How To Crack Your First US Internship (& Transition to Product Manager Roles) - w/ Maya

In this episode, featured not-expert is Maya Mishra. Maya is a Masters student at Purdue University that has cracked the internship code. She secured offers from Amazon, Tesla (Engineering Program Manager), Walmart (Product Manager), HP (Summer), ABB (Fall) & Unilever (Fall) - and got interview call-backs from: Rivian, Volvo, Eaton, AMD, Schneider, Teksystems, Accenture, Eli Lilly, Honeywell, ServiceNow, Bosch, Carrier & Rockwell Automation. This discussion has every single thing you need to know to crack your first internship position in the US as an international student, and by the end of this episode you will know approaches and application strategies that work vs those that don't in terms of securing these positions. We also discuss how to negotiate your offer, ensure you have the most enriching internship experience possible, and everything in between. My goal with this episode is to capture Maya’s incredible knowhow derived from her personal experiences that anyoen can use to land often the most critical position of them all for international students - your first US internship.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Resources:Maya’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayamishra/Podcast YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5yt4hoYmvmpIiw_ENLFQATimestamps:(00:00) Background + Intro(01:28) Expectations V Realities of moving to the US(03:54) Helpful steps you can take before even landing in the US(06:17) Academics in India V the US(08:53) Teaching/Graduate/Research Assistantships + How to get them(10:39) Maya’s core internship hunting principles(15:52) How much time should you be spending on applications?(18:04) The optimal mindset for the internship hunting process(20:55) Maya’s career background prior to her MS(23:42) Secret sauce for transitioning into Product Management roles(28:52) Tailoring resumes - Yay or Nay?(30:19) Tesla Interview Process and Experience(35:10) Negotiating offers and other considerations(39:43) Maximizing internship experiences