As part of plans to showcase the talent pool in Africa, Microsoft through its University Recruiting program and Africans at Microsoft is hiring final-year students and recent university graduates from across Africa into full-time engineering roles at Microsoft. The Microsoft African University Recruitment Program for recent graduate engineers will provide successful candidates with relocation to the USA and Canada.
Interested persons who will like to apply should have recently graduated from the university or will be graduating by 2023. Here are the qualifications you will need to meet.
Open to relocating to USA or Canada
Pursuing or recently completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field.
One year of programming experience in an object-oriented language (C, C#, C++, Java, Python).
Ability to demonstrate an understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
Activities that will give you an edge include experience building software outside of the classroom environment like an internship, hackathon, or research project. As well as showing the ability to work in a team and effective time management.
Microsoft started the program in 2017 dubbed Africa to Redmond; Hack for Africa. For its first iteration, Microsoft University Recruiting and Africans at Microsoft selected five universities on the continent to recruit from. University of Nairobi (Kenya), University of Lagos (Nigeria), Ashesi University (Ghana), Makerere University (Uganda), and University of Cape Town (South Africa).
The Microsoft Team is organizing free virtual resume workshops to help interested persons prepare for the application process. Where they will provide information on Microsoft’s recruitment program, share tips on how to make your application stand out, and answer your questions. The free resume workshop will take place at different times depending on your country. Here are a few below:
During the workshop, Microsoft recruiters will share more on the recruitment process. But it usually takes place in three phases and will look something like this. It starts with an online coding challenge. A panel will then review the entries and select applicants for the next stage. The selected candidates will have an in-person or virtual interview. Finally, a successful candidate from the three steps will join Microsoft for a full-time position. The candidate will be assigned to an engineering team once they accept the offer.
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Microsoft is on a quest to recruit students into engineering roles at its Redmond campus. The initiative dubbed Africa to Redmond is set to take place in selected Universities across the continent.
The initiative is part of an ongoing effort to recruit students from Africa into full-time engineering roles at Microsoft. This is part of Microsoft’s plan to showcase the talent pool in Africa.
For its first iteration, University Recruiting and Africans@Microsoft have selected five universities on the continent to recruit from. University of Nairobi(Kenya), University of Lagos(Nigeria), Ashesi University (Ghana), Makerere University (Uganda), and *University of Cape Town (South Africa).
The recruitment process is going to be in three phases. An online Coding challenge, Phone, and In-person Interview. Starting with an online coding challenge for final-year students. A panel of Judges will review the entries and selected applicants will be scheduled for a phone-in interview. Selected candidates from the second stage will have an in-person interview. A successful candidate from the three steps will join Microsoft for a full-time position. The candidate will be assigned to an engineering team once they accept the offer.
The first part of the selection, the online coding event is to show your coding skills. Students will show their engagement with coding by answering questions formulated by software engineers working at Microsoft.
Register at https://msft3c.com and use the Event code “vsSwVE” on the 29th July 2017 and finish the quiz between 9:30 am and 12 Midnight (the event code is subject to school, kindly check from image below)
The announcement to Africa to Redmond: Hack for Africa initiative says:
Do complex problems make you thrive? You are intellectually curious and love to innovate and collaborate.Join Microsoft to envision, create and build the solutions and tools of the future. Together, let’s empower billions.This is where grassroots innovation and large-scale engineering coexist. The environment can lead to some fascinating stories.
Functions Include: Development Engineering: Your work is core to what we do. Development massive, complex software systems that scale to billions.
Customer-facing technologist: Use your technical expertise in the planning, execution and communications of program activities.
Benefits and Perks:
– Building world-changing solutions -Network and collaborate with the brightest in the industry – Work-life balance and the flexibility to work remotely allows teams to be productive anywhere -Endless career paths filled with robust and diverse roles
For more information: careers.microsoft.com/benefits.
Learn more about life at Microsoft: blogs.microsoft.om/jobs
This is the first of its kind and will continue when successful. It’ll also be opened to more countries as it grows and continues. Is your university included? What do you think about this move from Microsoft.
*I’m still waiting for more details on the University of Cape Town event. – I’ll update as it comes in.
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