Recruitment the Microsoft way

Recruitment

Bill Gates believes that the recruitment process is a very seriously because his company want the best people to work for him as a result the human resources team is crafted towards creating an environment where the best people want to work. To ensure that Microsoft get the best employees, the company works closely with schools and universities so that it will be easily to hear about the talent that are there in those schools and universities.

Selection method

Microsoft uses the talent Pipeline method to filter out the potential candidates. The employees are hired not just for their current skills but for their future potential.  Microsoft is one of UK’s most popular companies to work for, with a turnover of staff of just 5% but even though they try to keep hold on their staff, there is always a steady stream of demands for new people. Microsoft takes on around 20 new graduates per year. These are divided into two areas, the commercial side and the technical side with an approximately 1000 applicants in each sector.  

The process

Prior to presentation day potential candidates, application for positions are first made via website then these are screened and a shortlist is drawn up usually done by an outside agency. The next stage is where Microsoft meets the candidates; the potential candidates go through various sorts of psychometric testing to evaluate their aptitude and personality. The remaining candidates who passed the test is then invited back to meet with the senior executives at Microsoft which they are offered a permanent contract as a “graduate trainee’ and then the candidates are integrated into the workplace, provided they pass a three month probationary period.