<p>My friend is starting grad school in the fall and asked me to post this question here since many of you are more experienced with the working world than we are. She applied to a few summer internships which she recently gave up on and began to prepare to start grad school early, in the summer. Last Friday she received an email from a place that she's very interested in working at-- that basically said the following: </p>
<p>"Hello, I am the group leader for Z group at Y company. I have a summer intern position X here which involves A, B, and C. It's a great job, very important etc bc of D, E, F. If you are interested in this position, please email me back."</p>
<p>She emailed them back yesterday morning citing her interest, and has gotten no response so far. She really needs to figure out if she actually has been OFFERED this job so she can inform her graduate school to change her start date to normal instead of early. The person left an email, cell phone, and work phone. Is there anything she can do? Is this an offer? When should she call that person, and what should she say? She would like to (1) get this job and (2) finalize it asap so she can make further plans.</p>