By Rafael Seiji Matsumura de Oliveira | August 20, 2020
I wanted to wait until the end of my internship to finally share what I have learned and what I feel were the most important aspects of my time at Spoten. Even though the internship ended last Friday, the 14th, I had to think a little bit of how much I grew in these past…
By Martina Garabedian | July 10, 2020
We have all been there – still struggling with a task after multiple trials. Now, what? Well, there is only one way to find the solution and it is to ask someone who is more experienced. In the case of an intern – this is a colleague, supervisor, or manager. However, asking questions can be…
By dgoguen1 | August 18, 2019
In my opinion, an intern’s number one priority should be to learn as much as possible about the position, company and industry that he finds himself in. Surely, interns can learn a lot through doing the work that they are tasked with completing, but, especially in the case of an internship, this work can often…
By Harry Liu | June 21, 2019
This is my first post for my summer internship at Mid-Market Securities in New York City. I am a rising senior and my ideal career path is to pursue in the investment banking industry now and further on after my graduation. First of all, I would like to talk about how I got into the…
By Muna Salad | August 13, 2018
For the first few weeks, I have not done any heavy work that kept me busy for the whole day. However, last week was the first week that I felt like I was actually busy. All of the sudden, my team members were assigning me more tasks. At the beginning, my co-workers were teaching me…
By Alisson Amaral | August 13, 2018
This summer I have been having an amazing opportunity to intern back home at a startup focused on education. As I mentioned in the previous post, one of the main reasons that influenced me to choose a startup instead of a big corporation was the flexibility in the program. I was offered the opportunity to…
By Jose Damasceno | August 8, 2018
Building a website over the whole week. My boss finished the work and said: I think we need a coder. I cannot handle it by myself. Intrigued, I asked: I could learn and finish everything. He said: I do not think there is enough time. I will find someone and you do something else. After…
By Xueer Ning | August 5, 2018
One of the things that I did not expect about working in the financial industry as an intern is that I would learn about so many other industries. I assumed that my role would mean that I would learn about the workings of the finance industry. However, in a stock brokerage firm, you end up…
By alora1 | June 17, 2018
Friday June 15th, 2018, marked the end of the second week in my internship with StreetLight Data. In working for a data collection consulting company specialized in transportation, many aspects of my job include tasks and knowledge that Babson has not entirely prepared me for, such as privacy screening of our LBS data to ensure…
By Julia Dean | July 11, 2016
More than a month has passed since I began my internship. It has been an unforgettable experience. Not only have I learned valuable lessons in the business, marketing, and lifestyle fields that I could never learn from a class or textbook, I have learned the value of a mentor. I have had the pleasure of shadowing…