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Microsoft

Cloud Solutions Architect Review

at Microsoft

Placement (10 Months+)

Information Technology

London

Review Submitted: April 2021

Overall Rating

4.6 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role
4.5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.5/5 - Company Culture
4.5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Migrating customer workloads into Azure and ensuring that customers are well educated to use and apply Azure services to their cloud environment by delivering workshops and tutorials. Providing thought leadership across the community and providing the highest level of a connected customer experience.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Responsibility can vary from taking meeting notes to being allocated to projects which involve using Azure services to help customers in their day to day work. You have the freedom to decide where and what you would like to learn. There is plenty of time allocated to learning.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Both learned new skills and developed existing skills. New skills include the ability to use and apply Microsoft technologies such as Azure DevOps and understanding how cloud architectures are built on Azure. Developed skills such as communication and leadership.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Support from HR was not good. There were many times when I emailed/messaged one of the HR team and didn't receive a response. It was challenging for them since it was virtual but they didn't communicate enough with the interns during the cohort. However, they arranged a great workshop on personality profiles.
My manager provided a lot of support and guidance throughout the internship and made the whole experience much better.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
People are willing to help and most people are easily approachable. The inclusion and diversity culture is emphasised and put into practice throughout the year. Many exciting events take place throughout the year; inclusion and growth is always promoted.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Very different with it being virtual and didn't get the full experience because of Covid. However, I've gained a lot of skills and learned about a lot of new technologies and their applications whilst being here. There is a lot of time dedicated to learning and development which I really enjoyed as Azure is huge.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Microsoft
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Microsoft to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Microsoft
Find and area on Azure that interests you and be prepared to do a lot of self-learning to upskill yourself in that area. Ask to join teams and projects for shadowing and get involved in any customer work when it's presented to you.
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