you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you. they are not doing you a favor, you earned the opportunity to provide value to their org. make them fear losing out on having you as an employee. research the company as much as possible. find details relevant to your role. Be careful with what information you tell them and what you exclude because those will be questions they ask you later. if you get nervous before you go in: breathe in for 4 sec, hold it for 4 sec, and breathe out for 4 sec. good luck
May 11, 2024
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Hi! I recently went through this as well. I haven’t been to an interview in three years, so I had to freshen up. I think researching the position within the company is so important. It’s important to ask questions because it shows how much more interested you are about them, like questions about your position that are not too obvious on the application page. You should pick some of the job objectives and show how your skills can contribute to that specifically. Make connections with that job and also have specific reasons on why you would like to work there. Also, three questions to ask them in the end! 1) What do they like about their job? 2) Why do they like working for this company? 3) What are they looking for in a person to successfully fill in the role you’re interviewing for?
Hope this helps!
Apr 28, 2024
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You’re also interviewing them to see if you wanna work there. Ask questions about the company’s goals and plans and working styles. Find out about the culture from people working there (even better if you can ask them to speak to additional people not on the hiring panel, provided you make it to final stages). Ask people stuff that gets at the kind of working environment it would be for you: when was the last time they took vacation and how often do they? How does the company prefer to communicate? Is it a meeting heavy culture? Etc etc etc, just ask whatever you can to get a sense of whether you’d be happy in this environment say 18 months.
Jul 5, 2024
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asking questions + paying attention: It will often start with no one explaining you anything. If you don't ask questions, you won't learn. So start making notes of things you don't understand, and then LATER when your manager has time asking them. And then take notes on the answers too. People like explaining things, but not multiple times.
being curious: take an interest in how the work gets done, what people other than you do every day, how what your group does plays into the larger picture, etc. it'll help you do your job better.
being preemptive: looking for work and picking it up instead of being idle and waiting to be assigned because no one gave you anything to do. Assigning work to an intern can be tricky because people feel it has to be a not too easy not too hard goldilocks. Show that you're made of sturdier stuff.
Overall, interns are not infrequently more work for employees than they're "worth". Don't feel self conscious about this at first though (they knew what they were getting into) but make it clear and obvious that you're doing your best to learn the ropes and to become net positive helpful before the end of the whole thing. You'll gain more respect by being humble and being seen doing the work than being boastful about your skills. That'll also mean you might get an offer to come back as a full time employee.
As long as you're roughly following these, there's no need to be stressed. And you'll ensure that you're maximizing your experience, which is worth more in the long term than whatever measly pay they might be providing, because it'll help you get your next gig.
I'm sure you'll do great! Good luck!
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