Likelihood of getting an internship? (Computer Engineering)

iulianc
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 05:12:09 +0000

What @eyemgh said and I’d like to confirm a few details. My daughter (Computer Engineering Junior) will have her second consecutive internship at Apple, which she chose from a number of other offers from other companies. She’s involved in a few women’s societies and all her female friends got really good internships.That said, she also has a good GPA (>3.5) and actively sought out the internships. At the company I work for (large/well known name in the industry - not Apple tough) I met a good number of CalPoly interns, male and female. I highly doubt the internships are awarded to women without a strong merit consideration. That is certainly not the case at the company I work for, where I personally interviewed and rejected women candidates that did not make the bar, without any pressure from HR. The only advantage women will have is that they might be given more opportunities to interview, which helps. BTW, my daughter did not receive offers from all companies she interviewed with, and even from Apple, she interviewed with 3 separate groups before being made an offer. Also, I had absolutely no contribution, I don’t know anyone at Apple, I might get in trouble if I talked to them

So don’t expect any free lunch, she will not get internships unless she does well in interviews and actively works to stand out somehow in the pool of candidates.