Internships That Are Worth the Term · Course check

Course check

3 questions. Get them all right and the Real Desk seal is yours. Get one wrong and you can reread and try again — as many times as you like, and nothing is recorded against you.

1. What separates a real internship from an observational one?

   Whether you are given work somebody would otherwise have had to doThe size and reputation of the organisationWhether the position is paid

2. Where are most internships actually found?

   On careers portals during the advertised seasonUnadvertised, by asking named people months earlierThrough university placement offices only

3. What should you do in the final week?

   Write down what you did with numbers, and ask for a reference and an introductionWait to be offered a referenceSend a thank-you note and leave quietly