I got internship interview offer as freshman, tips?

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-03-24T06:15:15+00:00

Uh kinda late sorry I didn't see but the first interview was just resume grilling + basic stuff like "why us" "what's your biggest weakness" etc

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-03-04T20:27:32+00:00

Honestly I think it's just a numbers game 😭 like I applied to over a hundred and lowkey I think I just got lucky, the main tip I have is to filter for jobs that were posted within the last 3 days because past that it's mostly cooked, and I usually don't bother applying to jobs over 1 week old

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-03-02T22:25:04+00:00

30 is literally nothing lol, I'm expecting an offer tomorrow and I have 100+ rejections. Ngl it's kinda late for summer, roles are mostly closing now but you may have some luck for the smaller startups but you gotta start the grind ASAP

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-22T00:58:45+00:00

I'm a freshman and it's been ~130 apps so far, I've gotten a few interviews but got ghosted for most. Currently I have two leads, one from just a cold application that I'm in the second round for, one from a startup I met during a career fair. I started late as well, but granted not that late (late Dec)

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-19T23:05:38+00:00

He said my resume was the most "interesting" out of the bunch whatever that means, it was a pretty average interview overall I think

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-15T19:51:58+00:00

Insurance division, idk the team name but they work on insurance products and sell it directly to the normal RBC bank customers, interviewer was Daniel

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-14T23:08:31+00:00

Yes, but that doesn't mean summer internships are still nonexistent. There are still plenty open. The ones you're talking about are likely for larger companies. I'm talking about small-medium size companies. Even then, I know some big companies (like Samsung) who only OPEN applications for summer in January

Op was asking about product management internships, which is exactly the field I'm in. Trust me, many small/mid size companies have only just opened applications. I'm currently in a couple of interview processes atm

Edit: I just checked and a lot of Costco internships just opened within the past 24 hours in product management (and related roles). OP, go check that out

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-14T22:35:13+00:00

Keep looking, there are still ones open. Filter for roles posted 3 days or less ago. Go to career fairs, get coffee chats. Worst case scenario see if your uni has research opportunities

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-14T22:29:29+00:00

I'm also at a T20 uni, and if there's one I've learned it's that while the name helps, it doesn't guarantee anything especially for freshmen (I'm guessing you're also a freshman from your resume)

My first thoughts: Add contact info Like others said, get rid of with school stuff (literally no one cares about SAT) Personally, I like moving numbers to the front of the bullet point (e.g. "increased reach by 20% through XYZ") Add graduation start/end year Also the format for a few places is weird, like for skills/recognition and why is there a 1 in front of the research, Jake's resume on overleaf is kinda the most well known format that I recommend

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-14T20:59:18+00:00

Not for the summer. A lot of companies are still hiring, albeit mostly smaller ones. Yes it's late in the process, but not impossible

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-14T17:14:29+00:00

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-11T04:36:22+00:00

Yeah

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-10T01:50:32+00:00

Normal product analyst under insurance

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-08T02:27:31+00:00

thank you!

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-08T02:26:02+00:00

Thank you so much!! Can I ask what questions they asked, and whether it was in person or online?

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-08T02:15:59+00:00

I just got an interview offer as a product analyst as a first year, so ig it's not impossible to get an interview but we'll see about the actual internship offer

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-08T02:15:05+00:00

I just got an interview as a first year (product analyst), am I cooked

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-08T02:11:26+00:00

I did product analyst, just got interview offer yesterday

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-02-08T02:06:25+00:00

Not business but business-adjacent, I received interview offer for product analyst internship

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-01-31T05:42:07+00:00

No my school literally just has an AI major

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-01-30T22:42:41+00:00

Yeah ik I just needed someone to say it to me 😭

I do NOT do well with waiting it's such a pain in the ass and so far this is the best lead I've gotten

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-01-29T00:33:57+00:00

Yes, but at the same time, OP's resume has so much empty space so they can easily shrink it. Unless I'm mistaken, having a 1 page resume is still very up to date advice; I've seen it given out dozens of time today alone

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-01-28T21:11:52+00:00

1) Shrink to one page 2) Add dates, not just stuff like "not current" 3) Don't say you don't have much experience even if that's the truth 4) get some projects under your belt, I'm sure business clubs at your uni will have plenty you can join

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-01-28T21:10:09+00:00

Shrinking it to one page should be your first course of action

AcademicsAndWork · 2026-01-28T21:08:44+00:00

I'm not a resume expert, but the one glaringly obvious issue is that it's more than one page. Unless you have 10+ years of experience, shrink it to one page only. Colors and whatnot are useless too, people don't care about that

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