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What It’s Like To Be Recruited By Microsoft

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May 7, 2010 Posted By: Trevor Wilson Category: Offers


There’s a fascinating article posted on Gizmodo about what it’s like to be recruited by Microsoft. The author refers to it as being hit by a Love Bomb. Must be nice to have a huge company going out of their way to impress you.

Among the perks, the rental car of your choice…

Unlike other companies that have recruited him (and forced him into compact cars), Microsoft let Tony pick his rental car. He went with a ” mid-sized SUV, since my wife doesn’t let me have one.”

…a larger than average per diem…

…arriving the night before his interview. Microsoft gave him a $150 per diem, which he used to take a friend out for dinner.

…and a sneak peak at some of their latest technology.

During Tony’s interview, which was last fall, Microsoft let him see an early version of its unreleased operating system, Windows Phone 7.

Before seeing it, Tony emptied his pockets into a little locker outside the lab where Microsoft kept the phones which ran Windows Phone 7. He then walked through a metal detector. After that, he saw the new mobile OS, which left him quite impressed.

Sounds like a very memorable experience. Too bad he turned down the job!

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