As mentioned in comments, it's pretty rare to give a strong non compete to interns. But interns aside, the whole industry is built around these competes, so me

As mentioned in comments, it's pretty rare to give a strong non compete to interns. But interns aside, the whole industry is built around these competes, so mechanism are in place to circumvent them. Some HF will happily buyback the non compete, some will offer a welcome bonus to compensate, some will be ready to wait, some will make an offside deal with the departing company, etc.