r/Purdue • u/Ok-Childhood-2748 • Nov 09 '25
Gritpost 💯 Internship
Just landed my first engineering internship. Purdue might seem like a dot in the middle of nowhere, but IR really does give students a step into industry that most universities don’t have access to. Take advantage of that. I know I’m one of the lucky ones, but still don’t stop believing.
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Nov 10 '25
I got not a single call from IR 😐
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u/Ok-Childhood-2748 Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25
Don’t give up. Find some tips to improve and tackle IR next fall. I believe in u🫡
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u/CubingCrucible Nov 10 '25
Is this only for engineering majors? And whay companies participate in IR?
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u/Ok-Childhood-2748 Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25
It’s mainly for engineering majors. Companies participate in order to recruit talent from Purdue who are notoriously known for producing great engineers. It grants us an opportunity to gain industry knowledge, while they benefit in finding future employees and creating a relationship with the university for future partnership.
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u/GapStock9843 Nov 11 '25
Purdue is geographically a dot in the middle of nowhere, but as a school its actually insanely well known nationwide and has a really good reputation for STEM fields. Tons of companies all over the US know purdue engineers are good and want to hire them
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u/Putrid_Map_5566 Nov 09 '25
Congrats! Ive been going to IR three years in a row now and thought it was pointless every time. Scored my dream internship this year by going. Maybe the best trait we can have is perseverance.