My team was full of both bright and fun people, who made going to work every day a pleasure. It was not only fun, but also because they were knowledgeable and reliable.
I was not placed on the proper team. I should have been in a lower-level position, as I had never developed a website before and hadn't shown interest in doing so. That said, I grew from the experience, and getting hired full-time to the right team was a relatively painless process.
Pay more attention to the interests of intern candidates. Although you can do any job for 12 weeks, it unfortunately will often pigeon-hole us at other companies. As an embedded developer before coming to Microsoft, I was quite worried I was only going to find web-dev jobs from other companies.
Applied online, waited for 2 months, no reply. Asked my friend to refer and got an on-campus interview for SDET, but hadn't heard back for more than 2 months. Submitted my resume at a career fair, waited for another month, and finally got the onsite.
I had an on-campus interview and then a full day of interviews in Redmond, WA. I interviewed with engineers working on a bunch of projects: Azure, Visual Studio, compilers, and others.
On Campus: Attended a Microsoft information meeting. Talked with the representatives after the presentations and gave them my resume. They contacted me for an on-campus interview. The interview lasted 30 minutes. I was invited to interview on-site
Applied online, waited for 2 months, no reply. Asked my friend to refer and got an on-campus interview for SDET, but hadn't heard back for more than 2 months. Submitted my resume at a career fair, waited for another month, and finally got the onsite.
I had an on-campus interview and then a full day of interviews in Redmond, WA. I interviewed with engineers working on a bunch of projects: Azure, Visual Studio, compilers, and others.
On Campus: Attended a Microsoft information meeting. Talked with the representatives after the presentations and gave them my resume. They contacted me for an on-campus interview. The interview lasted 30 minutes. I was invited to interview on-site