Interns -- the intern experience in Office

The Intern experience

AlfredTwo — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 02:07:39 GMT

Steven Sinofsky talks about the Intern Experience at Microsoft, particularly the Office Group that he...

Internships ... oh my!

Technical Careers @ Microsoft — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:28:35 GMT

'Tis intern hiring season in the halls of Building 19, and Steven Sinofsky has posted some great info...

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Caleb — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:54:23 GMT

A pleasure to read, as always, thanks a lot!

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steven_sinofsky — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:56:55 GMT

Glad you liked it.

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James Reggio — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:38:24 GMT

Thanks for the detail. I'll be having my fly-up interview in two weeks, and I'm happy to better understand the structure of the internship itself (if I get the job.)

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Will — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:17:53 GMT

Hey Steven. Great post. I'll comment on some aspects of the internship from the perspective of a former Office SDE intern.

The coolest thing about interning in Office is that you get treated just like a regular full-time employee right off the bat. There are no secrets (you get to know all the new features before the public does), you go to the same meetings the rest of your team does, and you get your own office with your name on the door (or you split one with another employee or intern). In exchange, you get the regular-full-time employee responsibilities too. These are hefty, but that's what makes it exciting to go to work every day-- if you don't get your work done, a meaningful part of Office won't ship. Of course, nobody expects you to do this in isolation. Your mentor meets with you and works through problems with you all the time. He or she also goes with you to all your important meetings to ensure that things go smoothly. The rest of your team expects you to ask them lots of questions, and that's the best way to move forward and learn. In fact I found myself asking (well-received) questions to people all over Office-- it's amazing how many different areas your seemingly self-contained project can touch.

Summer in Redmond is beautiful and Office hosts tons of events for its employees. Add this to the activities run by the intern program and you find yourself with a ton of free food, sunshine, free t-shirts, etc.

I could go on and on, but one last thing that I really liked was that Office hires a lot of interns during the summer, so you get to meet a ton of other interns right on your floor or around the building. This is great for making new friends or organizing lunch or just hanging out on the terraces.

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Rehan — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:43:51 GMT

Hello,

I live in Pakistan. Could you please tell me that when Microsoft will start hiring & interviewing the interns in current year?
i have sent my resume (last week) at "resume@microsoft.com" with subject "College/College Career Site/Internship Applicant" as stated at their website. but did not get any reply.

Thank you.

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steven_sinofsky — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:19:23 GMT

Rehan,

I'm sorry but right now we don't recruit directly to the US for our product teams from schools in Pakistan. I apologize that you did not hear back.

Your best bet would be to check for local opportunities on http://www.microsoft.com/pakistan.

I'm sorry I could not be of more help in this case.

--Steven

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Rehan — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:38:27 GMT

Thanks for you help.

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Aaron Farmer — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:06:23 GMT

Thanks for the illuminating post! I'll be having my fly-up (-across?) within the next few weeks, although I have no idea which product groups I'll be interviewing for. Sounds like the Office group would be a tonne of fun!

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patel — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:03:13 GMT

Can you tell me when can you re-apply for FT after getting a reject from MSFT. I applyed at msft and got reject. I made it thru 5 round interview(on-site). I would say the lunch was the hardest. anyhow, I want to apply again, but I do not know what is the timre frame for re-applying again. patelp84@yahoo.com

Thanks
ppp

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steven_sinofsky — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:38:03 GMT

You should apply to the same place you applied the first time. If you have not had additional training in line with the interview I might suggest you apply for different positions or perhaps Microsoft is not a good match for your background.

http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog is also a good place to look for tips on interviewing.

The Visual Basic Team

Tim Ng — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:17:35 GMT

(This is a repost from my personal blog; I haven't decided whether to stick with my MSDN blog which has...

Internships ... oh my!

Microsoft's JobsBlog — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:39:54 GMT

'Tis intern hiring season in the halls of Building 19, and Steven Sinofsky has posted some great info