Internship Application Form Template
An internship application tuned for potential over experience — studies, team preference, motivation, resume, and cohort commitment in one pass.
We hire interns for trajectory, not track record — most of our best people started exactly where you are. Tell us where you're headed.
Interns have thin resumes by definition, so an internship application that copies a job application measures the wrong things. This template redirects the signal: less about what a student has done, more about where they are in their studies, which team they want, and whether they can actually attend the program you are staffing around.
Why these fields. University, major, and expected graduation date establish eligibility mechanically — most programs require enrolled students, and graduation date tells you whether this is a penultimate-year candidate who could convert to full-time. The team dropdown does routing work: each application can land with the mentor who would actually supervise it, and the "no preference" option catches genuinely flexible candidates instead of forcing a fake choice. The motivation prompt is the heart of the form. Its placeholder asks what the candidate wants to learn, build, or prove — phrasing chosen because students who articulate a goal self-select for the ownership you hope interns show. The commitment question exists because cohort economics are brutal: onboarding, mentor time, and the final presentation all assume presence, and it is far better to learn about the six-week conflict now than in week three. The resume stays required but is understood as a formality — a PDF so formatting survives reviewers' screens.
What we left out. Years-of-experience brackets (meaningless for students and mildly humiliating to answer), GPA (predictive value is contested and it screens out working students; add a number field if your program truly requires it), references (ask at offer stage), and cover letter uploads (the motivation question does that job with less ceremony).
Who uses this. Startups running their first structured intern cohort, university-partnered programs collecting applications outside the school's portal, research labs staffing summer projects, and design studios that want a portfolio link question added per team.
Make it yours. Rename the teams to your real ones, then open the Logic panel and add per-team follow-ups — a portfolio URL when Design is chosen, a GitHub link for Engineering. Set the application window with a close date, or close after a fixed number of responses when review capacity is the constraint; the closed message can point students to the next cohort. Export to CSV when screening starts — the columns make a review spreadsheet with scores and notes a two-minute setup. Email notifications matter more than you'd think: rolling review with fast replies is a real competitive edge when strong students are applying to twenty programs.
One framing tip. The intro says you hire for trajectory. If that is true of your program, keep it — students read it as permission to apply without a perfect resume, and your applicant pool visibly widens within one cycle.
Frequently asked questions
Can we ask different questions per team?
Yes — add rules in the Logic panel like "when team is Design, show portfolio URL". Each team can have its own follow-up question without lengthening the form for everyone.
How do we close applications when the cohort is full?
Use the close rules in Settings: a hard deadline date, a response-count cap, or both. Late visitors see your custom message pointing to the next cohort.
What resume formats are accepted?
PDF up to 10 MB by default. Uploads are verified server-side, so corrupted or mislabeled files are rejected at submission rather than discovered during review.
How should we run the review?
Export applications as CSV and score them in a spreadsheet, or read them in the response view. Filtering by the team column splits the pile per reviewing mentor immediately.