Microsoft IT

Microsoft IT’s mission is to be a strategic partner in Microsoft Corporation’s overall business success. Our client is Microsoft, engineers who write code, employees and partners around the world. We strive to make people’s experience with IT positive and professional, because no matter who you might be or what you might do at Microsoft, IT’s all about you!
Microsoft IT designs, develops, tests, deploys and supports technology for common tasks and specialized functions. We help inform Microsoft’s product portfolio through beta testing and dogfooding and by discovering homegrown innovations and identifying external solutions to emerging functional business needs.

What is APEX?

The Microsoft IT APEX (Accelerated Professional Experience) program is a talent development program is a “Full time Employment Opportunity” with Microsoft IT, India which gives YOU a unique opportunity to work on 4 Cross functional assignments (each assignment is for 6 months) in the span of two years. All APEX engineers are also engaged in a string of educational courses to augment their leadership and business acumen.
APEX engineers have the distinctive opportunity to zoom in their career through broadened exposure to different areas of IT viz., Solutions Delivery, Quality & Business Excellence and Center of Excellence while working in the functions viz. development/testing/Program Management.

Develop your leadership skills

APEX engineers develop and receive extensive leadership training which includes:

  • Six-sigma green belt training/mentorship
  • Organizational development
  • Technical training
  • Peer–to–peer coaching
  • Community outreach

    • Enhance your career path

    APEX provides you with cross IT business perspective and an enhanced career path giving you mobility via breadth of exposure. Through this program you will build a valuable network of contacts and shorten your learning curve through training and mentoring.

    What APEX offers you: -

  • Cross IT business perspective
  • Enhanced career path, mobility via breadth exposure
  • Broad based experience of IT domains
  • Build a valuable network of contacts
  • Mentors assigned to shorten learning curves
  • Enjoy tremendous amount of creative freedom

    • APEX selection process for April - 2008

  • Technical test
  • Aptitude test
  • Case study Discussion/Analysis.
  • 3 – 4 rounds of interviews

    • What competencies are we looking for?

    We are looking for engineers who are technically superior, possess excellent communication skills, exhibit higher achievement & result orientation, displays STRONG Business acumen to work in a challenging environment.

     
    APEX – a Microsoft IT Talent Development Program for Young and superior Minds…!
    “Currently I am working as a developer for an application which will work on all mobile phones running on Windows CE. The experiences that I got as a tester and support analyst is helping me design and write efficient code, apart from technical excellence my network within the company has increased vastly”
    Dinesh V U – IIT – Madras 2003 - Microsoft IT APEX Batch 2006

    APEX in my opinion is the PERFECT blend of innovation, technology, flexibility & variety: all in one shot! Get to experience the 360 degree view @ how we build software! The best package of opportunities @ the largest IT organisation - APEX Program
    Akshaya Murali – PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore– Microsoft IT APEX Batch 2006

    I think APEX is a perfect synthesis of challenging tasks, rapid learning, diverse knowledge, applied leadership and fun! In APEX YOU get to sculpt the foundations of your career, taking up challenges in four different roles and constantly honing your technical and networking skills to excel, with guidance & mentoring from leaders within Microsoft.
    Krishnan Raghupathi – College of Engineering - Guindy; Anna University – Microsoft IT APEX Batch –July 2007

    In terms of leadership development programs, by all measures, the MSIT APEX Program has set the bar extremely high. The emphasis is on continuous learning through challenging work assignments and focused learning events.
    Nikhil Kumar – KIIT 2007– Microsoft IT APEX Batch -Jan 2008
    Fun – Learn – Contribute (FLC)

    You heard the Mantra, got all the Gyan, do you believe you have heard all about the Microsoft IT APEX program? Well, not exactly. There is a lot more to APEX than the cross IT business perspective, breadth exposure and networking.

    This ‘more’ is derived from our belief in Fun - Learn - Contribute or FLC as most would call it in APEX.

    When we say that APEX allows you to explore various horizons, it actually happens. Because we make it happen. We live and breathe our belief every day through the various committees within the program:

  • Education Committee
  • Morale Committee
  • Communication Committee
  • Outreach Committee (Community Service)
  • Scorecard Committee (Performance & Tracking)

    Each of these committees helps you to work in the area that you wish to make a difference in. So, you can contribute to the program, have fun at work and learn, all at the same time.

    • For queries, email
    apexinf@microsoft.com

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