It was an awesome experience. You get full ownership of a project, which is amazing to have as an intern.
A lot of the projects received a lot of attention throughout Microsoft.
The management is really good; everyone is willing to help.
At the Garage, you won't be given full exposure as to what it's like to be a Software Engineer at Microsoft, because it's an experience of its own. With that said, you'll learn some valuable skills and gain amazing experience, and you can be given another internship or full-time interview.
The pay in the States is way better, but management is working on it.
Friendly and relatively casual during the interview, both on the phone and in person. The back-and-forth emails are often confused, and the logistics for the onsite interview are unclear. If anything, take the interview for the sake of interviewing
Round 1: Phone interview. Basic tech questions and past job projects. Round 2: Coding. Two coding questions. Medium LeetCode type questions finished on time. No hints were asked from the interviewer. Round 3: Coding with team managers. One coding q
I applied at a career fair and online. Like in most blogs, my interview was pretty standard. Firstly, I had an on-campus interview where I was asked about my resume and a technical question. I was contacted later and told that I got to go to Redmond
Friendly and relatively casual during the interview, both on the phone and in person. The back-and-forth emails are often confused, and the logistics for the onsite interview are unclear. If anything, take the interview for the sake of interviewing
Round 1: Phone interview. Basic tech questions and past job projects. Round 2: Coding. Two coding questions. Medium LeetCode type questions finished on time. No hints were asked from the interviewer. Round 3: Coding with team managers. One coding q
I applied at a career fair and online. Like in most blogs, my interview was pretty standard. Firstly, I had an on-campus interview where I was asked about my resume and a technical question. I was contacted later and told that I got to go to Redmond