Company: Microsoft
Date: 2009-10-26
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Excellent intern compensation package...quirky company culture
Pros: Microsoft takes good care of its interns.  Competitive compensation, including relocation, help with rent during your internship, a variety of intern-only field trips, and your choice of commuting benefits: car rental, bike plan (MS pays most of the $$ for a new bike), public bus pass, and wi-fi enables Microsoft commuter buses.

Job satisfaction will depend on which team you are embedded with.
Cons: On some teams, the expectation is that interns won't make a real contribution; and that your internship is just a public relations sales pitch to potential future employees.

The company culture is quite quirky; it seems that many employees aren't genuinely or wholeheartedly invested in Microsoft or the project their working on....evangelize Windows Mobile to your co-workers during the day, and play on the iPhone after work.  Perhaps it's just about a nice paycheck and excellent benefits package.