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Unofficial Guidance from a Former Graduate

Company Research

Introduction

Once you’ve identified a potential job opportunity, it’s important to do some research on the company and role and determine if it will be a good fit for you.

Some ideas for what to look at include (but are not limited to):

  • Company values, direction, and initiatives
  • Work culture
  • Employee perspectives
  • Recent news and current events
  • Financials
  • …etc. anything else that’s important to you

Resources

Use the following resources for guidance and ideas on researching companies you’re interested in.

Learning about Microsoft

Researching Other Companies

Company and Job Search Websites

Contributing

This site is designed with MSSA students in mind, and aims to make contributions easy even for those who have minimal coding experience. Students and mentors alike are all welcome to submit pull requests.

Take a look at the Guide to Contributing page for ideas on how you can help and instructions for getting started!