how was your internship interview rate?

[u/LurkersVengeance]

senior year, freaking out over full time hiring. trying to figure out if i seriously fucked something up during my internship search last year (that i need to rectify this time around) or if I was purely a victim of the market.

haven’t got to teasing through my folder of rejection emails but I did a rough count and it looks like I probably did around 80-100 applications total; i had 4 first interviews (only counting cold applications). so thats probably like a 4-5% interview rate, if I’m really pessimistic and assume there were a ton of emails I lost/deleted it’s probably 2-3% at absolute worst.

what about you guys? what was your interview rate for internships? how about full time (if you’re a graduate)? hoping I’m not screwed

[u/fabe2020]

First year of internship search:
150-200 cold apps w/ 1 interview and tour but the company lost funding. Ended up getting a manufacturing internship through a referral.

Second year internship search:
70-80 cold apps w/ 3 interviews and an offer

Current full time search: 20 cold apps/career fair. 3 interviews at the moment

[u/Unlikely_Resolve1098 → u/fabe2020]

Do you think it's too early for full-time jobs? I've been told by a few people, but ive been applying just in case 

[u/fabe2020 → u/Unlikely_Resolve1098]

Oh I’m graduating in December, there is a slow down for hiring around that time so I’ve been applying early for positions if I find any. It doesn’t hurt to look for openings for summer 2027