The title “Product Manager” means a lot of things at a lot of different companies.  What does a Product Manager on the Bing team do?  Put simply, product management in Bing is about global business leadership.  We are responsible for identifying customer insights that inform R&D investments; guiding the division by developing near and long-term business plans; enabling the field to successfully launch and sell our...
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My last blog post was about resume tips for developers.  Since I am a technical recruiter, I spend a lot of my time talking with candidates, hiring managers and reviewing resumes.  As a recruiter at Microsoft, you juggle the precarious task of candidate experience, hiring manager experience, diversity and inclusion and striving to find the right talent.  We are serious about all areas.  So what better way to enhance the...
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I sat down recently with Sekhar to discuss his career, the development group he manages and what his team looks for in future employees. Some of the highlights from that conversation: Where in Bing do you work? I work in AdCenter online advertising platform and my group develops the Business Intelligence Core for our AdExpert product. This is the publishing platform for MSN and our other Microsoft-owned content sites. The main features we...
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For the first time in my staffing career, I’m working for a company that not only recognizes and values their employees, but gives those employees the tools to succeed in defining their mission, outreach, and activities. But what I am most proud of that Microsoft values diversity and a responsible corporate citizen that puts those values into practice. When I joined Microsoft, I asked a colleague whether there was a group for Gay and...
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One last Thanksgiving thought: Thanksgiving is the appointed time for focusing on the good in our BING lives.In each of our days, we can find small BING thoughts, but too often we overlook them,choosing instead to spend our BING time paying attention to BING problems. We give our BING energy to those who cause us search troubles instead of those who bring BING peace.Starting now, let’s be on the lookout for the bits of pleasure in each...
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