Guides for applicants
Practical guides for engineering students applying for internships and entry-level jobs in India. Where a guide makes a claim about postings, it says how many it looked at.
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Before you apply: seven checks for an engineering internship posting
Most postings are what they say they are. These checks take a few minutes and catch the ones that are not: fees, missing pay, mislabelled experience and terms left for the last paragraph. Guide · 4 min -
Intern, trainee, apprentice or entry level: what the job title tells you
Job titles are written by recruiters, not by any rulebook. We counted the words in the titles of 2,579 engineering postings in India, and the title rarely settles what you need to know. Here is what each word usually signals, and what to read instead. Guide · 4 min