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PhD student struggles to land internships, graduates without experience

A PhD student shared their disappointing experience attempting to secure internships during their doctoral studies, ultimately graduating without any internship experience. Despite initial promises from a supervisor about connections to big tech, the student faced repeated rejections and failed team matching processes. This lack of internship experience has left the student feeling disadvantaged in the job market, even with some post-PhD collaboration offers. AI

IMPACT Highlights the difficulties PhD students face in translating academic research into industry internships, potentially impacting the pipeline of AI talent.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of a personal account and discussion about the challenges of securing PhD internships, which falls under commentary.

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    Graduating Without a PhD Internship [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>In early 2022, I was deciding between PhD offers. The deal maker was a prospective supervisor telling me that through their connections with big tech, I would be able to do a PhD internship each summer, which was one of my main goals for the PhD.…