Not all apprentices are offered a position at Microsoft, though. At the end of apprenticeship, the Microsoft team that you do your apprenticeship with may hire you for a full-time position. If you are willing to move, you can apply to any location (I am not sure about specifics of the Nigeria cohort, different rules may apply).ġ. However, since about three years, the program branched off in Sunnyvale in California (apprenticeship was offered at LinkedIn which is owned by Microsoft) and in Nigeria. In-person interview and entire apprenticeship was carried out in Redmond campus only. The Leap program started off from Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington. There is no set schedule for each application cycle dates, so you should follow the Leap program page on LinkedIn or Facebook to get the latest updates. The Leap program carries out in about four application cycles per year. They were accepted later when they applied for Technical Program Management track.
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I have met people who were not accepted for Software Engineering track. As far as my understanding, having applied to a different pathway before does not affect one’s application prospect. However, one can choose to apply to a different pathway in the later application cohort if s/he does not get accepted. Around 2019, they added three more pathways: User Experience Design, Business Program Management and Customer Service Engineering.
I think it used to be Software Testing like in Quality Assurance Engineering, but I might be wrong). It initially started with three tracks: Software Engineering, Technical Program Management and Software Support Engineering (I am not sure about the naming of the last one. The Leap program was established in in 2015. These candidates usually switch a career from another field and may have some exposure or experience or an expertise in other area, and therefore, are considered to have a non-traditional background.Ĭo-Founder of the Microsoft Leap Apprenticeship program William Adams talks about the program The Leap program is open to technical, such as software engineering, web development, project management and similar boot camp graduates. With recent increase on boot camp style education, there are many bright candidates who do not have a computer science degree. The Leap program gives a chance to graduates of college/universities that are not on Microsoft’s recruitment list. That means, during their college years, students at these universities can apply to internship and full-time positions at Microsoft and get interviewed on campus. Prestigious universities have on campus recruitment with Microsoft, for example, Stanford university or University of Washington. The Leap program recruits another half majority of candidates who are college/university graduates where Microsoft does not have university recruitment. “Return to work” programs help “returnees” to brush up technical skills and have a supportive access to job re-entry process with employers who would not look down upon their career gaps.ĭiversity inclusion programs aim at recruiting candidates with non-traditional background, such as ethnicity, race, education, and life experiences. Career gaps in the tech can be not forgiving, especially when the pace of technology is fast.
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“Return to work” programs are for women and other candidates who took some time off from their professional career to raise children, to take care of a family member/parent who was sick or needed care. My observation is that the program combines “return to work” and “diversity inclusion” programs. The program aims at adding talent with non-traditional background to primarily Microsoft and other big companies. It is specifically designed for a group of people who traditionally do not have a direct access to Microsoft university recruiting and general recruiting. Microsoft Leap program is an apprenticeship program that gives a chance to participants to work with Microsoft teams on real projects for 16 weeks (four months).
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