I agree, there are plenty of great intern candidates out there even in mid-April, but the cycle is definitely winding down. I'd suspect that the students interv

I agree, there are plenty of great intern candidates out there even in mid-April, but the cycle is definitely winding down. I'd suspect that the students interviewing now are, on average, not as competitive as the ones who received offers weeks or months ago. I'd hesitate to stereotype startups' hiring preferences, but encourage students to apply to any company that's remotely interesting. Just like the bigger corporations, there's a huge variance: I've approached some startups about internships only to realize that their singular focus was to bring on full-time engineers ASAP, and worked for others that hired and mentored younger students with great success. It's often impossible to tell without starting a conversation.