{"id":4605,"date":"2020-07-27T13:41:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T20:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/?p=4605"},"modified":"2022-11-07T13:11:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:11:54","slug":"when-internships-go-virtual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/blog\/life-at-intuit\/when-internships-go-virtual\/","title":{"rendered":"When Internships Go Virtual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the idea of a virtual internship doesn\u2019t sound too compelling, try thinking outside the box. That\u2019s what Intuit did for our latest crop of interns. While many companies chose to scrap their internships this year, Intuit pulled out all the stops to keep our interns engaged, learning and growing, despite the challenges presented by COVID-19. For Amaranta Quintero, a project management Intern in the San Francisco Bay Area, the positive experience started in the interview itself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4606\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4606\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Amaranta.jpg?w=351\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Amaranta.jpg 351w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Amaranta.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Amaranta.jpg?resize=300,300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amaranta Quintero (Bay Area, US) &#8211; Project Management Intern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cIntuit seemed like a really fun place to work,\u201d says Quintero, a Business Administration major at San Jose State University. \u201cThe team dynamic was something I just really wanted to be a part of, whereas other places I interviewed for seemed to treat the interview as a chore.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The idea of onboarding over Zoom left some interns worried. Zena Kipkenda, a software engineer intern from Nairobi, Kenya, had completed an in-person internship last year and wasn\u2019t sure what to expect with going remote. But she said her team, the Early Careers team, and her manager did a great job of smoothing the path.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4613\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4613 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zena-kipkenda.jpg?w=480\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zena-kipkenda.jpg 480w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zena-kipkenda.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zena-kipkenda.jpg?resize=300,300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zena Kipkenda (Nairobi, Kenya) &#8211; Software Engineer Intern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"bp-page-1\" class=\"page\" data-page-number=\"1\" data-loaded=\"true\">\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"textLayer\">\u201cWe had a Product Design orientation boot camp that was a really fun and great experience,\u201d says Kipkenda, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Computer Science.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"textLayer\">Product manager intern Lucas Miralles from Barcelona, Spain said he was \u201ca bit afraid\u201d of starting a new job from home. But he was wowed by a Town Hall on his first day with <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/company\/executives\/sasan-goodarzi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sasan Goodarzi<\/a> where he learned about Intuit\u2019s strategy, vision, direction, customer needs, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4611\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4611 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas.jpg?resize=150,81 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas.jpg?resize=300,162 300w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas.jpg?resize=768,415 768w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas.jpg?resize=1024,553 1024w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas.jpg?resize=740,399 740w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas.jpg?resize=720,389 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucas Miralles (Barcelona, Spain) &#8211; Product Manager Intern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\u201cMy experience has exceeded my expectations,\u201d says Miralles, who is halfway through a Carnegie Mellon University MBA program at the Tepper School of Business.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Meeting other interns<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The interns have had to rely on new ways of connecting with each other. Kipkenda says Slack channels have helped\u2014in particular, one for women software engineer interns which has led to weekly virtual lunches.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt has given me a chance to talk with other members of the team who I might not get to chat with on the day-to-day,\u201d Kipkenda says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Miralles says the virtual meetings he\u2019s been having with team members once a week or more have greatly extended his network of co-workers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I was supposed to be based in San Diego, but this virtual world has allowed me to build connections with people from other offices,\u201d he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4608 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-8.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-8.jpg 1249w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-8.jpg?resize=150,87 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-8.jpg?resize=300,173 300w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-8.jpg?resize=768,444 768w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-8.jpg?resize=1024,592 1024w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-8.jpg?resize=740,428 740w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-8.jpg?resize=720,416 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"bp-page-2\" class=\"page\" data-page-number=\"2\" data-loaded=\"true\">And who says those serendipitous encounters that sometimes happen in real life can&#8217;t also happen virtually? During a Product Design boot camp, Quintero recalls briefly <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">meeting an intern in a breakout group, then coincidentally finding herself in the same group as that person again.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-page-number=\"2\" data-loaded=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\u201cWe got on so well that we Slacked each other and have been doing happy hours twice a month,\u201d Quintero says, adding that the two of them are already making plans to meet in person. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for the virtualness we would have never met!\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Why Intuit?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>What made this year\u2019s interns choose Intuit in the first place? Kipkenda says she was attracted by Intuit\u2019s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I). It showed in the company\u2019s support for CODE2040, a mentorship program for Black and Latinx college students that Kipkenda did in 2018.\u201c<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am really passionate about D&amp;I within the tech industry and I definitely wanted to join, and stay at, an organization that was dedicated to D&amp;I initiatives as well,\u201d she says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For Miralles, who was a product manager before starting his MBA, it was all about Intuit\u2019s focus of Design for Delight (D4D), Customer-Driven Innovation (CDI), and design thinking.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4607 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg 1760w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=150,65 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=300,130 300w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=768,334 768w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=1024,445 1024w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=1536,668 1536w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=740,322 740w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=1440,626 1440w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capture-1.jpg?resize=720,313 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible way of building products,\u201d he says. \u201cI wanted to learn that and found Intuit was a world-class education for PMs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And then there\u2019s our two-day virtual Intern &amp; Co-op Summit that took place last week. Themed \u201cEmpower to be,\u201d it gave interns exposure to senior leaders including Sasan and Intuit co-founder ScottCook, as well as an overview of our products. It also featured breakout sessions on everything from our strategy and security to data analytics, Kubernetes, DevOps, D4D, and more. It even included a We Care and Give Back(WCGB) game show! (WCGB is Intuit\u2019s volunteer program allowing employees to give back to their community through both time and money.)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4610 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg 1858w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?resize=150,67 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?resize=300,134 300w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?resize=768,344 768w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?resize=1024,459 1024w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?resize=1536,689 1536w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?resize=740,332 740w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?resize=1440,646 1440w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Great-Give-Back-Game-Show.jpg?resize=720,323 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hitting the ground running<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hat use is an internship if it doesn\u2019t\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">give<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0opportunities to learn and grow professionally? Quintero says the internship has transformed her understanding of project management<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. She\u2019s been tasked with planning and hosting intern events within the Intuit platform<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hone<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0her team-building and communication skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019m g<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">etting a lot out of it,\u201d she says. \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I assumed that a project manager worked more by themselves and only relied on people to do specific tasks, but during this internship, I am realizing what a te<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">am effort an entire project is.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kipkenda<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s main goals for the summer\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was to gain experience developing with mobile technologies.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Her\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">manager\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">made sure she got what she came for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This has really helped me grow my technical skills\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in mobile services\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and I&#8217;m glad to have had the opportunity to do so alongside brilliant engineers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d she says<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In these challenging times, it doesn\u2019t hurt that the internships have also been fun! Whether it\u2019s hanging out with their peers virtually, playing virtual games, or talking shop, the interns say it\u2019s been a blast. In one\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">virtual session,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Miralles\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">recalls a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDesign Manager\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Breakfast<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0where participants learned how to cook hash browns over Zoom.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt was a lot of fun,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4609 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg 1827w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?resize=150,57 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?resize=300,115 300w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?resize=768,294 768w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?resize=1024,392 1024w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?resize=1536,588 1536w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?resize=740,283 740w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?resize=1440,551 1440w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Empower-to-be-selfies.jpg?resize=720,275 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Quintero, the icebreakers are where it\u2019s at.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe team I\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m working on makes meetings so fun with ice breakers like Pictionary, Emoji games and trivia<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d she says. \u201cI know intern<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at other companies who\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">say their managers don\u2019t\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">even\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">turn on their cameras<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u2019m like<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0how do you do that?<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">!\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4612 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png 2880w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=150,94 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=300,188 300w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=768,480 768w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=1024,640 1024w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=1536,960 1536w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=2048,1280 2048w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=740,463 740w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=1440,900 1440w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Movie-day.png?resize=720,450 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Want to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hear more\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">straight from the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">interns\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">themselves? W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">atch the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ILZ-u-Fx1kA\" target=\"_blank\">National Intern Day 2020 video<\/a>, which includes\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">some creative rap by<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0intern\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">JaM<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arcus<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Toomer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (yes, it is possible to rap about 1099s and T-Sheets!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please vote today for Intuit\u2019s internship program on <a href=\"https:\/\/a.pgtb.me\/hx71hR\/rdfJR?we=81508807-247742516\" target=\"_blank\">Wayup 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the idea of a virtual internship doesn\u2019t sound too compelling, try thinking outside the box. That\u2019s what Intuit did for our latest crop of interns. While many companies chose to scrap their internships this year, Intuit pulled out all the stops to keep our interns engaged, learning and growing, despite the challenges presented by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151418277,"featured_media":7762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rkv_browse_by_id":0,"rkv_cta_id":0,"rkv_optimize_for_pagespeed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"useModifiedDate":false,"customPublishDate":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1383],"tags":[],"intuit_collection":[],"intuit_series":[],"coauthors":[1399,237496056],"class_list":["post-4605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-at-intuit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When Internships Go Virtual - Intuit Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/blog\/life-at-intuit\/when-internships-go-virtual\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When Internships Go Virtual - Intuit Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If the idea of a virtual internship doesn\u2019t sound too compelling, try thinking outside the box. 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