From mentee to intern, how referrals actually happen
Two community members walk through exactly how their internships happened: the cold messages, the case competition, the referral: timelines, scripts, and the awkward parts included.
In this episode
The internship episode, receipts included:
- The exact sequence from “we’ve never met” to “I’ll refer you”
- What a case-competition win does for a resume with no work experience
- The follow-up message most students never send, and why it’s the one that works
- What referrers are actually risking, and how to make saying yes easy
Companion reading
This conversation pairs with the article Cold messages that got answered and the success stories from the same mentees.
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