[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-how-to-use-your-college-career-center":3,"blog-index":16,"mdc-kjjwot-key":428,"live-hubs":969},{"slug":4,"title":5,"description":6,"date":7,"tags":8,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14,"body":15},"how-to-use-your-college-career-center","How to Use Your College Career Center for Internships","What career services offers beyond Handshake, how to run an advising appointment that's worth it, and how to tell if your career center is weak.","2026-08-27",[9,10,11],"internships","applications","career-advice","Student Internships Team",false,8,"It's back-to-campus week, so the career center is quiet now and will be booked solid in a month, once fall recruiting and the career fair hit. That gap is your window. Here's a portable playbook: the services worth using beyond the job portal, how to run a 30-minute advising appointment so it isn't a resume-format lecture, and how to spot a weak career center so you don't waste September on it.\n\n## What your career center actually offers (beyond Handshake)\n\nMost students think the career center is just the login for Handshake (or whatever portal your school uses). The portal is the tip of the iceberg. Under it sit services you already pay for through tuition, and almost none are self-serve:\n\n- **Advising appointments.** A one-on-one with a counselor. The highest-leverage service here, if you run it right (more below).\n- **Resume and cover letter reviews.** Trained eyes on your materials before an employer sees them, so you fix the obvious stuff for free instead of learning it from rejections.\n- **Mock interviews.** A practice interview with feedback, often recorded. The cheapest way to stop being nervous is to have done it once already.\n- **On-campus recruiting (OCR) portals.** Structured pipelines where employers interview students on a set schedule. Many schools run them, and a lot of finance, consulting, and tech hiring happens here.\n- **Employer-relations staff.** The people who talk to companies directly and know who's recruiting your school this cycle, sometimes before it's public.\n- **Alumni database and network.** A searchable list of grads by employer, industry, and major, built for the outreach you're scared to do cold.\n- **Career treks and site visits.** Organized trips to clusters of employers that put you in the building with people who hire.\n- **Workshops.** Group sessions on resumes, LinkedIn, negotiation, and industry recruiting timelines.\n\nOpen only the portal and you're using a fraction of what's there.\n\n## The services most students never touch (and should)\n\nAdvising and resume review are the well-worn services. These three quietly move outcomes and vary a lot by school, so check what yours has before planning around it.\n\n### On-campus recruiting (OCR) portals\n\nIn finance and consulting especially, OCR is the front door, and applying through a company website puts you in a slower, more crowded line. It runs on deadlines that come early and don't move: resume drops can close in the first few weeks of the semester. Find your OCR portal now, learn the timeline, and put the drop dates in your calendar. A live walk-through is one of the best uses of an advising appointment.\n\n### The alumni database and employer-relations team\n\nThe alumni database is the most under-used tool in the building, a warm list that solves the hardest part of networking: finding someone with a reason to answer you. Pull three to five alumni at your target companies, then reach out like you would for any [coffee chat or informational interview](\u002Fblog\u002Fcoffee-chats-and-informational-interviews-for-students): specific, short, asking for 15 minutes, not a job. Employer-relations staff are worth a blunt question too: \"Which companies are recruiting our school this fall?\" They often know who's hiring before postings go public.\n\n### Career treks and site visits\n\nA trek puts you in the building with people who hire, and you leave with names instead of a careers-page URL. Spots are limited and allocated early, so if your school runs one in your field, get on the list before applications open. Not every school offers these, so treat it as a bonus.\n\n## How to run a career advising appointment that isn't a waste\n\nAdvising appointments disappoint because students show up empty-handed, and a 30-minute slot with no agenda defaults to the advisor's safest offering: a line-by-line critique of your resume format. You can get that from a workshop. Use the human time for what only a human can do.\n\n**Before (the day you book).** Send material ahead so the advisor arrives prepared. Attach your resume and a three-line note: your year and major, the exact role and season you're targeting (for example, \"summer 2027 product management internships\"), and the two or three things you want from the meeting.\n\n**During (protect the 30 minutes).** Say what you want in the first minute (for example, spend the time on OCR and intros, not resume formatting). Then work an agenda:\n\n- A warm intro to a specific alum or employer contact, if they have one.\n- A live walk-through of the OCR portal and its deadlines.\n- A gut-check on your target list: realistic, anything missing, who actually recruits here.\n- A mock interview, booked before you leave the room.\n\n**After.** Leave with two things or the meeting didn't happen: written action steps (three to five concrete moves in your own notes, not \"keep at it\"), and a follow-up date with a short thank-you that restates what you agreed to do.\n\nIf your target list feels thin, that's a sourcing problem, not an advising one. Widen it with a proper [weekly sourcing system](\u002Fblog\u002Fwhere-to-find-internships) and bring a stronger list next time.\n\n## How to tell if your career center is weak (and what to do then)\n\nCareer centers are not equal. Some have industry specialists and deep employer relationships; others are one overworked office handing generic advice to every major. Be honest about which you have.\n\nSigns yours is weak:\n\n- **Booked out for weeks.** If the first opening is in October, it can't help with September deadlines.\n- **Generic advice that ignores your industry.** Ask about quant recruiting timelines and get \"tailor your resume and network,\" and they lack the specialist knowledge you need.\n- **A thin or stale employer list.** Few names, or the same handful that never changes, means a weak employer-relations pipeline.\n- **No OCR or alumni tooling.** No recruiting portal and no searchable alumni network means the highest-leverage levers aren't there.\n\nIf two or more are true, route around it. Everything the career center does, you can assemble yourself:\n\n- **Lean on faculty.** Professors in your department often have direct industry contacts. A quick email to one whose class you did well in can beat a generic advising slot.\n- **Find alumni on LinkedIn.** Use the school filter to find grads at your target companies and reach out the same way.\n- **Use department advisors.** Advising staff inside your major sometimes know the field better than the central office.\n- **Source it yourself.** Build your own pipeline of open roles and work it on a schedule. When a role isn't posted yet, [ask an alum or contact for a referral](\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-ask-for-a-referral-for-an-internship). You can also browse internships on our [feed](\u002Ffeed) to keep the list full.\n\nA weak career center is an inconvenience, not a dead end, if you notice early and build the pipeline yourself.\n\n## Get this done this month (back-to-school checklist)\n\nLate August is the quiet before the rush. Do these four things this week, while appointments are open and deadlines are far off:\n\n- **Book your first advising appointment now,** before the pre-fair scramble fills the calendar. Send your resume and a three-line agenda when you book.\n- **Get a resume review before the career fair,** not after. A clean one-pager plus a target list is what feeds strong [career fair prep](\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-prepare-for-a-career-fair).\n- **Find your OCR portal** (if your school has one) and log every resume-drop deadline.\n- **Message one alum** from the alumni database or LinkedIn this week.\n\nFour moves, maybe two hours, and they compound all fall. Done in October, half are already too late.\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n### What does a college career center do?\n\nIt's the office that helps students and recent grads find internships and jobs, and it does far more than run the job portal. See the full menu in the first section above.\n\n### Is the career center free, and can I still use it after I graduate?\n\nFor current students it's free, already covered by your tuition. Alumni access varies a lot by school: some offer lifetime support, others limit it or charge after you leave. Don't assume a fixed window, check your school's policy.\n\n### What should I bring to a career advising appointment?\n\nSend your resume ahead, plus a short note with your year, major, the role and season you're targeting, and the two or three things you want from the meeting. Bring your target list and specific questions (OCR deadlines, a particular employer, a warm intro). An agenda keeps the slot from defaulting to a format lecture.\n\n### Are college career centers worth it for internships?\n\nWhen they're strong, yes: OCR pipelines, warm alumni intros, and employer contacts are hard to replicate alone. Quality varies, though. Students who use career services tend to fare better, but the value depends on running the appointments well and on your center having real depth. If yours is weak, lean on faculty, department advisors, alumni on LinkedIn, and your own sourcing.\n\n### How do I make an appointment with career services?\n\nMost schools book through the career portal (Handshake or similar) or the center's own website, and some take walk-ins for quick resume questions. Book early, because slots vanish once recruiting and the fair arrive. Attach your resume and a three-line agenda so the advisor shows up prepared.\n\n---\n\nDo this today: book your first appointment with a real agenda, find your OCR portal and log its deadlines, and message one alum. The career center is a tool, not a magic button, best used in the quiet week before everyone else remembers it's there.\n\nSources:\n\n- [Indeed: What Are Career Services?](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.indeed.com\u002Fcareer-advice\u002Fcareer-development\u002Fwhat-are-career-services)\n- [CollegeData: Why You Should Visit Your College's Career Center](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.collegedata.com\u002Fresources\u002Fcollege-to-career\u002Fwhy-you-should-visit-your-colleges-career-center)",[17,25,27,33,40,46,52,58,65,71,77,83,90,96,102,109,115,121,127,133,139,145,151,157,163,169,175,181,187,193,199,205,211,217,223,229,235,241,247,253,259,265,272,277,282,287,292,297,302,307,312,317,322,327,332,337,342,347,352,357,362,367,373,379,385,391,397,403,410,416,421],{"slug":18,"title":19,"description":20,"date":21,"tags":22,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"how-to-explain-a-low-gpa-or-gap","How to Explain a Low GPA or Gap on Your Resume","Own a low GPA, failed class, gap year, or extra time to graduate in one honest line, then redirect. The exact script, plus when to raise it vs wait.","2026-08-28",[9,23,11],"interviews",9,{"slug":4,"title":5,"description":6,"date":7,"tags":26,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},[9,10,11],{"slug":28,"title":29,"description":30,"date":31,"tags":32,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"tell-me-about-a-time-you-influenced-someone-internship-interview","Tell Me About a Time You Influenced Someone","No workplace story? Answer \\\"tell me about a time you influenced someone\\\" with a club or class example: the pick-the-moment rule, a worked answer, and traps.","2026-08-25",[9,23,11],{"slug":34,"title":35,"description":36,"date":37,"tags":38,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":39},"tell-me-about-a-time-you-managed-competing-priorities-internship-interview","Tell Me About a Time You Managed Competing Priorities","Answer \\\"tell me about a time you managed competing priorities\\\" with a rank-by-deadline-and-impact system, the heads-up interviewers grade, and an example.","2026-08-24",[9,23,11],11,{"slug":41,"title":42,"description":43,"date":44,"tags":45,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"why-this-industry-internship-interview","How to Answer \"Why This Industry?\" in an Interview","A research method and 3-part formula for \"why investment banking \u002F consulting \u002F tech,\" with worked examples and the salary and prestige tells to avoid.","2026-08-21",[9,23,11],{"slug":47,"title":48,"description":49,"date":50,"tags":51,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"company-info-session-tips","Company Info Session Tips: Get Noticed by Recruiters","How to make the most of a company info session: 10-minute prep, the one question that gets you remembered, and a same-day follow-up that lands.","2026-08-20",[9,10,11],{"slug":53,"title":54,"description":55,"date":56,"tags":57,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"walk-me-through-your-resume-interview","How to Answer \\\"Walk Me Through Your Resume\\\" (Finance)","The finance and consulting opener, done as a chronological story: which 2-3 experiences to pick, a full student example, and how to hit 2 minutes.","2026-08-19",[9,23,11],{"slug":59,"title":60,"description":61,"date":62,"tags":63,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":64},"tell-me-about-a-time-you-adapted-to-change-internship-interview","Adapt to Change? Internship Interview Answer","Answer \\\"tell me about a time you had to adapt to change\\\" for an internship: pick a change you didn't choose, then show how you re-planned and stayed calm.","2026-08-14",[9,23,11],7,{"slug":66,"title":67,"description":68,"date":69,"tags":70,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"what-motivates-you-internship-interview","How to Answer \"What Motivates You?\" (Internship)","A driver-plus-story-plus-role-fit formula for the \"what motivates you \u002F what are you passionate about\" internship question, with a worked student example.","2026-08-13",[9,23,11],{"slug":72,"title":73,"description":74,"date":75,"tags":76,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"greatest-accomplishment-internship-interview","How to Answer \"What Is Your Greatest Accomplishment?\"","A rule for picking a greatest accomplishment you can actually own, a STAR shape weighted on what you did, a student example, and the traps to dodge.","2026-08-12",[9,23,11],{"slug":78,"title":79,"description":80,"date":81,"tags":82,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"how-do-you-handle-criticism-internship-interview","How Do You Handle Criticism? Internship Answer","Answer \\\"how do you handle criticism\\\" for an internship: pick real feedback you acted on, name it plainly, skip the defensiveness, and weight the fix.","2026-08-11",[9,23,11],{"slug":84,"title":85,"description":86,"date":87,"tags":88,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":89},"tell-me-about-a-time-you-worked-under-pressure-internship-interview","Tell Me About a Time You Worked Under Pressure","Answer 'tell me about a time you worked under pressure' without the all-nighter story: a rule for picking the right crunch, a STAR shape on triage, plus traps.","2026-08-10",[9,23,11],10,{"slug":91,"title":92,"description":93,"date":94,"tags":95,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"tell-me-about-a-time-you-showed-leadership-internship-interview","Tell Me About a Time You Showed Leadership (Intern)","No title? You can still nail \\\"tell me about a time you showed leadership.\\\" A rule for finding the moment, a STAR-shaped student example, and the traps.","2026-08-06",[9,23,11],{"slug":97,"title":98,"description":99,"date":100,"tags":101,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"how-to-get-a-second-internship","How to Get a Second, Better Internship","You've done one internship. Here's how to reframe it into a sharper resume and story, use your new network, and target more competitive roles this fall.","2026-08-05",[9,10,11],{"slug":103,"title":104,"description":105,"date":106,"tags":107,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"intern-exit-interview","The Intern Exit Interview: What to Say (and Not Say)","What an intern exit interview really is, who runs it, the questions it asks with short answers, and how to give honest feedback without burning the bridge.","2026-08-04",[9,11,108],"internship-tips",{"slug":110,"title":111,"description":112,"date":113,"tags":114,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"tell-me-about-a-time-you-had-a-conflict-with-a-teammate-internship-interview","Conflict With a Teammate: Interview Answer for Students","Never had a \\\"workplace\\\" conflict? Use a group-project disagreement. A no-blame framing rule, a worked student example, and the traps to dodge.","2026-08-03",[9,23,11],{"slug":116,"title":117,"description":118,"date":119,"tags":120,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"tell-me-about-a-time-you-worked-on-a-team-internship-interview","Tell Me About a Time You Worked on a Team","A rule for picking the right team story, a STAR shape that keeps your role visible without erasing the team, plus a student example and the traps to avoid.","2026-07-31",[9,23,11],{"slug":122,"title":123,"description":124,"date":125,"tags":126,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"portfolio-for-internship-applications","Portfolio for Internship Applications: Do You Need One?","Do you need a portfolio for internship applications? A field-by-field guide to what to include, how many pieces, where to host it, and how to link it.","2026-07-30",[9,10,11],{"slug":128,"title":129,"description":130,"date":131,"tags":132,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"end-of-internship-presentation","How to Nail Your End-of-Internship Presentation","Your final intern presentation, decoded: a slide arc that leads with the problem and your result, how to scope it, the dry-run rule, and handling tough Q&A.","2026-07-29",[9,11,108],{"slug":134,"title":135,"description":136,"date":137,"tags":138,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":89},"stay-in-touch-after-internship","How to Stay in Touch After Your Internship Ends","The last-weeks playbook: a goodbye message that isn't generic, LinkedIn before your access is cut, and a light check-in cadence that keeps the door open.","2026-07-28",[9,11,108],{"slug":140,"title":141,"description":142,"date":143,"tags":144,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"nothing-to-do-at-your-internship","What to Do When You Have Nothing to Do at Your Internship","Underused at a slow or disorganized internship? The exact words to ask for work, how to turn downtime into a visible win, and how to still earn a return offer.","2026-07-27",[9,11,108],{"slug":146,"title":147,"description":148,"date":149,"tags":150,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"made-a-mistake-at-my-internship","I Made a Mistake at My Internship: How to Recover","Just messed up at your internship? How to size the mistake, tell your manager with a simple script, reset after a bad week, and protect your return offer.","2026-07-24",[9,11,108],{"slug":152,"title":153,"description":154,"date":155,"tags":156,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"tell-me-about-a-time-you-failed-internship-interview","How to Answer \\\"Tell Me About a Time You Failed\\\"","A 4-part rule for picking a real, fixable failure, an answer shape that spends its words on what you changed, and two student examples from clubs.","2026-07-23",[9,23,11],{"slug":158,"title":159,"description":160,"date":161,"tags":162,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"how-to-practice-for-an-internship-interview","How to Practice for an Internship Interview","How to practice for an internship interview: a record-and-review loop, a 1 to 2 week rep schedule, role-based question bank, and rehearsing beats not scripts.","2026-07-22",[9,23,11],{"slug":164,"title":165,"description":166,"date":167,"tags":168,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"thank-you-email-after-internship-interview","Thank-You Email After an Internship Interview (+ Follow-Up)","A 24–48h thank-you template, the one polite follow-up email, and how long to wait before silence honestly means no after an internship interview.","2026-07-21",[9,23,11],{"slug":170,"title":171,"description":172,"date":173,"tags":174,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"why-should-we-hire-you-internship-interview","How to Answer \"Why Should We Hire You?\" (Internship)","A selection rule for the \\\"why should we hire you\\\" internship answer: pick two role-matched strengths, back each with proof, close on fit, plus student examples.","2026-07-20",[9,23,11],{"slug":176,"title":177,"description":178,"date":179,"tags":180,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"should-i-apply-if-i-dont-meet-all-requirements","Should You Apply If You Don't Meet Every Requirement?","Not sure you're qualified for that internship? How to tell a real requirement from a wish-list one, the honest match rule, and how to close the gap.","2026-07-17",[9,10,11],{"slug":182,"title":183,"description":184,"date":185,"tags":186,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"live-video-interview-tips-internship","Live Video Interview Tips for Internships (Zoom\u002FTeams)","Live Zoom or Teams internship interview coming up? Where to look for eye contact, a tech and backup-device checklist, and how to recover when you freeze.","2026-07-16",[9,23,11],{"slug":188,"title":189,"description":190,"date":191,"tags":192,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"should-you-negotiate-an-internship-offer","Should You Negotiate an Internship Offer?","Should you negotiate an internship offer? When it helps, when to skip it, what's actually negotiable (start date, housing, pay), and a polite script to use.","2026-07-15",[9,11,10],{"slug":194,"title":195,"description":196,"date":197,"tags":198,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"virtual-experience-programs-worth-it","Are Virtual Experience Programs Worth It? (Forage)","Are Forage virtual experience programs worth it? An honest verdict on who they help, what they can't do, and exactly how to put one on your resume.","2026-07-14",[9,10,11],{"slug":200,"title":201,"description":202,"date":203,"tags":204,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"how-to-write-a-cover-letter-for-an-internship","How to Write a Cover Letter for an Internship","When an internship cover letter is actually required, a simple 3-4 paragraph structure that complements your resume, and a worked student example.","2026-07-13",[9,10,11],{"slug":206,"title":207,"description":208,"date":209,"tags":210,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"fall-internship-during-the-school-year","Fall Internships: Find One & Balance It With Classes","How to find a fall or part-time internship during the school year: where term-time roles hide, a 15-20 hour weekly schedule, and when to lighten your load.","2026-07-10",[9,10,11],{"slug":212,"title":213,"description":214,"date":215,"tags":216,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"where-do-you-see-yourself-in-5-years-internship-interview","How to Answer \"Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?\"","A fill-in formula for the 5-year goals question in an internship interview: specific near-term skills, a loose long-term direction, plus two student examples.","2026-07-08",[9,23,11],{"slug":218,"title":219,"description":220,"date":221,"tags":222,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"internship-take-home-assignment","How to Approach an Internship Take-Home Assignment","Facing a technical take-home assignment for an internship? How to scope to the core problem, how long to spend, and the README that sells your trade-offs.","2026-07-07",[9,23,11],{"slug":224,"title":225,"description":226,"date":227,"tags":228,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"assessment-center-superday-final-round-interview","Assessment Center & Superday: How to Prepare","What an assessment center or superday really is, a day-of game plan to stay sharp across 3 to 6 back-to-back rounds, and how to own the group exercise.","2026-07-06",[9,23,11],{"slug":230,"title":231,"description":232,"date":233,"tags":234,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"strengths-and-weaknesses-interview-answer","Strengths and Weaknesses: Internship Interview Answers","A rule for picking a strength you can prove and a real weakness that won't sink you, plus the humble-brag answers to avoid, with student examples.","2026-07-03",[9,23,11],{"slug":236,"title":237,"description":238,"date":233,"tags":239,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"tailor-your-resume-for-an-internship","How to Tailor Your Resume to Each Internship","How to tailor your resume to each internship's job description in about 10 minutes: the signals to pull, the keyword rule, and what an ATS really does.",[9,240,10],"resume",{"slug":242,"title":243,"description":244,"date":245,"tags":246,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":89},"how-to-prepare-for-a-case-interview","How to Prepare for a Case Interview (Internship)","New to case interviews? A structure-first loop (clarify, structure, math aloud, recommend), the reasoning habit assessors grade, and a prep plan by time left.","2026-07-02",[9,23,11],{"slug":248,"title":249,"description":250,"date":251,"tags":252,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"why-this-company-internship-interview","How to Answer \"Why This Company?\" in an Internship Interview","A 20-minute research method and a 3-part answer formula for \"why this company \u002F why this internship,\" with two worked examples for thin resumes.","2026-07-01",[9,23,11],{"slug":254,"title":255,"description":256,"date":257,"tags":258,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":89},"how-to-ask-for-a-letter-of-recommendation-for-an-internship","How to Ask for a Letter of Recommendation (Internship)","How to ask a manager or professor for an internship recommendation: who to pick, the in-person-then-email ask, lead time, and a brag-sheet packet template.","2026-06-30",[9,10,11],{"slug":260,"title":261,"description":262,"date":263,"tags":264,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":89},"how-to-keep-track-of-internship-applications","How to Keep Track of Internship Applications","How to keep track of internship applications without it rotting: the exact columns that matter, a 15-minute weekly review, and how to tier your list.","2026-06-26",[9,10,11],{"slug":266,"title":267,"description":268,"date":269,"tags":270,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":271},"coffee-chats-and-informational-interviews-for-students","Coffee Chats for Students: How to Ask & Get a Referral","How to ask for a coffee chat, the questions that aren't generic, and the referral close most guides skip, with copyable templates for every step.","2026-06-25",[9,10,11],12,{"slug":273,"title":274,"description":275,"date":269,"tags":276,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":14},"does-gpa-matter-for-internships","Does GPA Matter for Internships? 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Where it's a real filter vs a soft signal by field, when to put it on your resume, and what outweighs a low GPA.",[9,10,11],{"slug":278,"title":279,"description":280,"date":269,"tags":281,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":89},"how-to-ask-for-a-referral-for-an-internship","How to Ask for an Internship Referral (Template)","How to ask for a referral for an internship: when to ask once the role is live, who can actually refer you, and a copy-paste message that makes it easy.",[9,10,11],{"slug":283,"title":284,"description":285,"date":269,"tags":286,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":39},"how-to-convert-an-internship-into-a-full-time-offer","How to Convert an Internship into a Full-Time Offer","What managers really weigh when deciding return offers, the exact end-of-summer conversation script, and an honest plan for if you don't get one.",[9,11,108],{"slug":288,"title":289,"description":290,"date":269,"tags":291,"author":12,"draft":13,"readingMinutes":24},"how-to-get-an-internship-as-a-freshman-or-sophomore","How to Get an Internship as a Freshman or Sophomore","You're not behind. 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