What is an intern??

Question

What is an intern? What do they do? Do they get paid?? How can I become an intern?

Answer 1

An intern is someone who is learning a new job or profession by working for the company in the type of field they'd like to work in. Sometimes they get paid, but often times it's a free internship. My roommate is getting $15 an hour this summer to intern at an accounting firm though so you can do very good interning in the right professions. You can become an intern by expressing interest in doing so by companies offering internships or often times do it through your college campus or school.

Answer 2

An Intern gets paid to work for a short time at a profession that They attended college to learn about, You got to go to school. Some schools provide intern placement service.

Answer 3

A trainee. To be trained in certain business/prefession. In some places they get paid, but mostly not. One can become an intern by joining that organization -- be it a company or a med school or whatever.

Answer 4

Someone who meets a certain level of education but needs practical related work experience and gains it by working in the field in exchange for supervised experience and academic credit.