Research Intern - Causal Inference and Network Connectivity

About Microsoft

Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, Microsoft has come a long way and is now a big American multinational technology corporation. It was founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800 but now dominates the personal computer operating system market and has other products and services as well.

Your role

• Interns put inquiry and theory into practice.
• Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world’s best researchers, interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Interns not only advance their careers but also contribute to exciting research and development strides. 
• Time and resources permitting, the intern may be involved in the design of future A/B tests to further research organizational connectivity in the context of modern collaboration technology and productivity tools.

Training, development & rotations

Microsoft internships will be built for in-person and virtual experiences. The hybrid by-design approach at all locations around the world will provide a high-quality experience while keeping the health and safety of the employees, interns, and their families at the highest priority.

Compensation & benefits

Prosple estimated the salary range of this position to be between US$61,080 - US$121,440. As a Microsoft employee, you'll also receive the following benefits:

• Flexible timing: no strict punching in or out system
• A host of on-site activities
• Employee stock purchase plan
• 401K plan
• Stock options
• Equity incentive plan
• Retirement plan

 Career progression

Customer Success understands their customers’ industry and business processes, including industry or vertical focus such as Banking, Healthcare, or Manufacturing. Promotes adoption of technology by helping the customer optimize the utilization of their products, demonstrating features beyond core functionality, and ensuring Best Practice adoption.  

Work-life balance

The Work-Life Balance at Microsoft is rated a C+ putting it in the Top 50% of similar size companies on Comparably. 73% of Microsoft employees are satisfied with their work-life balance. A well-proportioned work-life balance is necessary to keep employees happy and productive.

Company culture

Microsoft’s work culture relies on some key elements including quality, innovation, giving, accountability, responsiveness, a positive mindset, and diversity. The company ensures the capability to address needs in the dynamic computer market and boost innovation. The current structure is suited to influence the performance of employees to achieve big and help everyone around the world achieve more.

About you

• Must be currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in a quantitative social science field such as Computer Science, Computational Social Science, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Have some programming experience in SQL.
• Enrolled in a quantitative social science field such as computational social science, economics, statistics, or computer science.

How To Apply:

To apply for this position, simply click the “Apply on employer site” button on this page.

Microsoft is a tech giant known for its transparent recruitment process and for attracting elite candidates from the world’s best universities. The selection process at Microsoft Corporation starts with an online coding test consisting of two questions and the candidates get 60 minutes to answer them. There are 3 technical rounds including an online coding test consisting of 2 questions, a written round with 1 question, and a total having 3 questions.

Sources

• careers.microsoft.com
• microsoft.com
• us.prosple.com
• comparably.com
• youtube.com