Technical Program Manager Review
by Microsoft
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
5.0
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The Company
5.0
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The Culture
4.0
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
Really great experience, didn't expect that i'll get to do so many things in a year!
My colleagues were great, and very knowledgeable about their area of expertise. A lot of the people I worked with had PhDs in machine learning, being able to learn from them was incredible.
Lots of opportunities to connect with various managers. I had weekly 1:1s with my manager and my senior manager
I was quite busy generally, but I was enjoying the work so I didn't mind.
This is probably the best thing about my placement , I worked on Cortana for Windows 10 and Cortana for Microsoft Edge, even before they were announced to the public. Firstly, it was exciting, and quite surprising to be able to work on products which were confidential. Secondly, these products are used by millions by customers, so being able to shape the product was amazing!
My time management, project management and communication skills have improved a lot, as I had to work across teams on tight deadlines
The Company
Very friendly, quite relaxed. I worked in an engineering team, there was no dress code
University staff team did a great job organizing our year, we had extracurricular teams we could join, we had quarterly events
Our team had weekly brownbags on various engineering topics, and the presentations were really interesting, We also had a lot of external speakers
Subsidised Canteen
Sports and Social Club
Financial Bonus
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
Working from home
Looking forward to graduate opportunities here
The Culture
Many social events
The cost of living was really high, and generally going out was quite difficult to afford
Awesome
I was involved with 2 other departments in my extra curricular time
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
London
June 2015
