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Bad Virtual Internship Experience

SWE Intern
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 1 year
August 20, 2020
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Company culture is great and encourages learning and asking questions.

There are a lot of interesting things going on.

Cons

My manager remained out of office for most of the time and had no idea of the work I was doing, in spite of trying to contact him several times. My mentor was also not particularly helpful and did not assist me when I was stuck in an entirely new codebase. I had to figure out many things by myself.

Advice to Management

Please change your HR. In spite of getting good connects, I wasn't called to my Pre-Placement Interviews, and the HR kept us in the dark about the PPO for three entire weeks. If I had known beforehand, I could have prepared for placements more rigorously.

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