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Jobcast: Meet the writer of our sister blog, the International Tech Jobs Blog!

Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 7:00 AM by JobsBlog
This week, Jim chats with Declan Fitzgerald, writer of our sister blog, the International Tech Jobs Blog. Declan is the lead technical recruiter for Microsoft in Ireland, but the blog focuses on our R&D and development centres (yes, centres and not 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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JobCast: Mel Sampat – 1 year later

Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:22 AM by JobsBlog
Sure, in the beginning you are all hyped about working for one of the greatest companies, if not THE greatest company, in the world. But, what about a year later once the buzz wears off? Is there still “Honey” in the Moon a year later? I spoke with Program Read More...
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Jobcast: Life as an Escalation Engineer

Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 7:15 AM by JobsBlog
Not sure if you are aware of it, but there is a secret society on Microsoft's campus and they are called “Escalation Engineers.” When something goes wrong, somewhere a red phone blinks and rings and the call goes out to (insert dramatic music here) THE Read More...
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JobCast: Mel Sampat, Program Manager and new hire!

Posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:18 AM by JobsBlog
UPDATE! Mel's now a seasoned Microsoft veteran...hear more about his life as a Program Manager and what he's experienced since joining the company. Tune into our fresh JobCast coming in June 2007! Today’s guest is Mel Sampat. Mel joined Microsoft as a Read More...
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JobCast: Jonathan Hayes, Xbox 360 design guru

Posted Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:05 PM by JobsBlog
I would like to introduce you to Jonathan Hayes. If you are into Xbox, you may have seen him on Mtv presents Xbox: the next generation revealed . To learn more about Jonathan’s background, please take a look at his bio . Jonathan joins me to tell you Read More...
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JobCast: Paul Sliwowicz ... Microsoft developer and hockey player

Posted Friday, June 03, 2005 3:16 PM by JobsBlog
Wow. I bet you thought I was never going to post another JobCast. I’ve just been really busy, but JobCasts have not gone away! Today, I speak with Paul Sliwowicz, a Software Development Engineer with the Windows Device Experience Team. Paul tells us a Read More...
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JobCast: Julie Stringham, the UX diva

Posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:51 PM by JobsBlog
Meet Julie. (Hi, Julie!) You first met her during our most recent MSDN chat , and I’ve mentioned her on the blog before. In essence, she’s the "me” for User Experience (UX) roles at Microsoft. (Well, except she’s a whole lot more hip and stylin’ than Read More...
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JobCast: Meet Hans Bjordahl, creator of Microsoft's very own comic strip, Bug Bash

Posted Friday, April 08, 2005 12:56 PM by JobsBlog
This time I speak with Hans Bjordahl , creator of the MicroNews comic Bug Bash, the “internet’s first comic strip" Where the Buffalo Roam , and movie site Mr. Cranky … oh, and in his spare time, Hans is also a Program Manager for a little Microsoft product Read More...
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JobCast: Pete Hauge, SDET in VC#

Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:48 PM by JobsBlog
Ok, gang … Without further ado, I now present the first real JobCast! Our first guest is Pete Hauge, a SDET in VC# . Pete is the “Box QA” for VC#, and he tells us a little bit about his job and team as well as his “after work” projects, including building Read More...
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Introducing JobsBlogCasts!

Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:43 PM by JobsBlog
That's right ... a new feature ... JobsBlogCast! I plan on interviewing Microsoft employees, hiring managers, recruiters ... and even applicants .... so you can hear first-hand about what it's like to work, hire, recruit, and interview at Microsoft. My Read More...
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