What Country are you interning in? A few things, well thought out internships will be quite structured and you won't be left to your own without knowing what t

What Country are you interning in? A few things, well thought out internships will be quite structured and you won't be left to your own without knowing what to do and how to get assistance if you need it. But there are also internships that honestly are fairly sloppy and you need to really seek out your own path and push to learn. To be fair, I'd give it a week to see what shakes out but I would be asking basic questions, just so you stay in the front of peoples minds. In the U.S. I have seen a few startups structure internships to see which of the intern(s) will actively seek out work etc. I frankly think this is a huge mistake, but I don't think they are doing it to be mean, just they themselves are inexperienced and think this is a valid way to see who will make themselves valuable to the company. My advice, make yourself valuable to the company and make the most of your time there, even if in the end it winds up not being a good company you will learn a lot and people will see value in you which may lead to good recommendations later to other companies/programs. If you just sit back and take it easy then you'll learn very little and people won't respect you in the end (generally).