Google and Microsoft are two such companies where students from all over the world dream of working, because here they get salaries in lakhs and crores and all kinds of facilities are also available. Although Indian students often get job offers in these companies, but these days the video of a Pakistani girl is going viral, who does internship in Microsoft’s London office and gets a stipend of up to Rs 30 lakh annually. The name of this Pakistani girl is Aliza Uppal.
Actually, this story came into limelight when American based Pakistani content creator Hamza Chishti shared the conversation with Alija Uppal on social media. Hamza himself works as director of cloud and AI at Microsoft. In the conversation, Aliza told that before applying for the placement program, she had strengthened her professional profile through internships at many different places.
Got internship for 1 year
Alija says, ‘Right now I am doing a 12-month internship at Microsoft. Before applying for internship here, I had done many different internships, so I stand out from others. I have done about four or five internships at different places. He also said that his academic background in business analytics has played an important role in developing the skills for his current role at Microsoft.
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Working on AI
In the video, she said that she is working on things related to Artificial Intelligence and is especially focusing on programs that are designed to improve awareness and skill development about AI across the United Kingdom. Apart from this, while discussing the recruitment process in Microsoft, Aliza said that ‘Interview experience varies according to the post, but many rounds are conducted continuously. For the post for which I had applied, I had three rounds of interviews and they were held consecutively.
What did Stipend Jaan users say?
As soon as this video of Aliza went viral on social media, different types of reactions started coming on it. While some praised his determination, others said about his stipend that ‘in terms of London, it is not a big amount.’ During placements, students easily earn £24,000, which is equivalent to minimum wage. I think Microsoft should do better than this. Similarly, another user has also written, ‘More than half of his money will be spent on rent in London’.
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