Temporary employments to gain work experience. Generally internships are done during college.
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Intern confused about my situation [on hold]
I am an intern going through some problems at work and I would really appreciate advice from more experienced people.
I am a 4th year applied computer science student interning at a very small e-...
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How to ask for a job offer in a company you did an internship many years ago?
Five years ago I did an internship as a back-end programmer at a company abroad. I had to come back to my home country to finish my undergrad studies, and thus the internship ended. The company said ...
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549 views
Recruiter asking the name of the company whose offer I accepted
There are some similar questions that have been asked, but I believe the nature of this situation is slightly more unique. I was recruiting for internship positions at multiple companies. I recently ...
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I'm not sure I can afford my internship. Are there any good options besides quitting?
I've just started a full-time (Mon - Fri) paid internship position in New York that pays me only $100 per week.
I'd like to continue in the position but I have concerns about whether I can afford it ...
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Company doesn't know I don't meet an employment requirement, how to handle
I'm an intern at a very large company. I'm still in school and interns at my company are required to be maintain above a particular GPA.
In theory, I believe my HR manager is supposed to ask for my ...
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546 views
I'm mostly idle at work as I'm rarely set tasks, should I press for more work or do my own thing? [duplicate]
Firstly, I am an intern at a software company. My supervisor is off today and tomorrow, but I've run out of things to do. I'm happy to just code away on my own thing to improve, but I do not wish to ...
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Intern I am working in pair with is slacking and disrupts our work
I am two months into my last internship as a Software Engineer, and the workplace is fine, except for one other intern, who I happen to work in pair with.
We work on our own project in the company, ...
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2answers
120 views
Is it acceptable to request the future employer to extend my internship duration?
I got an offer for an internship from a company who I've interviewed with before. I even restated during my interview and my application that I requested for a 6 months internship program, but they ...
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Is it wrong/unethical to continue looking for Internships even if I already have one
To preface, I am a junior in college with in-progress Computer Engineering and Computer Science degrees.
This past summer I worked for a large company doing software work. I thoroughly enjoyed my ...
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2answers
375 views
Should I quit my computer science internship? [closed]
I have been in this internship program for about a little less than a week. I was hoping to gain some real-life experience in an environment with other programmers (I am a computer science intern).
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2answers
211 views
Handling work between undergraduate and graduate
I have a career fair coming up and I will probably start graduate school next fall. I have two options at this career fair - tell people I can work full time and tell them halfway through that I got ...
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1answer
345 views
My current progress at my internship and my negative thinking [closed]
This is not in the US.
I am currently a final year undergraduate, and part of my undergraduate program is to complete an internship. I started my internship (paid) at a small company from January ...
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345 views
Should I apply at a company where my uncle is the head?
I study business computer science at the university and I'm in my 5th semester. We are obliged to do an internship in our studies which takes 4 months.
I currently work as a programmer (working ...
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2answers
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What is this kind of internship called?
During the last summer I was at an internship within a organisation where I had to work with multiple departments. I was tasked to work with one department every two weeks. So on the first two weeks I ...
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2answers
253 views
When should I ask as an intern for possibility of a full time offer?
I'm currently doing an internship at a place for around half a year, I've been part timing during the semester and working full time during the summer.
I've been given more responsibilities as time ...
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1answer
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Asking about the status of an application [duplicate]
About two months ago I applied for an internship at a company and was asked to complete an online programming test. I passed the test and they followed up with a phone interview a few days later, ...
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2answers
194 views
I'm working part time as an intern, and my supervisor is leaving. Is it too late to ask about a full time position?
I've been working full time during the summer and part time during the semester under my current supervisor for around half a year. I'm currently a senior in college.
She is leaving in 2 weeks. I was ...
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8answers
7k views
Unpaid CS internship: am I being screwed over? [closed]
I'm currently doing an unpaid "software engineering" internship in the UK and I'm extremely disappointed. I went in with the expectation that I would be working in a team, have regular code reviews, ...
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1answer
330 views
How to handle interview questions about my terrible compulsory internship? [duplicate]
Between 2014 and 2015, as part of my Bachelor's degree, I took an internship with a local arm of a globally recognised technology company. This was a bad experience for everybody involved:
I was a ...
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2answers
357 views
Getting an interview invitation for an internship instead of the job
I got an email invitation for an interview, but as I recall, I applied for an actual job, not an internship. I wouldn't mind an internship though since I'm also looking for a junior position. Should I ...
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4answers
1k views
How to respectfully flirt with an intern? [closed]
I'm a project leader in a small (a few dozens employees) Spanish IT company.
In one of my projects there is a 22yo female intern (I'm a 29yo male) who I'd like to flirt with.
I noticed my attraction ...
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6answers
331 views
how to tell someone to change careers in a helpful way
I've owned several companies, so I have been exposed to variety of scenarios but I'm a bit at a loss here.
We have a new intern studying computer science. Interns are a little bit random because you ...
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1answer
159 views
How should I go about finding work while my manager is gone on vacation?
I am a summer intern in a technical role at a company. I have one project that I'm working on, in which my manager gives me tasks/things to add to the site and I complete them. However, my manager is ...
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4answers
174 views
When to print off presentations for the audience?
I will be giving a presentation shortly to some of the higher ups about what I did this summer as an intern. In some student presentations I've seen at University and at conferences, the presenter ...
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3answers
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Law firm Intern with lack of work to do [duplicate]
I'm currently an intern at a law firm. In the beginning, there was a moderate amount of work to do such as research and translation.
However, these days there is no tasks assigned to me all day and ...
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2answers
375 views
How do I gracefully turn down a job offer at a company that I am still co-oping at?
I am currently a co-op at Company A and they have given me a job offer for permanent employment upon graduation in 9 months. I still have about six weeks of employment on this co-op term with them. I ...
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2answers
514 views
Is it rude for me to ask for a reimbursement for a Government application my employer asked me to complete?
Background: I'm a University student that was hired for a short-term internship at a startup company in Canada.
I have yet to start my employment, but the company has sent me an email requesting ...
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9answers
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How to communicate by phone that I won't consider an internship position?
My situation is pretty unusual: I graduated about 1 year ago and since then I get called about 1 - 2 times per month by companies that get my phone number from the school from which I graduated. They ...
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1answer
126 views
Relocated for an internship, still no work permit [closed]
I am a student, and I recently accepted an offer to do an internship in a foreign subsidiary of a big company A.
I was due to start some time ago, and was given help (by a third actor B, a company ...
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1answer
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Developer refuses to try to find a solution
I am an intern/working student and am currently working on a project dealing with continuous integration.
However, the code I am loading is not complete so the deploy fails (obviously).
The problem ...
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3answers
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Focus areas and setting the bar when interviewing students
I am being involved into interviewing master students applying for internships into the team where I work, and I am struggling with where to set the bar of my expectations.
The internships are about ...
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1answer
156 views
Tell my boss the reason I want to stay part-time is because I need to finish school before I move & leave the job?
This summer I'm working at a paid internship. As I've performed very well, my employer wants to hire me full time (this pipeline is the reason the company hires interns), but knows I'm going back to ...
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Declining post-internship offer when I already have another full time offer
I am graduating college soon, and have interned at a company (Company A) for multiple years. Aside from this company I have interned at one other. I don't particularly mind working here, but it ...
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2answers
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How do I word my current internship position on my CV? [closed]
I got a summer internship at a reputable company.
I was initially accepted as a software development intern but as of now (a month has passed) I have not worked with any actual code, I have simply ...
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265 views
Signals that I should stop trying to solve a team organization problem, as an intern
I am an intern and at work I feel like the largest pitfall of our project is the communication between the team leaders.
I am totally comfortable to talk with my direct superiors and my direct team ...
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2answers
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As an intern, how to reject a job offer? [duplicate]
I've been working the last year as an intern in a large company, with a lot of excellent people and benefits. The place is nice and one of my bosses (I have four different bosses, as I said is a large ...
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Intern salary compared to co-interns substantially lower
I recently started an internship at a pretty large company, however, I've recently learned that I'm making substantially less than my co-interns. I make around $14 an hour, whereas my co-interns make $...
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1answer
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Internship expected compensation [duplicate]
How should I answer the question about expected compensation on a internship position application? I haven't had any internship experiences before.
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When seeking a reference, is it better to ask a workmate you work closely with, or the most senior person in your team?
I'm about to finish an internship and am starting a search for a new job. I am on a small team, and I am trying to choose from among two people to ask for a reference: my workmate, or the team lead. ...
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2answers
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No tasks on new job after my integration period finished [duplicate]
A few months ago I got an exciting new job as a Software/Hardware Tester at a nice big company, with lots of opportunities.
After I finished my integration here, there were no new tasks for me. I am ...
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3answers
506 views
Taking an extremely impressive internship off my resume
I am graduate student pursuing my masters. In the summer between my college and graduate school, I interned at a very famous company and worked on an extremely fancy sounding project. The internship ...
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5answers
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Should I bring attention to my boss about arriving late?
Context
I'm in a half-time, remunerated (extracurricular) internship as the result of a collaboration between my university and this company. I was recently extended three months to finish a project.
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3answers
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How can I learn from an internship when I'm not being given hands-on technical work?
My Situation
I am an unpaid intern programmer for a new startup. However, I am not being given actual programming work - instead, I have other grunt-work responsibilities that are constantly ongoing ...
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3answers
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How to go about asking department members for work to do? [duplicate]
So here is my problem, I'm an intern at a fairly large offices. My supervisor and manager are out of the office for at least another 2 weeks and I've finished the work they have set me. Usually I ...
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3answers
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How to politely ask for my salary at the end of my internship?
Today's the last day of my 3 months internship (as a computer scientist) and I'm supposed to earn ~3.66€/h (~510€/month).
The fact is I haven't been paid yet and no one ever talked about money with ...
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2answers
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Is proof of concept a good thing to do in an internship?
I started my internship recently, in a software company. I joined this place assuming that I will be working on some solid tech stuff that they're already working on. But after joining, I was told to ...
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Is there anything I need to be mindful of when I have multiple interview from same company but different roles?
I have received 3 co-op interviews from same companies,each with different programmer-related role. It is a big cooperation(Top 15 according to Forbes). However, I have no idea if any of these roles ...
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2answers
219 views
OK to recommend friend at current internship? [closed]
So I just got accepted into the same internship I participated in last year (have good standing), and a close friend has asked for me to recommend them to this one as well.
The internship is business ...
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3answers
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Should I interview for a full time position after accepting an internship offer? [closed]
After graduation, I took an internship role at a construction firm for the summer because I heard call backs take time and I hadn't sent out my resume yet. I start in a few weeks but I just got a call ...
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1answer
577 views
What to do if i sent an e-mail with unprofessional name to a company that i applied to?
Recently I sent an e-mail that contains my resume to a company that I want to get my internship with. The problem is the e-mail name is not professional and goofy. Should I resend another e-mail using ...
