

In both examples, you want to go with “Experienced professionals”. Important note: “What if I have several years of professional working experience AND I don’t have studies?” OR “What if I’ve graduated a long time ago in XYZ, but I’ve never worked in that area and now I’m finishing coding bootcamp while doing some freelancing? What should I choose”? If you’ve finished your studies 1+ years ago or you’ve been in the industry for many years then you’re interested in exploring the “Experienced professionals” part.

If you’re still studying, about to graduate soon or it’s been less than 1 year since you’ve graduated, then you’d pick the “students and graduates” option. What is the main difference between those two?

Now what you’re interested in are all the filters that are available for you on the left side under “Refine your search”.įirst I’d start with “Experience” – once you click on it you can choose to filter all the job adverts by “Experienced professionals” or “students and graduates”. You should see the below:Īs you can see, at the time I was writing this article Microsoft had 11898 job openings located all around the world! That’s a pretty impressive number. So if you want to make sure you’re not missing any of the opportunities visit the Microsoft career website. Pro Tip: You might have seen companies advertising their roles on other websites such as Indeed or LinkedIn, but please note that it’s usually just a small part of what they have to offer. Whenever a Hiring Manager has a need to hire another person or build an entire team, they’ll be working closely together with the recruitment team and post a job advertisement on the company’s career website. The company career website should be your first “go-to” place.īecause this is where you can find all of the currently open roles. *** Before you continue I highly recommend you to read my article "Becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft (Q&A)" where I share with you my first-hand experience and answer the most common questions I’m receiving throughout my career from Developers interested in working at Microsoft. Those tips are general which means you can use the same approach when applying to other FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) companies. In this article, I’m gonna share with you a step-by-step guide that will help you get a better understanding of various strategies you can apply in your job search to land your dream role at Microsoft. “Ela, how to get a job at Microsoft?” is one of those questions I’m getting quite often.
