Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern in Redmond, WA
Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern in Redmond, WA
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Positive Outlook
Approves of CEO
I worked at Microsoft (Less than a year)
Pros
- Meaningful intern projects - Great diversity of teams: Microsoft has their hands on absolutely everything, so you get to talk to a lot of very smart and interesting people. - Probably has the best intern benefits out there. - Intern events are amazing. - I've had great mentors - It's a great time to join Microsoft in the midst of its reinvention
Cons
- The engineering mentality in some teams is not the best: software design is not given too much thought and lazy shortcuts, instead of an ideal solution, are often taken. This applies to teams that have a lot of legacy code. - The internship experience depends a lot on the mentor. Most mentors are great, if you're one of the unlucky few, your internship won't be as rewarding.
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"Software Engineering Internship"
I worked at Microsoft (Less than a year)
Pros
- Meaningful intern projects
- Great diversity of teams: Microsoft has their hands on absolutely everything, so you get to talk to a lot of very smart and interesting people.
- Probably has the best intern benefits out there.
- Intern events are amazing.
- I've had great mentors
- It's a great time to join Microsoft in the midst of its reinvention
Cons
- The engineering mentality in some teams is not the best: software design is not given too much thought and lazy shortcuts, instead of an ideal solution, are often taken. This applies to teams that have a lot of legacy code.
- The internship experience depends a lot on the mentor. Most mentors are great, if you're one of the unlucky few, your internship won't be as rewarding.
Advice to Management
More thought to intern-mentor matching.
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Other Employee Reviews
"The best BigCo to work for in tech"
I have been working at Microsoft (More than 5 years)
Pros
With the new applications being developed and acquired, Microsoft is at the top of their game.
Cons
The only con is that it is truly a behemoth, the large nature of the organization offers less flexibility and less breadth of context.
Advice to Management
I wouldn't make any changes if I were making a recommendation to management.
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Pros
Great Place to work. !
Cons
Nothing specifc to mention.
Advice to Management
the current process can be improved
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