I got into Microsoft Leap! My First week experience

UIUXLola
4 min readMar 14, 2021

My journey into the Microsoft Leap Apprenticeship Program has been an amazing and yet still shocking opportunity. It’s so thrilling that I have the opportunity to be on this path. Since I made this transition from Pharmacy, Microsoft has been a dream for me and so to be accepted into this program is huge.

You can read My Microsoft Leap Application and Interview Process

I will write a post on the entire application and interview process so stay tuned for that. However, I just completed my first week in the program and would love to share my experiences so far.

Structure of the Leap program

Leap is a 16 weeks apprenticeship program that consists of 4 weeks of classroom learning and then 12 weeks of apprenticeship with the sponsor teams. We are considered as Microsoft contractors and are paid hourly.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the program is currently taking place remotely as opposed to in-person at the Redmond, Washington office. I live on the East coast, 3 hours ahead of…

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