Evaluating Your Experience

Evaluating Your Internship Experience

Reflecting on your internship after you have done it can be as valuable as doing it to begin with. Here are some things for you to think about.

• Think about your skill development and actual examples of those skills.
• Evaluate what you liked and what you would like to change.
• Evaluate how the people and environment matched with your values.
• Evaluate how the internship helped to clarify your career goals.
• What networking contacts did you make?
• What did you observe professionals in your field doing?
• Does it make sense to follow up with an informational interview?
• What new insights do you have about the field/industry?
• What might you want to pursue in your next internship?

Now you are well on your way to being prepared for your next internship experience!

Next Steps After You Complete an Internship

Update your resume. Write down everything you did during your internship, all your duties and responsibilities. Make note of job functions or areas of expertise you were exposed to through your observations, even if you didn’t do those things yourself.