Overview Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Data Scientist Intern at Microsoft, you will use machine learning, statistics, experiments, and more to build and improve great products while making business impact. As a Data Scientist intern you will collaborate with stakeholders, formulate approaches to solve problems and use algorithms and data sources in the context of business and engineering needs. You will also be able to combine your engineering abilities with analytical skills to make customer experiences better. Our Data Scientists use innovative methods, algorithms and tools daily to drive results throughout Microsoft devices, operating systems, products, and services and provide novel insights into business and customer scenarios. At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. Responsibilities Formulate approaches to solve problems using well defined algorithms and data sources Incorporate an understanding of product functionality and customer perspective to provide context for those problems. Use data exploration techniques to discover new questions or opportunities within your problem area and propose applicability and limitations of the data. Interpret the results of their analysis, validate their approach, and learn to monitor, analyze, and iterate to continuously improve. Engage with peer stakeholders to produce clear, compelling, actionable insights that influence product and service improvements that will impact millions of customers. Participate in the peer review process and act on feedback while learning innovative methods, algorithms, and tools to increase the impact and applicability of your results. Qualifications Required Qualifications: Currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field. Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship. Preferred Qualifications: Currently pursuing a Master's in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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