Pros: Seriously one of the most underrated places to work. Microsoft has a reputation for not being as prestigious amongst tech companies, but wow, I really felt my work made an impact. Contrary to most other companies, interns directly work on shipped products. When you leave, your work will still be relevant and won't be buried under some stack never to be seen again. There's free gym membership, an awesome intern gift (SurfaceBooks this year!), and tons of interesting intern events, talks, etc.

Cons: The company's culture is kind of inconsistent. Some teams are amazing, while others are terrible. There's no free food.

Pros: It added worth to the resume.

Cons: You get too attached to the company.

Pros: Very flexible hours as long as your work gets done. Many people here work 40-50 hours per week, and you're not looked down upon for doing so. Overall, a nice work environment. You work with very skilled and experienced people. Interesting work. For interns, pay is among the best for tech companies, and the subsidized housing and rental car make it even better. Intern events are also awesome.

Cons: Sometimes have to deal with legacy systems. As with any huge company, there's some annoying bureaucracy to deal with. In many groups, there are: * no coding standards * insufficient code reviews * extremely poor documentation Work with lots of custom internal tools, which means that experience here is not very transferable to other companies in some cases. Biggest con though is there doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm from people in their day-to-day work. Many people seem to be here to just do a decent job and get paid but don't care deeply about actually improving the customer experience or making their projects succeed.