This summer, she’s working with Google Photos on the Android development side in New York City. She previously worked for Google’s Core and Shopping team in Sunnyvale and Mountain View.
Qi recommends applying for a Google internship sooner rather than later, as she feels there can be an advantage to interviewing early in your college career. You might not get the highest levels of technical questions as a freshman when interviewing, for example.
But when it comes to getting a return offer, it’s about everything that comes after you get the job, according to Qi. She’s received two return offers so far and while there’s no perfect formula, these are the four tips she recommends to current Google interns hoping to come back.
Get to know your host
Google interns are assigned a host or manager, and Qi said she considers them the “number one most important person in your internship.”
At the end of each internship, Qi said hosts have to complete a review of how the intern performed. Some of the metrics can include improvement, communication with the team, and code quality.
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Qi said she used to meet with her host once every couple of weeks during her first internship. Now, she said meets with her host basically every day, and it’s a game changer. She speaks with her host about the progress she’s made and any blocks she encountered.