busiman

Do internships ask/require previous work experience?

Laura1013

Most ask, yes. Prior experience may not be necessary.

BronxBombers7

Isn't the whole point of an internship to get that prior experience that "real" jobs are going to want?? I don't think most internships require (or, more importantly, expect) you to have prior experience in the field.

theoneo

Some kind of job or involvement that demands responsibility is generally expected.

busiman

^ by involvement do you mean like school clubs and organizations?

test

For example, in banking, the experience tree goes something like this...

Stellar SAT scores + business club leadership => finance internship in sales and trading middle market => finance internship at bulge bracket => ib internship at bulge bracket => job offer

Its a long chain.

kevster1001

ew. too much for my brain :] def. not a finance guy here

kmzizzle

lol test
wish it were that easy!

dragonreborn

So for your resume, in addition to putting down past employment experience, you may also put down school extracurricular activities and involvement (relating to that internship)?

Serafina

Does that mean the ones that are not involved in a business club in high school are left out? I just started considering business, but the club at my school are so self-selective that I don't really enjoy rolling with them.