlog
Last January, Jim Stroud brought us "Life as an Escalation Engineer" with Jeff Dailey . This time around, Jim chats with Scott Oseychik about his life as an Escalation Engineer plus strange (but true) tales about Microsoft. If you ever wanted to know Read More...
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The Test Apprentice Program: getting started and going beyond

Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:35 AM by JobsBlog
Over on Microspotting , Ariel sits down with a current Microsoft PM who started out with the company through the test apprentice program , a 9 month long work/study program in which new hires (with non-CS backgrounds) are taught programming and software Read More...
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Virtual Earth video contest

Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:05 AM by JobsBlog
I know you all like contests (and winning prizes ;-) so I wanted to share this one I just heard about from Virtual Earth . An excerpt of the details is below ... and if you end up submitting an entry, be sure to share the link over here in the comments Read More...
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Persistence really does pay off for candidates

Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:44 AM by JobsBlog
By Ginny Cheng One of the toughest things for a recruiter is when we have to share unfavorable interview results with a candidate, especially when your gut tells you that he/she is absolutely Microsoft material but may simply need to find that right team Read More...
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How to prepare for problem solving questions in an interview

Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 10:29 AM by JobsBlog
Greetings from New Jersey! The Recruiting Road Show has started its second week. If you are curious last week, I interviewed 42 candidates for 30 minutes each, led 3 meet-the-company presentations, and hosted 2 candidate dinners for Microsoft employees Read More...
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Q&A: How do a- or v- recruiters differ from employee recruiters?

Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 1:26 PM by JobsBlog
JobsBlog readers have lots of questions. You ask questions in the comments; you email them to us; sometimes we even think you send them telepathically. It’s really hard for us to get to all the questions (and the majority of the questions are very similar) Read More...
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