How To Ace Your Next Internship Hunt! 😤🍞

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Welcome! This is the system that helped me in landing a tech internship @ Yahoo. Hopefully the resources/tools here are useful and helpful to you :)

Crystal Li

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Overview:

Landing an internship is consisted of 2 parts:

getting an interview

passing the interview

This guide will provide the resources and tools to help you succeed in both steps :D

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❓ Why I made this template:

As a first-generation student coming from a non-traditional background (used to be premed/bio, switched to study CS and design in the end of my sophomore year), recruiting for tech internships had been roughhh. I was lost, overwhelmed, and confused on where to even begin. Like many of you reading this doc, I also had a plethora of questions/thoughts:

How do I craft an effective resume to get noticed by recruiters?

What can I do to stand out in this competitive pool of applicants?

Bruhhh how do I keep track of all the applications submitted/interviews scheduled?

OMG I landed an interview! But how do I even prepare for it? I’m so nervous ahhhh

*panic noises*

and so on...

But having gone through an entire recruiting season for Product Manager internships and asking a bunch of incredible people for advice (shoutout to everyone in

Pitt CSC⁠

!), I’m excited to share all of the things I’ve learned that worked for me in landing and passing interviews. I hope the tools and resources on this doc will help you in navigating through the recruiting process in an organized and efficient manner, and ultimately landing those offers!!

FYI: This doc is a generalized template that you can modify and tailor to whatever type of internships you’re applying to! This includes: software engineering, product management, ux design, marketing, data science, consulting, and more!

TL;DR: Just trynna help other students and share what I’ve learned having gone through the recruiting process.

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A Little Sneak Peak:

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Daily Dashboard⁠

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Getting an Interview⁠

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Goal Setting Tool⁠

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Crafting an Effective Resume⁠

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Internship App Tracker⁠

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Jobs by Status - Table View⁠

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Jobs by Status - Kanban View⁠

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Jobs by Role - Table View⁠

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Jobs by Company - Card View⁠

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Crowd-Sourced Internship Lists⁠

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Passing the Interview⁠

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Interview Tracker⁠

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Interview Practice Tool⁠

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About the Author:

Hey there! I’m

Crystal Li⁠

, a junior at the

University of Pittsburgh⁠

studying Computer Science and Interactive Design. I’m currently a Growth Fellow at

Coda⁠

, a UX Designer/Product Manager at

Personalized Learning Squared⁠

, and the Director of Partnerships for

Pitt Computer Science Club⁠

. I will be joining

Yahoo⁠

this summer as a Product Manager Intern.

I love helping people and hope you find this Coda doc to be useful! I wish you all the best and success for this upcoming recruiting szn, you got dissssss 😤🍞

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