ang panget ng environment sa company na to but it’s not common to get a voluntary internship pag second year ka pa lang sa program ko, and to be so involved with the company’s operations

tiisin ko na lang ba since four weeks to go na lang naman

I've been seeing almost everyone here say that it's become much harder to get internships especially lately, and I want to understand why this is the case?

Is it because there are more applicants, fewer openings, higher expectations, or something else? The economy? (excuse my ignorant ahh brain)

Or has it always been like this?

For context, I'll have to start applying for a Finance Internship starting September because we have our required OJT on January.

I really don't want to apply right now, but, would you advice me to start applying as soon as now?

A friend of mine recently shared something that got me thinking.

She interned at a company she enjoyed. She made a lot of friends, learned a ton, and even received a full-time offer at the end of the internship. I thought accepting it would be a no-brainer.

Instead, she turned it down for a more well-known company. The pay was better, and she thought it would look stronger on her resume.

A few months later, she ended up leaving that company and admitted she sometimes wishes she had stayed with her internship company instead. She said the transition was much tougher than she expected. As a full-time hire, she was expected to hit the ground running, the support wasn't the same as when she was an intern, and she never really felt like she fit in.

By the time she realized she'd made the wrong decision, the return offer was gone and the position had already been filled by someone else.

It made me curious how often this actually happens and what people usually end up doing.

For those who rejected a full-time offer after your internship, do you regret it?

Or did that decision end up working out better for you?

I've applied to several companies for my internship. Fortunately, I was able to land some offers. Pero idk which one to choose: company name or experience? Which one will give me more advantage after I graduate?

company a

• very well known company, but i'm not sure if i'll like my task there. i asked an employee there, at ang task usually ng intern is mag 'double check’. so that might not lead me great learnings.

company b

• aligned with the path i'll choose after i graduate. from our interview pa lang, i was briefed already what are the things that i'd do. they asked my knowledge and they connected that to their tasks. they'll give me tasks same with an actual employee soo i'll learn better there. pero very small company lang siya.

which one to choose? sabi kasi nila a well-known company will allow me to land initial interviews, which is hard already given the job market.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9), and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21).

I wonder if lying and making the score higher would give me more benefit and opportunity

4 weeks left before the end of my last term at my university and I still can't find an internship not even an interview. The fact that I can only apply to companies that are partnered with my university made it even difficult to find one.

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Seeing other students getting onboarded with the same company I applied for when I can't even get a reply really made me question myself.

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I did everything right from optimizing my resume and building my portfolio projects. There was even a point where I removed my face from my resume thinking that was the reason I can't get a reply.

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I hope things will work-out well in the end and I hope things are working-out with your internships. I'm sorry I just wanted this off my chest

Don't apply here. I got invited for an interview but it got rescheduled. On the rescheduled date, I entered the meeting room but no one was there. I messaged the HR but they did not even bother to reply and inform me of the status of my application.

Hi! Sophomore here curious about how I can maximize my chances to get into these internships. What did you guys do to get interviews and offers from these two internship programs? Like could I ask you to be specific in what kind of previous org experiences, internships, etc. you did to strengthen your chances?

Thanks!

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Hello! I see people on this sub with internships at companies like P&G, Shopee, Unilever, major telcos like Smart, banks like EastWest, etc., sometimes.

I was wondering where the bar was in case I want to try and get an internship with them in the future 🥲? Like ano nasa resume ninyo, if may cover letter, if mandatory talaga connections, etc. TYIA.

organizational comms student in my 2nd internship rn, in human resources for an insurance firm... masaya naman ako at first na i got in cuz it looks like its difficult to get in and i'm working with a lot of masipag na voluntary interns din

all of us are under this one mentor who i have yet to hear from formally pa :/ i dont know if its normal for senior interns to onboard you instead of your mentor but they've become more of my bosses and i noticed that the mentor herself just asks for results or asks if we've hired anybody na .... which is kinda odd to me cuz i was expecting to learn more about handling admin & clerical work (and improving processes for my seniors). we hire and post job opportunities and invite them to orientations that happen at night that you have to attend to check if the people you hired are actually there (sigh)

idk if choosy lang ako but the working hours last until 10 pm, and the expectation is mas active ka from 12 noon until 10pm, cuz thats when everyone else is active... but i feel like its contradictory to the "work on your own time" thing they're promoting. parang kailangan na on ka all the time, and its draining me :/. i have multiple readings per week for four majors and i was hoping to work during the day since i study better at night, pero wala. i've got orgs i care for like volunteering for events/workshops and art advocacy stuff and i'm scared i'll be pulled away from those too

and medyo dumb but i also got kinda tricked?? dun sa job posting kasi they advertised na we'd only have to work a min of 200 hours on our own time pero pagdating ko biglaang 300 pala, and announced on the whim by our mentor pa :/ medyo nakukulangan ako sa professionalism pero sige keri naman. hindi ko alam kung puwede mag change ng ganong required hours kaagad without due process pero sige. but even if we work on our own terms ayon nga my mentor wants results quickly. i dont know if i can sustain meeting their expectations all the time at unhealthy working hours

lastly i also feel bad about what we're tasked to do kasi parang di siya nag-aalign sa dream career ko ;__; but its something i also wanted to try for more opportunities in the future because i do care about org processes and listening to peoples' needs. its unpaid pa, and i think id rather do something unpaid that im happy with rather than something unpaid to expand my options :/

sorry ang haba but tl:dr just miserable, told to work ungodly hours and yield high results even though they promote working at your own time, mentor kinda absent and carried by senior interns, should i quit or see where this goes?

i wanna start off by sharing my first experience w this company during our career fair last feb (?). approached this company's booth knowing that they were one of the big 4 auditing firms. tho di nman ako BA student, curious lang naman ako so i wanted to sign up for their talent pool in case na may openings.

RED FLAG #1

while in line, one of their supervisors came up to me and asked what my program was. when i replied, he hit me with "oh, mga accountancy lang mga kinukuha namin dito. you know what we do?" na para bang dinidiscriminate na ako at pinapamukhang tanga.

so i replied back with "yes, i know what you do. i know you guys are an auditing and consulting firm. my brother who studies business economics wants to get into your company."

even though i was put off, i still signed up for the talent pool.

of all the booths i've been to, sila lang yung ganun. buti pa yung supervisor ng sgv - she even encouraged me to sign up for their talent pool for their other departments kasi she also studied humanities nung undergrad.

this specific firm lang talaga left a very sour taste in my mouth, but i got over it eventually.

RED FLAG #2

i applied for an internship with this company recently and was bombarded with calls first thing in the morning. i asked for the call to be rescheduled and they set the call sa afternoon. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THIS WAS FOR THE INTERVIEW ALREADY. a clear account of miscommunication already.

RED FLAG #3

when i was looking for the meeting link, hindi pa pala sinend ni HR officer, so i had to follow up sa kanya and she gave me the link a minute before the interview!!!

RED FLAG #4 (and the worst of them all)

when i got into the call, miss hiring manager was cutting me off every time i would reply to the HR officer's questions. what's worse is, she said outright "we are looking for people who are really good at communicating" in such a condescending tone. then, she would make leading remarks about my way of talking that really just put me off.

no ice breakers, no check-up feel-good priming questions to make me comfortable. she was straight up berating me 2 minutes into the call.

when we went forward with the interview primer, she gave me a specific prompt which i followed. however, her prompt was in itself unclear since she wanted me to talk about college specifically, but went on to ask about my org experience in 2022 (when i was still in HS). she said that this already was a point of confusion. she even share screened my cv to show that i was leading her off.

BRO??? ITS LITERALLY WRITTEN THERE THAT I WENT TO COLLEGE IN 2024!
at that point, i've had it with the woman. she kept blabbering about how i was unclear every time i spoke, but said it in such a condescending way that made me think that she really just doesn't want me there - nor does she wanna do interviews in the first place. mind you, this was an initial interview pa lang.

before people go on to tell me that she was giving constructive criticism: ive dealt with so much criticism in my life, and i know when people are downright insulting me.

if they thought i was so bad, why ask me so many questions? she literally was saying that i was so bad, so why not just end it there?

so, that was what i did. while she was "reviewing" my org work, i decided to end the call and block the company entirely.

i was so enraged by this situation. never in my life have i felt more disrespected by a company ever. while i believe that people of that position do judge applicants for a living, iba naman yung talagang hindi mo na pagsasalitain tapos iinsultuhin mo pa. she even hated every time i tried to pause and think before i uttered words.

moreover, the lady who kept talking about being a good communicator doesn't even have basic reading comprehension skills, bc tell me why ure saying that my org work from 2022 is from college??? even the prompt she gave me was so unclear.

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thank god i didnt push through with that bc imagine having to work with the most discriminatory people ever. napaka unprofessional tapos sila pa mag b-brag na kesyo they're exclusive. edi magsama kayo dyan!

i have done so many interviews and never in my life have i experienced something as traumatic as this. to all hiring managers out there, remember that respect is always something that should be mutual. i have given this person nothing but respect and kindness, but to talk to me as if i were an individual without dignity is blatanly wrong.

for people who unfortunately work in this firm (or have experience with it), i want to know sana if this company is actually as bad as i think it is... there is no way that i'm the only person who they've treated like this bc omg, this looks like a widespread issue across a lot of employees 💔

thank you so much for listening to my rant T_T
never again na talaga dito!!!

edit: the company is deloitte. they just put up a new listing so beware!!

They cancelled on me twice for their internship interview and i followed up once again only to find out na filled na yung slots nila. They were even telling me beforehand na priority/ accelerated interview daw ako, and pinagsagot pa nga ako ng online assessment nila. Jesus christ not one apology in their emails pa pati. I'm so disappointed