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Kieran Bhardwaj – Associate Consultant MACH
If you’d asked me what I wanted to be when I was 6 years old – I would have told you I wanted to work at Microsoft. By the time I turned 7 I’d forgotten all about that dream (as little kids do) and didn’t really think about it again until the day I got [...]
DigiGirlz Event – Nina Anckar
Hi there I’m Nina the Corporate Affairs intern – I’ve already blogged about my job and intern life at Microsoft and now I’d like to tell you about one of my favourite days at the office so far! Every year Microsoft runs an event called DigiGirlz. This is a global Microsoft initiative, which aims to [...]
JASMIN SOHI – Gadget Show Live!
Hi Again, I’m Jasmin Sohi the Consumer Marketing and Communications intern for Windows and if you haven’t read my previous blog you can find it here. Just to give you guys a greater insight into my role and specifically one of the projects I have been able to manage this blog is all about my [...]
Microsoft UK Get On Team – Visit to White Hart Lane
Being a massive Tottenham fan I couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to go with the Get On team to the Opening Doors event at White Hart Lane last week. The event is hosted by Silver Skills and is designed to inform students of work opportunities and to contribute towards a solution to the youth [...]
REBECCA MOORE, Microsoft Brand Ambassador
Hello there everybody! My name is Rebecca Moore and I’m a Microsoft Brand Ambassador. I’m in my second year studying International Business at Loughborough University. As the Brand Ambassador I represent Microsoft being the link between Microsoft and students, interacting and networking to raise awareness of the career opportunities at Microsoft through on-going promotional efforts. [...]
STUART MCCARTHY, MCS Consultant, MACH Alumni & Previous Intern – Career Journey
Career summary From A-levels I started my career as an IT Technician for a local university. After 2 years I was excelling at my role but it became clear that there was a real lack of career development, therefore, I decided I wanted to go to University. I studied Compute Science at Bath, initially a [...]
NICK HEDDERMAN, Windows Phone Product Marketing
I joined Microsoft in 2005 as an intern, working in the MSN team. After a matter of weeks, I knew Microsoft was the right place for my career. I was given numerous opportunities to prove myself, managing projects that grew in terms of size and importance over the twelve month placement. It was an easy [...]
Interview with Jessie Gertz: Women in IT
After her first month as a Principal Platform Specialist at Microsoft in San Francisco, Jessie Gertz sat down to do a series of video interviews about her experiences thus far. Jessie, why did you come to Microsoft? “I wanted to be a part of a community, not just a company. Everyone I met throughout my [...]
What makes you will make Microsoft – applying to Microsoft.
Hello again everyone! My time as the Graduate Recruitment Manager for Microsoft in the UK is sadly coming to an end, however really exciting times are ahead and I am looking forward to moving into new territory as the Graduate Recruitment Manager for Central and Eastern Europe in September. I have had the good fortune [...]
KATRINA MACARAIG – MBA Student Intern, MS Philippines
Feedback Theme as of Week 1: “Feel” Good Day! I am Katrina Macaraig, a full-time MBA student intern of MS Philippines. I will be part of the Windows Launch team under the Marketing & Operations department for nine weeks. Before I started in my internship, I had heard rumors that Microsoft is one of the [...]