My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
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Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#2This response chain seems much more interesting
https://twitter.com/savantdotwtf/status/750781065518731264
Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#3Misaligned incentives combined with poor oversight/training?
I can't imagine this is actually a recruiting pitch that's enshrined in company policy.
Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#4More than likely a third party advertiser hired to attract young people as prospective interns.
Looks like they will probably be effective, only thing they didn't promise was strippers.
Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#5This response chain seems much more interesting https://twitter.com/savantdotwtf/status/750781065518731264
The entire situation is ridiculous, but Mitchel's response probably won't go over well with his employer.
Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#6That recruiter is doing good job, party announcement made it into HN frontpage.
Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#7I actually love it! though, maybe they didn't write it ironically.
Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#8I'm not sure what is more cringeworthy, the email itself or the fact that this became controversial enough to warrant a response from Microsoft [1]. People on the Internet will express discontent over anything and everything.
[1] http://gizmodo.com/microsoft-wants-bae-interns-to-get-lit-at...
Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#9So does Microsoft have good parties or not?
Re: My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today
#10might go without saying, but: do NOT get sloshed at events like this, even if you see other people doing it. you're trying to get a job, so keep your wits about you.