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Discussions about navigating internships and co-ops. Everything about the process and experience from application to full time offer.

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If you are posting an unpaid internship in the U.S., please make sure you are following the guidelines set forth by the U.S. Department of Labor which state the following rules:

  1. The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment;

  2. The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern;

  3. The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff;

  4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded;

  5. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship and

  6. The employer and the intern understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.

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LinkedIn Internship

Hey everyone, I’m a finance major with an opportunity for a marketing internship at LinkedIn. Truth being truth, this opportunity came through a connection but I do have a very strong background in entrepreneurship where I dealt with various marketing strategies, specializing in social media use. My question is if this is even worth my time since I have a finance major at a local nonprofit for finance related studies. Both great opportunities to boost my resume but LinkedIn is a major company that could potentially boost my application further. Which internship should I decide on?

Things to consider: I’m currently at a community college looking to transfer as a finance major but there is a slight chance I might change major to marketing.

1 Comment
2024/11/01
09:37 UTC

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How can I bag an internship?

I'm a Computer Science & Engineering student in my final year. I've been trying since last couple months, applied for various remote works through LinkedIn, Glassdoor and Internshala but still unable to get a single offer.

1 Comment
2024/11/01
08:05 UTC

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Asking for a raise

Hi, I'm a Polish Computer Science student on my 3rd semester of studies. On my second semester I stood out enough that one of the professors I had classes with reached out to me and offered me a job/internship in his company. My job title is officially a "Developer". I work in Java, Angular, Keycloak and Ionic. When we signed the contract, he said that my first three months there would be a probation period and I'll get a raise after it. Three months will pass tomorrow. I'm staying there for sure, because I'm assigned to two projects and I'll be assigned to another one in a week. My hourly wage is 40 PLN per hour. This is my first job. For how much of a raise should I ask?

1 Comment
2024/11/01
06:47 UTC

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How long to wait before you know it's a rejection?

Had a final round interview yesterday; my friend who has the same recruiter as me (but interviewed for a different intern position) got a verbal offer from the recruiter the same day 2 weeks ago when he applied. I've heard that if you don't hear back for a while then it probably means you've just been rejected; how long should you wait before you know it's a rejection?

3 Comments
2024/11/01
00:02 UTC

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Apartments for students or J1 interns in NYC?

Hello!

I am from Argentina and I work in multimedia design (video editing) for real estate. I will be doing an internship in NYC for 12 months, working in Midtown, and my budget is a bit tight. I would like to know which areas or places I can rent to share an apartment with students or interns, as I think it’s a great idea to meet people and an enriching experience to share ideas and make friends.

What do you recommend? Thank you!

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2024/10/31
21:28 UTC

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Would be lying or over exaggerating on my resume?

I took an intro to programming course sophomore year. I’m applying for internships and I was wondering if I should put C++ as a skill on my resume. I know a little C++ but I’m not proficient in it. I’ll teach myself how to do the programming language, so I don’t look stupid if I do. Should I put it on my resume?

8 Comments
2024/10/31
19:03 UTC

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Remote internship in an Indian company. Is it a redflag?

Any thoughts? Do you think future employers will think its legitimate and evaluate it as tangible experience?

4 Comments
2024/10/31
17:20 UTC

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Who’s wrong me or my manager

Hi I’m 2 weeks in a cyber security internship and today they gave me and me coworker a task to find a tool to scan vulnerabilities in all environments ( packages) they’re using and after scanning they want us to either solve the vulnerabilities or try our best and if we didn’t solve it we should document it and wait for an update

My question is how am I supposed to fix a vulnerability that a company like ( .net, python, Javascript ) couldn’t?

Isn’t this impossible or i’m a newbie in this industry, especially that the cyber security team in the company i’m in is just me and my coworker ( who is 2 months only in the company) and there is no one who knows how things really works

They actually said you should figure it out by yourself and learn and search how to do it ( with a smile saying that’s what called “research skills” )

So what do you guys think

7 Comments
2024/10/31
17:18 UTC

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How to list virtual experiences

I have had friends list forage virtual experiences under experience on their resumes. What would happen if I were to list a forage virtual experience under work experience? Would my resume just get rejected or could any other conflict come up?

5 Comments
2024/10/31
16:00 UTC

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Advice for my college junior majoring in Financial Planning

Seeking advice for my daughter (20F) who is halfway through her junior year at UGA double majoring in Financial Planning & Consumer Economics on all things internship.

Where are the best places to search & apply for internships? Are there sites like Indeed for internships? When should she start applying for an internship? How many hours per week should she expect to be interning? How long does one usually intern? What are the odds of her being offered a job at the company she interns at after graduation?

I’m also open to any advice on topics that I didn’t mention above!! I know that she’s now an adult & it’s her responsibility, but she has been going to school full time as well as working 20+ hours a week at a daycare, being extremely active in her church community, & volunteering all while maintaining a 3.8 GPA for the last 2-1/2 years. So I’d like to help her out by doing some of the research for her.

10 Comments
2024/10/31
03:26 UTC

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How long does it take to hear back from micron technology regarding intern application status?

It seems that I applied around Oct 1st and still under review...

0 Comments
2024/10/31
01:42 UTC

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When do Warner Bros Discovery Summer 2025 internships come out?

Anyone know when Warner Bros Discovery Summer 2025 internships come out?

0 Comments
2024/10/31
00:16 UTC

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Apple Business, Marketing, and G&A Internships

Hi,

I have an interview with Apple coming for Apple Business, Marketing, and G&A intern position (  Apple Environmental Policy). May I ask for some pointers? How many rounds? hows the interview like ...

Thank you

0 Comments
2024/10/30
22:26 UTC

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Just signed an offer for my dream job

I just accepted an offer for a M&A consulting (dream job) internship for EY in their NYC office (dream city). I'm so excited, I am coming from a non-target school and a non-target major, so I had little hope. Ask me anything!

43 Comments
2024/10/30
20:44 UTC

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DC INTERNSHIPS

Hi, I’m currently applying for internships on the hill for the upcoming spring school semester and I’m wondering if anyone can answer any of these questions:

  1. Has anyone heard back from Democrat representatives from Illinois?
  2. how many candidates do they take for the interview process typically?
  3. if you’ve had an interview for representative, how did you feel after and what occurred during it/after?
  4. What are my chances?
1 Comment
2024/10/30
20:24 UTC

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When do Summer 2025 Disney Career Internships open?

Does anyone know when the Summer 2025 Disney Career Internships open?

1 Comment
2024/10/30
20:03 UTC

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Intern or employee duties

Hi I graduated recently from computer science and 2 weeks ago i got a cyber security internship and by tomorrow they wants me to search about tools to scan all the packages and software and servers and all what the company use in the system and if I find vulnerabilities I should solve it ( even if it’s a vulnerabilities that the software company that the company use had confess about ) so isn’t this a hard task for an intern.

My manager said that I should solve the vulnerabilities but if I couldn’t i should suggest scenarios to make the impact less harsh on the system and to wait for the company software to release an update.

Idk if this is an intern or employee duties so I’m confused and I don’t want to waste my energy and time over a company that takes this approach.

I mean if a big company like (Xampp or python let’s say) couldn’t solve there vulnerabilities how an intern should solve

3 Comments
2024/10/30
18:52 UTC

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Career maze

Sorry for the long text but please give me your opinion

Hi i have a bog problem I think, first of all I graduated from computer science a 9 months ago and i got 2 internship and a 2 weeks ago i got a cyber security internship but all my focus in university and even after graduation ( the 2 internships ) was on web development but after graduation i got a course about cyber security ( a very general course ) that’s why I got this internship and i was very happy cause i was thinking that i liked the cyber security industry more suitable for me than the web development one but after 2 weeks in the internship I found myself in a very bad situation cause they wants me to learn a looot of things in order to be in the road of a cyber security employee.

The problem is if you didn’t understand it that, i spend times on learning web development technologies and now in this internship they wants me to learn more and more and many stuff and tools that i know nothing about it in order to offer me a full time position ( they said it’s maybe will take 1 or 2 months)

Idk if I want to learn even more stuff and throw all what I learned about web development and to be honest cyber security seems very hard cause i need to learn about everything even about programming languages, linux, network and the list goes on.

So my question is do you recommend to start searching again about web development positions while i’m in this internship or to forget about web development and start my journey in cyber security.

Note that i liked both now after i tried cyber security, so isn’t web development has more job opportunities and pay more and has a bigger career or what do you think?

Side note : the company I’m doing my internship with now is still building the software to be sold after so all the team looks like they’re lost and no one knows what’s going on, that’s why I think they wants me “as an intern “ to do and learn big stuff

9 Comments
2024/10/30
16:21 UTC

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relocating without assistance

Hi everyone. I am applying for a position that doesn't provide relocation assistance or housing. It is also in an area that is not public transportation accessible and I do not have a car. How do people just move for an internship? Should I even take the offer if I get one?

5 Comments
2024/10/30
15:22 UTC

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Remote internship- first year IR major

Hi I need to find a remote internship for my major, I live in India and the IR sector is pretty ass here (most internships are only given out to graduating students) so any leads would help!

0 Comments
2024/10/30
12:48 UTC

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Has anyone ever bought a birthday or Christmas gift for their direct manager?

My direct manager at my paid, corporate internship and I are from the same home state and her birthday was coming up so I bought her a very small gift to celebrate and show appreciation.

The gift is a coffee cup from a well-known ice cream chain that’s only in our home state - it cost max $15.00 so definitely not breaking the bank. For additional context, this internship is primarily in person 4 days a week and I’ve been here for about 5 months (so longer than your standard summer internship and we’ve had a lot of face time together). She’s also less than a year older than me.

Is this appropriate or will my manager think it’s weird?

1 Comment
2024/10/30
11:23 UTC

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Internship in the US

Hello, I dont know if this is the right Sub for this but i wanted to ask if it is feasible to get an paid internship in the US. Here a little bit information about me and what i would want:

  • I will finish my masters in mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich in August 2025 and would like to do the internship after
  • I would like to go in to the aerospace sector
  • I have done relevant internship at a big aircraft mro company in german
  • I have participated in our universitys rocketry program and was leading the student council
  • I have eu citizenship
  • The internship would need to pay enough to sustain living costs
  • I have C2 English
  • I would like a 6 months Internship

I know this is not an application portal but its really hard to find information about this online as there you are only linked to scammy internship facilitators.

I would be grateful for any informations!

6 Comments
2024/10/30
07:39 UTC

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UnitedHealth Group/Optum

I applied to their people team and shared enterprise services internships and did hirevue interviews for both. I did the people team internship interview late September and the other one earlier this month and I still haven’t heard anything back. However, the people team internship sent me an application update as follows:

“Thank you for taking the time to interview for the UnitedHealth Group, People Team Intern - Remote position at UnitedHealth Group.

We are reviewing the results of the interviews and identifying those individuals we believe to be the best fit for the role. We are nearing a decision and hope to communicate your status to you as soon as possible.”

Anyone else hear back about their applications or got any offers? I know I probably shouldn’t put too much importance on those internships and I have interviewed for other great internships but I just feel these internships would be great considering my background and career interests.

Thanks!

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2024/10/30
07:32 UTC

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Do you guys even view Hirevues as "first round interviews" anymore

I used to think they were until I realized most of them are automated. At this point it literally feels like another version of cover letters but much more stressful and pointless.

Also if I get the invitation after a week of submission I'd at the very least feel like they've read my resume. But the ones that invite you immediately? Lol.

10 Comments
2024/10/29
22:58 UTC

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Internships and Family

Internships and Family

Hi All! I’m curious to know if there are some of you who have done distant or out of state internships while having family and or kids. If so, how did you go about it? Did you bring your spouse and or kids along or did you go alone?

1 Comment
2024/10/29
22:26 UTC

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Abercrombie & Fitch LDP Internship

I completed the hirevue for A&F Leadership Development Program for the summer of 2025, and was wondering if anyone has heard back from them yet?

0 Comments
2024/10/29
21:14 UTC

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Goldman Sachs summer analyst 2025?

Has anyone applied for Goldman Sachs summer analyst 2025 internship role online and have got selected??

5 Comments
2024/10/29
20:56 UTC

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Advice needed on 2 offer 🙏

Hey everyone,

I need some advice on a tough situation I’m in. I accepted an offer from Company A because I really love the company and the people I met during the process. But now I’ve gotten an offer from Company B, and it aligns more with my long-term career goals. The tricky part is that I didn’t even hear from B until a month after I had already signed with A.

Here’s the issue: I signed an NDA with Company A as part of their offer, and Company B’s offer says I can’t have any conflicting NDAs. If I sign B’s offer now but plan to withdraw from A before the start date, do you think that would be a problem? I’m not sure if the overlap matters as long as I officially withdraw from A before my start date.

Some people have suggested waiting until 1-2 months before start date to renege, just in case B rescinds their offer. Another option I’m considering is to sign with B now, go through the onboarding process, and then inform A. But would that still create a conflict with the NDA?

I’m also wondering if it might just be smarter to renege with A now so I don’t have to worry about overlapping NDAs at all. I want to be respectful to both companies, but I’m stuck on how to handle this without burning bridges or creating legal issues.

I really want to make sure I handle this the right way, but I also want to protect myself in case things fall through with B. If anyone has been through something similar or has advice, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks so much!

TLDR: Accepted an offer from Company A but later got an offer from Company B. A’s offer included an NDA, and B’s offer says I can’t have conflicting NDAs.

Trying to figure out the best move:

  • Sign with B now, wait for onboarding to finish, then inform A.
  • Wait until 1-2 months before the start date to renege with A in case B rescinds.
  • Renege with A now to avoid any NDA conflicts entirely.
6 Comments
2024/10/29
19:42 UTC

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Nvidia Interviewer said "you work is not very related to us"

I am a PhD student in the US. I had an interview at Nvidia for a intern research position. I gave a presentation of my work. At the end the interviewer was like "your work is not very related to us, you may not be a great fit". He concluded the interview with "Good luck for your internship search".My questions are:

  1. Does that mean I am rejected? He looked very tired and uninterested throughout the interview.

  2. Why did they call me for an interview when my CV clearly says what I work on?

  3. He asked two questions. One I answered to some extent. But the other question was on a metric's value which I couldnt recall. Did he reject me because of these questions?

22 Comments
2024/10/29
17:50 UTC

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Non-student internship in US

Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone has any insight on the potential of finding an off-cycle internship or apprenticeship if you've been out of undergrad for 4 years. I'm hoping to transition into a different industry and I would love to do an internship at a bank or consulting firm, however, I see that most require you to be a 'recent grad.' Does anyone know of any organizations that allow for non-recent grads? I am 27 y/o and looking to transition into a different industry. Thanks !

3 Comments
2024/10/29
17:19 UTC

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