Questions tagged [internship]
Temporary employments to gain work experience. Generally internships are done during college.
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How do I list an unfinished project on my resume
I am a college freshman looking for game-development internships for the coming summer. To showcase my past experience in game development, I have a game on which I worked for about 2 years during ...
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I'm a Senior computer science student and want to apply for an internship, but I'm not sure where I'm messing up [closed]
I would say I've been exposed to more internships and jobs then my friends, but I'm finding it harder to find an internship now. Previously I interned at a company in Lebanon for a basic technology ...
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Can you apply to internships that ask you when you are expected to graduate even though you graduated? [closed]
I recently graduated in 2022 with a bachelor's degree related to a science field, and I got a certificate in Computer Science during the summer of 2022. As I am currently job searching for entry-level ...
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advice around promotion during web development placement [duplicate]
I live in England and started a 1-year web development industrial placement in September between 2nd and now 4th year of Comp Sci degree at a very large company with 5+ sites.
4 weeks in, the only ...
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Unpaid Internship vs Open source development. Which could be better?
I live in Australia. Recently, I failed a recent interview for a Full Stack software developer job but before the interview, they said I could do a unpaid internship with them. It was the third and ...
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Coworker not giving me tasks despite many follow-ups
I'm working as a software engineering intern and finished some project a while ago and My manager promised to give me some new tasks. He did that by asking cc'ing another senior engineer to ask him to ...
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How to tell current internship that I've signed elsewhere after graduation?
First post here so bear with me if I forget some rules.
Background: I'm a senior in college remotely interning part-time at Company A. The internship offer letter from Company A said that it's set to ...
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What should I do when my company threatens to give a bad review to my university if I quit my job?
I'm in an internship, and I want to quit my job because it is entirely different from the job description. However, my company threatens to give a bad review to the university, ask for a penalty and ...
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How do I politely remind my boss about his decision?
I am currently working as an intern at a mid-range startup. After the end of my first internship period , since the project that I am doing here got good results, my boss asked me to extend the ...
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I don't think I'm going to end up at my company's internship - should I tell my manager now?
I am currently working a part-time remote gig during my sophomore year; my small company brought me on after my first internship over the summer - it included a (relatively) nice raise with it.
The ...
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What should I do when my supervisor is being disrespectful and too harsh
I am now currently doing my internships at this one company. This company is actually a branch, so here they have their person in charge for this branch. Unfortunately, on my first day of internships, ...
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General letter of recommendation for intern?
I am a senior engineer at a large well known US company, and oversaw an intern this past summer for a comp sci related internship (programming focused). He did a great job, and I was very happy with ...
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How do I ask my manager if I will be converted to a full time employee?
I'm currently doing an internship, which has a week left to run. A few weeks back I asked my manager regarding my performance and all but he said the general stuff like "enthusiasm is great" ...
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Its been hell , everyday i am stressed and anxious . Feel Like crying [closed]
I started my internship like 5 weeks back.Manager has no clue of what’s going on and is on PTO since the past 2 weeks (would be returning next week) . Mentor is some architecht level guy who has no ...
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How do I ask my manager for a Intern to Full Time Employee Conversion?
So, it's been 6 weeks since my internship started. It's gonna end in like 4 weeks. I have a mid internship review coming up which would be like a 1:1 with my manager. So I am planning to know his ...
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How do I explain to my mentor that certain stuff is not possible without sounding negative at the same time?
It's been 4 weeks into my internship and I have stopped feeling lost, which I was feeling 2 weeks back. I had been asked to build a tool in react. Initially I was very nervous as to how would I build ...
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Internship with no given tasks
I'm an intern at a small tech company, and in the last few days I've been given no tasks. I've been doing research / studying documents about the language we use to code.
However, when I ask for a ...
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How should we handle interns who are not performing?
We took on some interns who are still in college on the request of one of their teachers. The interns don't have much skill at all and don't seem to be taking things seriously. They lack enthusiasm: ...
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How to get an Internship in the US or Canada without being enrolled to university?
I will graduate from university in 1-2 months in Computer Science (focus on Computer Architecture, CPU Design) in Germany. Actually, my plan is to do a PhD but I want to take a break for half a year ...
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How to deal with dangerous co-worker? [duplicate]
I'm nineteen, female, and stuck working at a very unprofessional outback horse boarding place. I live in a bush town that's on the cusp of small and medium.
The employees (4) all live on-site and work ...
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Can I buy my company internship laptop? Will they hunt me down if I keep it?
[For reference, I am currently a junior in college, so still definitely learning how to approach workplace issues.] I wrapped up an extended summer internship this past March, and I have ...
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Should I buy shares of the start-up I'm working for as an intern? [closed]
I've recently taken an internship in a start-up as a software developer, and, although I'm being paid 500€/mo with a 6-months contract, my CEO (let's call him Bob) has offered me a small stake (2,500€/...
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Feeling like a fraud at a startup I joined as an intern
TL;DR: Young inexperienced coder gets an internship, gets offered a stake in the start-up he's working for, and now feels like a big fraud.
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I'm a coder from an undisclosed European ...
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How do I talk about a "failed" internship during interviews for a SWE role?
As a recent grad I accepted an internship opportunity with a household name major tech company. The program had little to no training or ramp up period, instead I was placed on an active team and ...
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An intern may get a job offer. Do I communicate it before his last day which is tomorrow?
The intern (last year student) may get a job offer depending on our company's administration/finance.
It's his last day tomorrow at his internship. He will most likely graduate next month and he does ...
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How to move forward with unfulfilling internships
I am currently a 3rd year college student pursuing a degree in computer science. As part of my degree, I am required to complete a number of co-ops/internships. These are paid internships in the ...
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General Manager avoids signing agreement and is never present
I’m young and inexperienced, I’m not familiar with worker laws or how common things are within the workplace. I just turned 18 this year and for my uni course I need 5 weeks work placement to be ...
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How to take unpaid leave to my permanent part time work for internship in IT?
I am postgraduate student in my 30s and I'm currently working as a
permanent part time in a retail while taking graduate certificate in software systems in Australia.
Once I completed this, I plan to ...
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Accept less desired offer or wait for desired offer? Stall? [closed]
Undergraduate summer internships, engineering, US.
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After two interviews over a period of two weeks, on Thursday company A extended an offer to me. I asked them when they needed a decision, ...
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How to get first developer job without a computer science degree
Is it still possible to get a developer job without previous experience and without a CS degree, especially for the first time?
What would you suggest to a CS student who dropped out of university and ...
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Internship starts before school ends
I have an offer for an internship a while ago but I haven't accept it yet. My internship starts on June 6 but my school's quarter ends on June 10 and I also have final exams on June 10 also. What do I ...
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Move abroad for internship
I am a Student in my 20s who’s recently moved abroad to do an internship. I have in the past year been in the USA to do an exchange semester there, and loved it. Therefore I applied to European (I am ...
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Is it okay to share details some details of an in hand offer to another potential employer?
I interviewed for a company (say A) a few days ago from whom I received an offer letter today. I got another offer from another company (B) 2 days ago (after interviewing with company A). The offer ...
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Can I ask about the full-time compensation package when receiving an internship offer?
I'm worried about coming off as presumptuous, but at the same time it's a significant factor in deciding what internship offer to accept, as quite often an intern receives and accepts a full-time ...
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Risky to ask about tech stack and responsibilities before software internship interview?
I'll be having my first HackerRank virtual interview ever with Foursquare in a few weeks. This is for a software engineering internship.
I wasn't very confident of the resume I sent and the invitation ...
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Does it make sense to apply for an internship in a bigger, renowned company if I am already employed as junior in a smaller company? [closed]
I am finishing my master degree and currently employed in my area (Machine learning) in a startup. I know about open positions for an internship in the area in NVIDIA. I would really like to work ...
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Do I check what to prepare on my first day of work with my supervisor or the HR?
I am going to start my internship with a company on 6 December (in another 12 days).
I am keen to check with the company on the dress code and reporting location. Do I email the company HR or my ...
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Quitting an internship position before even starting it for another internship
I got myself into a somewhat tricky situation and I would appreciate any opinions on that matter.
A week ago company A offered me an internship position which I was happy about and I confirmed via ...
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Is it common for an intern to be leading projects as a software engineer?
I was hired as a software engineer intern to a large corporation. I was assigned to a machine learning team. In my interview I told them I had just begun learning machine learning 2 months prior.
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Career Advice - Software engineer at 15 years old
I'm currently in a bit of a wiggle; I am currently employed by the hour at a consulting firm with 6~ other devs employed.
Although the company is somewhat successful I am not getting quite the amount ...
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Does a company referral make your job application more competitive, or does it only benefit the referrer?
When applying for an internship there is a section on the form asking if I was referred by a current employee. Although I wasn't referred directly for the internship I have been in contact with a ...
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Intern with high anxiety
Short version: I currently have an intern with rather severe anxiety issues. this makes her nearly unable to speak to me or coworkers. Is there something I can do to help her mitigate this? (it's all ...
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Rejecting Post-Internship Offer
Need an opinion on my current situation.
Back to January 2021,I applied for an internship at Company A. I got the position and they gave me contract stating that I have to accept a full time position ...
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Reaching out to employer about different positions
I recently finished an internship and went back to college. Before the internship I thought the position I applied for is what I wanted to do after graduation. However during the internship I found a ...
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Can I mention a very recently started project on my resume?
I'm in my penultimate year. I started working on a project from August 1st under my college professor in collaboration with Samsung research institute. Since it's just been a month, there wasn't much ...
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How can I get job as a self-taught developer with no degree or certification?
I'm 26, an undergraduate in B.A, a year ago I started Python from YouTube, I have finished the course and started doing freelance from Fiverr, did multiple projects, now I am learning JavaScript to ...
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I was assigned a totally incompetent intern but there is no official procedure to report this. Should I make noise about this?
I'm working as a senior developer and my manager told me that I'm been considered for a promotion so I should start getting some experience managing people as it might soon become part of my ...
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Can I apply for several internships?
For context, I'm a computer engineering student.
Internships in general require that the applicant has finished their degree up at most 1 year before the application (question: are there internships ...
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Applying for an internship at the same company I completed one
I completed an internship in June this year and the same company have just listed another internship in a different department in which I am interested. The company is not very large, I have ...
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Dealing with a terrible intern who is in consideration for full-time hire
For the last month I've managed an intern in my department. This year will be my 3rd year managing an intern, however my last two years were with the same intern. My first intern was very good at not ...
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