Speaking as a rising senior with 1.5yr's of internship xp's: General Advice: - How open an intern is to their mentor can really affect attitude and all of the

Speaking as a rising senior with 1.5yr's of internship xp's: General Advice: - How open an intern is to their mentor can really affect attitude and all of the ans below. Try to create opportunities outside of work to get to know each other. Your questions: - Setup a recurring meeting, definitely. If you ask them whether they want it, its a coin flip but chances are if they are shy/introverted or have something to prove they will say no and it makes for a bad experience. If you say there will be one, it takes pressure off the intern. - For professional growth, try to get them to sit in on meetings that you have, or in general try to put them in positions to meet as many people as possible (honestly what I think the most important thing in an internship). Don't just have them write code. Have them draft write ups, emails, and organize meetings. - Technical growth is trickier and it depends on how well you know the intern's need. Big recommendation for this one is finding a way to make the intern comfortable with asking for help and helping them be open about their skill set without stress. A resume really can't tell you too much about what they know or don't. If they show interest in an area, help them explore it or find people in the company that can give them advice/maybe give an intern tech talk. - Feedback every two weeks is a good idea if done right. You need to find a way, even if you are blunt about it, to tell the intern that negative feedback won't affect your opinions of them. Also this is one is obvious, but don't let it affect your opinion of them :) Best of luck!