Entries tagged 'gretchen'
Microspotting and JobsBlog: Together at last!
Happy new year to everyone! Hope you are all having a great 2010 so far.
I wanted to share a few changes we've got brewing here at JobsBlog for the new year:
Microspotting and JobsBlog merge: Yes, that's right. Two of your favorite Microsoft blogs are now one. :) Back in the fall (before Ariel, Microspotting's founder, left Microsoft), we decided to bring both blogs together onto one site. Actually, it was Ariel's idea, and I think it's a great one. We know the audiences of Microspotting and the traditional JobsBlog can be a bit different so you'll have the option to read the sections together--or separate.
If you want to read both blogs together, continue visiting our main blog site or main blog feed.
If you just want Microspotting, you can pass go and skip directly to the Microspotting page or Microspotting feed.
Happy birthday to Microsoft Silicon Valley
Happy birthday to our Silicon Valley campus who turned 10 last week. Our largest U.S. campus outside of Redmond, Microsoft Silicon Valley (MSV) is now home to 1300 employees (with 2000 total in the Bay Area) working on products like Mediaroom, Windows Live, Bing, Xbox, Microsoft for Mac, PowerPoint and more. You can find out more about the culture and jobs (yes, we are hiring) at Microsoft Careers: Silicon Valley.
At Microsoft, the doctors come to us
A couple years ago, Jenna wrote about her own experience with Microsoft’s Mobile Medicine benefit. Now, a recent Business Week article tells you a little more about the details—and economics—of our plan: The Return of the House Call.
Life at Microsoft: The truth revealed...again!
A while back, the Channel 9 team revealed what it’s really like to work at Microsoft. Ok, well, maybe not really—but we sure did enjoy it. Now Tina and the gang are back again with new insight:
Pivot: The latest technology from Live Labs
Today at PDC (Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in LA), our Live Labs team unveiled Pivot, an experimental application that makes it easier (and fun) for people to interact with a massive amount of data in new ways. Right now, Pivot is in a limited technical preview for PDC attendees but check out the video to see this technology in action.
Are you a bug killer? A very special Halloween from Channel 9
Our friends over on the Channel 9 team (as well as all of us here at Microsoft) hope you have a very fun and safe Halloween weekend!
Microsoft Retail Stores: We’re hiring!
You may have heard about our plans to open Microsoft retail stores in cities around the world. Well, I know a lot of you have heard because the JobsBloggers have been getting peppered with questions. :)
We’ve recently announced our first two stores in Scottsdale, AZ and Mission Viejo, CA. And we’re now hiring!
Weird things said in job interviews
CareerBuilder and CNN recently published the 43 weirdest things said in job interviews. If you've interviewed many people yourself, what are some funny responses you've heard?
We've sure heard our fair share of odd comments around here, too. The JobsBloggers will chime in with our war stories, too. And a few of our favorites from CareerBuilder and CNN's list after the jump.
Tell me more about Support at Microsoft
Dear JobsBlog: What can you tell me about working in technical support at Microsoft? I see a lot of info on what it’s like to work on an engineering team but not a lot about support. Help!
-Support Guru
Dear Support Guru: I asked Heather from the Microsoft Customer Service & Support Careers Blog to stop by and share how to learn more about careers in Customer Service & Support (CSS). Others have been asking for more info on CSS, too, so look for more technical support and services careers info here on JobsBlog soon!
Gretchen
Strengths and weaknesses revisited
Not long after JobsBlog started in 2004, Gretchen answered a reader who wanted to know what he should say when an interviewer asked him to describe his strengths and weaknesses.Six years later, that post is still one of the most popular articles on this site. Gretchen’s advice remains relevant, of course, and we encourage you to read it – but we thought we’d give you an update from varying viewpoints. Check out what Kenji, Lisa and Matt have to say about this infamous interview question!