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In my experience, it's not all that standard. There are still many companies advertising exclusively for 2+ years experience, even in very niche areas where few
by RevEng 3y ago
In my experience, it's not all that standard. There are still many companies advertising exclusively for 2+ years experience, even in very niche areas where few people would already have relevant experience.
I think there might also be a different between interns and juniors. Where I'm from, interns are people who are hired specifically for a short period of time, often people still in their education. This is in comparison to juniors who are expecting permanent, full time employment. The amount of training and responsibilities given to juniors is much greater than that given interns because there is a much greater return expected.
- andomdeazzz662 3y agoThere's a huge difference between interns and juniors. For one thing, junior engineers are full time employees with full benefits and regular expectations. For the most part, intern expectations are very low as far as any actual work goes, because they aren't there for long enough to really contribute to anything meaningfully. It's mostly a social thing and a game being played on both sides about whether or not to hook up after graduation. Companies don't actually expect to get any work product out of interns at all, that isn't the purpose of the programs, but junior engineers definitely will have real deliverables to take care of.