Starting to Look For Internships.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
09/29/2014 at 16:10 • Filed to: None

And living where I do I'm looking at the Big Three. The requirements are surprisingly different between the them. To be an intern at Ford you need to be finished with your Junior year (boo), have minimum GPA of 3.0 and recomended GPA of 3.5. To be an intern at Chrysler you need to be finished with your Sophomore year (sweet) with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Aand to be an intern at GM, who knows, because for some strange reason, they dont say, and you need "Exceptional academic credentials" with stands for a 3.2 GPA.

Let the hunt begin.

DISCUSSION (16)

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 16:17

Good luck. Are you looking for an office engineering job or a plant engineering job?

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
09/29/2014 at 16:18

Office job. Which makes the pickings much slimmer.

Diesel > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 16:18

Pontiac used to have the easiest admission requirements. You only had to pass this test.

Kinja'd!!!

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 16:18

Good luck!

Tapas > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 16:19

Getting an internship is the right way to go.

Chances are you'll have a job offer before you graduate or at the very least, have very relevant industry experience on your resume and some serious beer money for the summer :)

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 16:25

What sort of office job? If it's marketing, then I'd definitely apply for an internship with Ford after your Junior year because their marketing team seems pretty kick ass!

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
09/29/2014 at 16:26

Finance actually. But I still really want to get an internship with them after my Junior year.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 16:32

Oh ok, so you're actually going into a career that is useful and has job security. lol

jariten1781 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 16:37

Apply for all the internships even if you don't meet the requirements. Sometimes HR screws up and your resume can slip through. I got a full time entry level job (at a big computer company) when I was a sophomore that required a bachelors because they didn't notice I hadn't graduated yet. They found out a couple months in but kept me on anyway since I was a good performer.

yamahog > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 17:10

To intern at Chrysler, you need a pulse. Don't pigeonhole yourself into automotive. You might get a plant tour out of it, and that's about all you'll have to do with cars. Also, interning for huge companies is pretty lame. Really not a lot of hands-on work or quality experiences and you'll end up just making PowerPoints for some manager and dicking around. Apply everywhere.

/pessimist

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > yamahog
09/29/2014 at 17:12

That's the plan, I'm just using automotive as a starting point since they offer so many internships in the area.

yamahog > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 17:28

But internships are your chance to get awayyyy from home! Land a good one in Chicago, NYC, or SF and it will look awesome on your resume, plus some places will give you a summer housing stipend if not a place to stay.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 17:40

I don't know if engineering internships are recruited the same as Accounting/Finance/I-Banking. However, in my case I found GPA requirements usually are not make or break if the rest of your resume is decent. My GPA was nothing spectacular (3.4) and I received interviews from firms/companies that ask for 3.6+. AKA, don't sweat the GPA IMO.

f86sabre > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 17:43

you would be better off going for a coop than an intern. Better experience when you are done. My $0.02.

Good luck!

Redhondamike > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 18:05

Good luck!

Axial > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/29/2014 at 19:58

Any company looking to hire engineers wants you with at least a 3.2 GPA. That's pretty much universal.