BeaverPrints - Thursday Tip #11
Hey there!
Rahul & Lani here,
Every year, interns finish their term with the same line on their resume:
“Assisted with…” And then wonder why nothing comes from it.
At the same time, others walk away with return offers, referrals, and leverage.
Same internship. Completely different outcome.
This week’s Thursday Tip breaks down something most students ignore:
How to Maximize Impact When Wrapping Your Internship.
Quick Win Jobs:
LinkedIn: Lani Aremu, Rahul Lakdawala
Thursday Tip: Maximize the End of your internship
Finishing strong isn’t about working harder in your last two weeks.
It’s about making your work undeniable.
What to do:
1. Turn Your Work Into Measurable Impact
If you can’t quantify what you did, it’s almost useless.
Don’t leave with:
“Worked on testing and validation.”
Leave with:
“Reduced test cycle time by 18% by automating X process.”
Before you leave, go back and extract:
The baseline before you started, What changed because of you, The measurable result. Follow the STAR Method when your are gathering your metrics.
If you skip this step, you wasted your internship.
2. Close the Loop on Everything
Half-finished work kills your credibility.
Before you leave:
Document your work clearly
Clean up code, models, or files
Write handoff notes like someone competent will replace you
No one trusts interns who leave messes behind. People remember the ones who make their lives easier.
3. Ask for Feedback Like You Actually Mean It
Most interns ask for feedback just to be polite. That’s useless.
Ask:
“What would I need to improve to be a strong full-time hire here?”
Then shut up and listen. This is where you find out if you were actually valuable or just tolerable. This is also a blueprint on what they expect from a full time hire.
Bonus Tip: Ask your manager to review your resume/portfolio
Don’t just ask for a review. Ask them to pressure test your positioning.
“Do these bullets accurately reflect the impact I had on the team?”
“Is this how you would describe my work to another hiring manager?”
Your manager knows what actually matters in hiring. They know what sounds impressive and what sounds like filler.
Use them to calibrate your story, not just proofread it.
Finishing an internship isn’t the end.
It’s where you decide whether the time you spent actually meant something.
Most people coast to the finish.
The few who don’t are the ones who get offers, referrals, and real opportunities.
Make sure you’re not in the first group.
See you next Thursday 👊
Internships:
New Graduate Roles:
The real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing