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Every summer, Duo welcomes a new intern class for three months to share in our mission to democratize security. Our paid internship program gives participants the opportunity to grow in their career, and we love learning from our interns’ fresh perspectives.
We’ve shared a bit in the blog about what the program is like from the perspective of interns. As we ramp up for the 2022 class of Duo interns, we’re shifting the focus to highlight what the experience of managing an intern at Duo looks like.
Designing the Internship Experience
“As the internship program lead, I find preparing our team for the summer internship program energizing.” —Emily Samar, Internship Program Manager
Behind the scenes, our internship program team is dedicated to setting interns up for success before they even start. It wasn’t until I became an intern manager that I learned about all the thoughtful planning that goes into ensuring our interns have a positive experience.
Planning starts months before the program starts and takes all program participants’ needs into consideration. Before interns begin, our employee programs team spends time identifying impactful events and learning opportunities for interns to participate in throughout the summer. While the programs team shape the interns’ experience, they also prepare intern leads for the summer with an internal training for first-time people leaders.
A primary goal of our program is to hire interns as full-time employees at the end of the internship program. For example, we’ve seen success mentoring interns for positions on our Product Design team as user researchers and UX engineers who joined our team full-time. Duo does this by putting interns on a path to make connections, learn together, and achieve professional goals.
Internship Goal No. 1: Making Connections
Making connections across Duo, rather than working in silos, helps ideas flourish. To guide our new interns, we implement a 30/60/90-day plan that introduces them to their key teammates, project partners and objectives.
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