Summers... This is a word which takes us in the different world when it comes to our mind. Whether it is loooong interviews during placements, or anxiety just before joining the company or hard-ships during the summer internship.
I am also not an exception in this case. I have also felt all these emotions and learnt lot of things from this. Here I am sharing few things which, I learnt from my experiences. There are few things which I followed and those helped me and there are things which I saw that was avoided to save my self during it.
Dos
Do Homework – The must one. Impress people with the knowledge about the company, products, locations or even share price. First impression remains in the mind of the managers.
Learn all tools you heard – Unless you know what they can do, you won't be able to use it properly in you project and it will be very difficult at that time to learn and deliver.
Be your own critique – Analyze your own solutions/ideas as it is worthless. You will come across lot of questions which are going to be asked by senior managers and before the final presentation, you will have the answers ready.
Practice the presentations – including running the projector – Remember, your two months work will be evaluated in 20 minutes only. Practice it multiple times and show it to your friends and buddies in your company. One more important thing, run your presentation with all stake holders before final one. So all doubts will be cleared and final one will just become the formality.
Discuss your knowledge and experience – Discuss your company matters with your co-interns, friends, seniors and company people. It will give you new ideas.
Be practical and be frank about your ignorance – People will like you to tell frankly that you don't know things rather than you make them fool initially and get caught later.
Make Buddies/Mentors in company – Buddies/Mentors in companies help a lot to know about company culture and style. Find any senior and ask them about company's work and style. They will love to give you "gyaan" J
Make relations with other interns – they tell more than your guide J – Other interns in different functions will be working in different areas. Sharing information with them helps you to get useful data when needed.
Try new things – stretch yourself – Don't be afraid of trying new things or work couple of hours more in office. You will be sure at the end of the project that there is no other solution better than yours.
Adopt company culture – Many companies take people whom they find properly adapted to the company culture. Behave as you are part of the company and you care and work for the company.
Give your 100% efforts – No comments required J
DON'Ts
Limit yourself to single solution – Usually the first solution what comes to our mind is the easiest, but not the best; and company want the best solutions.
Leave things for next days – Believe me, those works for those next days never ends and one fine day you realize that your project has been ruined.
Assume things about your project – Ask things which you don't understand or learn from other resources (company or college or Internet)
Pass time in leisure – These two months of experience takes you to your final placements also. My final placement has been 'won' on the bases of summer experience only.
Believe what company tell about practices – Some times company people just follow old facts/techniques or unpractical things. This step can make lot of changes in the company at the end.
Close your mind about the company – You may not want to join the company, but project will give you 'your' placement.
There will be more such DOs and DON'Ts for summers, but these are the points which I found helpful for my summers. Hope it will help people who are joining companies for summer internship.
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