<p>I'm trying to find my first civil engr internship in the Bay Area, but I haven't any success so far. I've applied to places posted by my engineering school or by my school's career center. I've had a few interviews so far, but no success so far. I'm not really sure where else to look because I just depended on my school for internship postings. Anybody know where I can start looking? I've searched online, but I'm not sure which websites are legitimate. I'm preferrably trying to find one in San Francisco. Should I just start emailing or phoning companies?</p>
<p>I would also be interested in hearing about engineering internships in general (Not just civil).</p>
<p>It’s kind of late to start looking for internships now, but best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Here in NYC, there’s an annual directory by a trade magazine (New York Construction), published by McGraw Hill, that lists all design firms and contractors in the local area. There’s a California Construction magazine, published by the same company, so I assume they have a similar publication. I’m not sure who would archive it though. The website is california.construction.com. </p>
<p>Also try the ASCE chapter at your school.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s too late, my school still sends me internships postings, so I’m guessing there still must be some places that have offers. Anyway, thanks for the help</p>
<p>Formal internship programs are usually from early June to early August. Some companies will hire interns on an as needed basis, but they won’t hire someone for only 4 or 5 weeks. Is your school on a trimester schedule? Your fall semester doesn’t begin in late August?</p>
<p>If you can work during the school year, that’ll definitely help you out.</p>
<p>If you got interviews it means they liked you enough to get to want to know you a little better. Was there anything that it seemed like they were interested in that you could play up in your next interview?</p>
<p>To “Thanol” I think I got really lucky with the interviews I got. For instance, one of the places that offered me an interview had a Professional Engineer who happended to be an alumni from my school. This might be a stretch, but I got an interview for an internship at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) possibly because I would offer diversity or other “different” qualities to the company (I’m Hispanic btw). Anyway, I suppose the classes I have taken in college simply fit the position I was applying for. For that same BART interview, they possibly wanted to interview me because I took Earthquake Engineering, and they did happen to ask a question on that.</p>
<p>I appreciate the advice, but my outlook on this summer is very bleak. Oh well, I’ll just try harder next year and try to attain a regular job for the rest of this summer. I think my main issue would be toning up my interviewing skills; that is definetely something I should work on.</p>