Sunday, January 9, 2011

Microsoft Egypt Summer Internship Program

As an intern at Microsoft, you’ll have real responsibility, real work and real opportunities to jumpstart your career. “A real-world experience like no other..”

Internship Description:

This internship is a two month program broken down into two stages:

1. First stage: Interns attend sessions delivered by Microsoft employees and Microsoft Partners. Sessions include topics such as: (CRM, Database, SharePoint, Windows, System architecture, infrastructure, Time management, Marketing, Sales, etc. )

2. Second stage: breakdown of students to teams where they work together on a practical project and are required, as a team to provide an output that helps them practice their learning.

Important Dates:

· Application Deadline: 30th of March

· Assessment Centers: Mid June

· Start Date of Internship: Beginning of July

· End Date: Beginning of September

Criteria and Application Requirements:

  • 3rd year student [moving into final school year]
  • For Technical track, students should be majoring in Engineering or Computer Science or a related field
  • Top ranking students with average GPA of 3.0+
  • Student recommended by their university for track record of strong performance.
  • Someone who is driven and passionate about technology and able to articulate it clearly. (must be clear in application what kind of projects student worked on)
  • Fluent in English, both spoken and written.
  • Ability to think strategically, be creative, and be able to innovate ways to communicate.
  • Demonstrate strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
  • Along with submitting CV, Students are REQUIRED to submit a problem statement (500 words max.) on “Online Marketing vs. Traditional Marketing”. (PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IF THE PROBLEM STATEMENT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CV)

Benefits:

· Permits internship graduates to join the Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) program and be Microsoft ambassador at their universities.

· College graduation project support from MS partners

· Shadowing program: on job training at MS after graduation

· Provides them with an opportunity to be employed in the MS MACH program; others are employed by MS Partners taking part in the internship program.

To apply please submit your application with subject Internship to: egintern@microsoft.com


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