Read Part One: How to prepare and what to expect here.
Read Part Two: The anatomy of the big day here.

Based on some of the comments we’ve seen, as well as your prior questions to the JobsBloggers, I suspect this may be one of the more popular segments in the three part series. I’ve tried to think of the various things I bring up when preparing candidates for the interview at Microsoft. If there are other things you’re curious about, please ask in the comments section and I’ll do my best to answer them.
 
Nerves
Interviewing can be nerve wracking. I’ll share with you some insight I received on being nervous from a facilitation training program I’ve taken. “You’ll either be nervous, or you won’t.” To expand on that, if you’re nervous during an interview, that’s ok! It’s expected even. I find that beating myself up for being nervous, or trying not to be nervous, makes it worse.  If you notice you’re nervous…  great… notice it and move on. You can answer questions, and be nervous at the same time. If you start to worry about being nervous, instead of focusing on what the interviewer is asking, things could go downhill. So remember… you’ll either be nervous, or you won’t.

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‘Softie in question: RJ Naugle

Job title: Senior PM Lead, Risk Reduction Team.

I'm also the co-lead of Microsoft's Military Veteran Outreach and Recruiting Program – "We Still Serve."

Did you join the military before or after college?
I graduated from Western Michigan University in '03. 9/11 had obviously happened in the meantime. I come from a military family and am very patriotic. I had a good job offer on the table with a subsidiary of GM, but I decided to enlist in the army in order to serve my country.

I started as a supply specialist and then volunteered to go to airborne school and become an airborne paratrooper. I was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, with 1st Special Forces Group, Airborne. That's where I met my wife. She’s a helicopter pilot. So - as the joke goes - she flies ‘em and I jump out of ‘em.

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Last Friday at NCCE Seattle we announced that our next homepage photo contest will kickoff on March 29 and this time there’s a twist. We’re asking students in the United States to submit photos to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and the winning photo will be displayed on the Bing homepage on April 22, Earth Day itself!

In addition to the grand prize winner seeing their photo on Bing.com, we’ve pulled together some great prizes for both students and their schools.

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