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ML PhD student seeks industry internship advice amid rejections

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A first-year ML PhD student from a top program is seeking advice on industry internship expectations after facing rejections from companies like Nvidia and Waymo. Despite having a NeurIPS publication and prior FAANG SWE experience, the student's research area, which is not in highly sought-after fields like LLMs or multimodal AI, may be a factor. The student is looking for guidance on what industries value in interns and how to approach companies that might be more receptive to first-year PhD candidates. AI

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ML PhD student seeks industry internship advice amid rejections

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Perfect-Asparagus300 ·

    Any Advice for what Industry is looking for in ML PhDs? [D]

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