<p>Did anyone find a summer internship during study abroad? How did you arrange the interview when living overseas? How did you find the internship? Thanks so much.</p>
<p>I know a young woman who did an internship - unpaid - in Paris while on a year abroad program. She found it through the Sorbonne, where she was taking classes. That said, internships can be tough to arrange overseas because many of them require a different type of visa, particularly if there’s any salary involved.</p>
<p>I mean looking for a summer internship in the U.S. this summer while being in an international study abroad program. How do students find and arrange summer internships in the U.S. when they are not here to interview? Do you know anyone having success finding an internship in the U.S. while studying overseas junior year?</p>
<p>My D is currently studying abroad in South Africa with the Duke OTS program. She applied for lots of internships before she left in January, way ahead of the deadline, as much as possible. But some hadn’t even opened applications yet. She’s had limited internet access while she’s there, but she was able to keep up with her applications and apply to several others from a distance. She was fortunate to be offered a couple of very nice REUs and did not have to interview in person. </p>
<p>She did a lot of research into the internships and talked to a lot of people before she left. Her advisor was very helpful.</p>
<p>Good luck! It can be done, but I don’t know how people survived before computers.</p>
<p>Many internships, especially those with nonprofits or government entities, do not require in-person interviews. The organizations sponsoring the internships cannot afford them. So all interviews – sometimes multiple rounds – are conducted over the telephone.</p>
<p>My daughter has obtained three internships – two with nonprofits and one with a foreign government entity’s office in the United States – entirely through telephone interviews. </p>
<p>Another point: Your university may have special arrangements for on-campus recruiting for students who are studying in off-campus locations. Check with them.</p>
<p>Just researching online, where you find the internships depends on what kind of internships you want to do. It’s not terribly difficult though, since many internships don’t require in-person interviews (with students applying from all over the country and world, it’s just not feasible) and instead opt for phone interviews. </p>
<p>You are a little behind the gun though, many internships close their application period in March or April, so you should get out there and start searching.</p>
<p>If instead you’re planning on studying abroad next year and are thinking ahead to the following summer, I hope your worries are eased. Just do a little homework and trust that online contacts will be fine.</p>
<p>Thank you so much. My son is leaving for study abroad in June and feel reassured that he can do a summer internship search via computer and phone for next summer.</p>
<p>If he’s interested in international work, he should think about doing an internship with the State Department at an embassy overseas the summer after his abroad year. They don’t pay to fly you to your post, but if you’re already overseas it will cost less to get there anyway, and their housing is free and they will also get a free ride to the embassy, and sometimes they get paid. Not to mention the best part is they get to do something very few people do:Experience the life inside an embassy overseas. Even if they travel overseas, the most they’ll see of an embassy if they don’t work there is the consular/visa office. </p>
<p>That’s what I did the summer after my junior year, and it was a memorable experience. I lived with three other female interns in a huge house and every weekend we took trips to the beach and other places of interest all around the country. I learned a lot about foreign service work and I had quite a bit of fun. </p>
<p>State department internship deadline is in November though, so not something you can do last minute.</p>
<p>My son is studying abroad this spring semester and landed his dream internship back in the states for the summer. He did all his research ahead of time and applied as soon as the applications became available. He had a phone interview (employer set up a phone appt. and called him on his cell phone), and a return call a week later telling him he was hired. He is now working out all the arrangements via email. I hardly think being abroad is any disadvantage at all, unless the student does not have internet access. As a matter of fact, this is the first time my son has not had a job since he turned 16, so he actually has more free time to do this type of research than he normally would back in the states. Good luck!</p>