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I have zero expectations from an intern. The scope of the programs vary wildly, but I have seen platforms that are as little as two months. It takes a month jus

I have zero expectations from an intern. The scope of the programs vary wildly, but I have seen platforms that are as little as two months. It takes a month just to get someone a new laptop, access to systems, any kind of onboarding to processes, etc. Then you can give them a project, but unless they are exceptionally gifted, the mentor is going to have to spoon feed the requests. My experience dealing with people fresh out of school is that they need discrete assignments, there is less ownership and global thinking. The scope of the work has to be so limited that it requires minimal expertise. Which is to say nothing of the value proposition of having experienced person taking hours out of their day to mentor someone with a limited shelf-life.

belval 3y ago
I expect nothing from interns either, but in this case he got a full-time offer after his internship which is the part that I find baffling. He's either very gifted or got a manager/hiring manager that just went "eh he's ok let's give him an offer", which is the part that is a failing in processes in my opinion.
- adamckay 3y ago
  > manager/hiring manager that just went "eh he's ok let's give him an offer" When you've got plenty of money in the budget it's not beyond poor managers to hire more for no other reason than to grow their "kingdom", as a bigger headcount equals bigger importance.
- cvhashim04 3y ago
  To me it seems like this employee delivered on his intern project, got good reviews and was extended an offer.
eddd-ddde 3y ago
Wow this was the complete opposite from my personal experience. I'm almost over with my summer internship at google. I was given a project complete opposite of "discrete assignments, less ownership and global thinking". I am really happy with the project I was given and the outcome of it. The objective was purposely vague which allowed me to take control: Designing the implementation, consideration of alternatives, setting up experiments, creating feature review documentation. I had to reach out and interact with people from multiple teams. I feel like I really got to experience the FTE life in my short 14 weeks.

belval 3y ago

I expect nothing from interns either, but in this case he got a full-time offer after his internship which is the part that I find baffling. He's either very gifted or got a manager/hiring manager that just went "eh he's ok let's give him an offer", which is the part that is a failing in processes in my opinion.

adamckay 3y ago
> manager/hiring manager that just went "eh he's ok let's give him an offer" When you've got plenty of money in the budget it's not beyond poor managers to hire more for no other reason than to grow their "kingdom", as a bigger headcount equals bigger importance.
cvhashim04 3y ago
To me it seems like this employee delivered on his intern project, got good reviews and was extended an offer.

eddd-ddde 3y ago

Wow this was the complete opposite from my personal experience. I'm almost over with my summer internship at google. I was given a project complete opposite of "discrete assignments, less ownership and global thinking". I am really happy with the project I was given and the outcome of it. The objective was purposely vague which allowed me to take control: Designing the implementation, consideration of alternatives, setting up experiments, creating feature review documentation. I had to reach out and interact with people from multiple teams. I feel like I really got to experience the FTE life in my short 14 weeks.