Dev Centre Tour!!!

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Welcome to the Microsoft International Tech Jobs Blog!

This is the place to check out if you want to find out more about core-tech development jobs in Microsoft outside the US!

Within in the blog I will be concentrating on information about our R&D and development centres in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In time I hope to also expand this to India and China and further afield.

So if you want to find out more about our opportunities in Ireland, England, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Egypt and Israel stick around and check out the video!

Video: Introduction to the blog

Introductions and Welcomes

Mon, 07 May 2007 13:26:39 GMT

Hello or should I say Hallo or Bonjour. I never quite know :)

My name is Declan and I am the lead technical recruiter for Microsoft in Ireland. I would like to say a BIG HELLO to you and welcome you to Microsoft’s International Technical Recruitment Blog. The blog has been designed to provide those people who are looking for a core-tech job for Microsoft outside of the US with some information about where we have development centres, what products and technologies these centres are working on and to give the viewer an insight into what we refer to as core-tech jobs, which are architects, developers, testers and program managers.

As the blog evolves I hope to provide a wide range of information on a diverse set of topics ranging from: development centre overview and position explanations, to visa updates and advice on our screening processes. I will try provide this information using vlogs, podcasts and blog entries.

Please forgive me for some of my amateur video and broadcasting skills. I'm pretty new to the world of video shooting, editing, hosting, blogging and podcasting. I promise to improve as the blog evolves. I hope you find the information very useful as I gather interviews from as far as way places as Haifa and Bangalore and Beijing and Zurich in English, French, German, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Urdu, Cantonese and more. I also hope you enjoy seeing how rich, diverse, clever and fun our employees are all over the world. Please let me know if you like any of the posts in particular by leaving a comment on the site. The more constructive and postitive feedback I can get the more I tell my manager to let me spend more time blogging!!! And the more I can tell all you readers about life in Microsoft. So start commenting!!!Please do if you can, it would mean a lot.

And I'd be remiss, especially this being an internationa blog, if I didn't say hello to you in as many languages as I could (see how many of them you know! If I forget any let me know?):

English – Hello (formal), Hi (informal), Whazzup? (very informal)
French – Salut (informal, silent “T”), Bonjour (formal)
Bahamas – Hello (formal), Hi and Hey (informal), What you sayin Buyh (very informal - slang)
German – Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal)
Bavarian – Grüß Gott (Gruess Gott), Servus (informal, also means “goodbye”, pronounced zair-voos)
Northern German – Moin Moin
Spanish – Hola (pronounced without the H sound, ola)– Buenos Días (morning), Buenas Tardes (afternoon and early evening), Buenas Noches (late evening)
Slovak – Dobrý deň [dobrii dyeny]
Welsh – Helo
Tsonga (south Africa) – Minjhani (when greeting adult people)– Kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or below your age)
Japanese – Ohayou gozaimasu (O-HA-YOH GO-ZA-EE-MAS) (Morning); Konnichi wa (KOHN-NI-CHEE-WA) (Daytime or Afternoon); Konban wa (KOHN-BAHN-WA)(Evening); Moshi Moshi (MO-SHE MO-SHE) (When answering the phone)
Italian – Ciao (informal), Salve, Buon giorno (Morning, formal), Buon pomeriggio (Afternoon, formal), Buona sera (Evening, formal)
Swedish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal)
Arabic-based languages – As-salaam-aleykum (Peace be on you) or Marhabah (Hello)
Arabic – Sabbah-el-Khair (Good morning) Masaa-el-Khair (good evening); note that (Kh) is pronounced from the back of the throat.
Persian – Salaam or Do-rood
Hindi – Namaste (pronounced Na-mus-thei)
Korean – Ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal), Ahn nyeong (informal. Can also be used as “Goodbye”)
Dutch – Hoi (very informal), Hallo (informal), Goedendag (formal)
Russian – Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal, pronounce: ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
Chinese, Mandarin – Ni Hao(Nee HA-oh)
Chinese, Cantonese – Nei Ho
Hebrew – Shalom (which means hello, goodbye and peace) Hi (informal)
Norwegian – Hei
Portuguese – “Oi” or “Alô” (informal), Bom dia (good morning), Boa tarde (good afternoon), Boa Noite (good evening)
Danish – Hej (informal) God dag (formal)
Burmese – Mingalarbar
Turkish – Merhaba (Formal) Naber? (Informal)
Lithuanian – Laba diena (formal) Labas, Sveikas (informal male) Sveika (female) Sveiki (plural)
Vietnam – Chao
Filipino – Kumusta Ka (How are you)
Esperanto – Saluton
Tamil – Vanakkam
Swahili – Jambo
Lingala – Mbote
Indonesian – Selamat Pagi (Good Morning), Selamat Siang (Good Afternoon), Selamat Malam (Good Evening)
Nepali – Namaskar
Polish – Dzień dobry (formal), Cześć (informal)
Hawaiian – Aloha
Local Hawaiian Pidgin – ‘Sup braddah!
Thai – Sawa dee-ka (if you’re a girl)/ Sawa dee-krap (if you’re a guy)
Hungarian, Magyar – Jo napot [yoh (as in the word “oh”) naput](Good-day, formal), Szervusz [Sairvoose] (informal)
Czech – Dobry rano (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), Dobry den
Ukranian – Dobriy ranok (formal)- Good Morning, Dobriy deyn (formal) - Good Afternoon, Dobriy vechir (formal)- Good Evening, Pryvit (informal)
Latvian – Labdien, sveiki, chau (informal sound like in Italian)
Finnish – Hyvää päivää (formal) - Moi / Hei (Informal)
Greek – Yia sou (Ya-soo) (informal), yia sas (formal)
Icelandic – Góðan dag (formal), Hæ (informal)
Pig Latin – Ellohay
Malayalam – Namaskkaram
Urdu – Adaab
Telugu – Baagunnara (how are you) (formal)
Chichewa – Moni Bambo! (to man) / Moni Mayi! (to woman)
Oshikwanyama – Wa uhala po, Meme? (to woman) / Wa uhala po, Tate? (to man) (response: ee) Nawa tuu? (response: ee) (formal) Ongaipi? (how is it? - informal)
Nahuatl – Niltze, Hao
Croatian – Bok (informal), Dobro Jutro (Good Morning), Dobar Dan (Day), Dobra Većer (evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
Navajo – Ya’at’eeh. (Hello!)
Maltese – Merħba (welcome), Bonġu (Good Morning), Bonswa (or) Il-lejl it-tajjeb (Good Evening)
Congo – Mambo
Jibberish – Huthegelluthego, H-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (hello,formal), H-diguh-i(hi, informal), H-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (how are you?)Jibberish
German-speaking parts of Switzerland – Grüzi! (Grew-tsi)
Scanian – Haj (universal), Hallå (informal), Go’da (formal), Go’maren (morning greeting), Go’aften (evening greeting)
Luxembourgish – Moïen (MOY-en)
Samoan – Talofa (Formal), Malo (informal)
Tongan – Malo e leilei
Tahitian – Ia Orana
Tetum (Timor - Leste)– Bondia (Good Morning), Botarde (Good Afternoon), Bonite (Good Evening)
Maori – Kia ora
Romanian – Salut; Buna dimineata/ziua/seara (respectful good morning/day/evning); Buna (usually for girls)
Gujrathi – Kem Che
Marathi – Namaskar
Surfer – ‘tsup :)
South African English – Hoezit (Howzit) (Informal Greeting)
Lao – Sawa dee
Serbian – Zdravo (informal), Dobro jutro (Good morning), Dobar dan (Good afternoon, also used as a formal greeting), Dobro veče (pronounced as “dobro vetche”, means Good evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
Mongolia – Sain baina uu? SA-YEN BAYA-NU(Formal); Sain uu? SAY-NU(Informal); Ugluunii mend (Good morning, pronounced as ‘oglony mend’, ‘o’sound like ‘old’); Udriin mend (Good afternoon, pronounced as ‘odriin mend’, again ‘o’sound like ‘old’); Oroin mend (Good evening, pronounced as ‘oroin mend’, but here ‘o’ sound like ‘orc’)
Slovenian: živjo (informal(ž sounds like zh); dobro jutro (good morning); dober dan (good afternoon); dober večer (good evening (č sounds like ch in chips)
Kurdish: Roj Bas ( ROHZJ BAHSH)
Bengali: Salamwalaikum
Igbo: Nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo; Nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)

and last but not least, my favourite

Irish: Dia Dhuit (informal(Pronounced Dee ah ghouit) Literal Translation God be with you.

Microsoft International Tech Jobs Blog: Introduction

Dev Centre Tour!!!

Introductions and Welcomes