How to get an

in theinte

rnship

In english for French people

?

I thought is was impossible until I tried

Heres

My english level

h w

Search and get a job

And what I did to improve it

Costs

Housing

Where, how, Visa

Visa, Trip, Housing, Food

Find the good one

My english level

before ...

... and after

Like most of the french students, I did

10 yearsof fill in the blanks exercices and it didnt help me.

I used MosaLingua Apps (~6 both)

I took private classes on LiveMentor

With Rachael, native from San Francisco

https://www.livementor.com/membre/Rachael-H

5 to 10 new cards a day with each app

Ive heard a lot of good things about duolingo too

https://www.livementor.com/membre/Rachael-Hhttps://en.duolingo.com/

Search and get a job

Search ...

twitter.com (#Search & @tweet)

angel.co(Mostly startups)

linkedin.com (Mostly big companies)

indeed.com google.com

https://twitter.com/https://angel.cohttps://www.linkedin.comhttp://www.indeed.com/https://www.google.com/

Order the offers by interest and

trainwith the less interesting ones

I failed miserably for my first interview and it was one of the startups I wanted the most.

their attention

You can have up to 12 months with J1 Intern. Use that!

Grab

They

otivation letter email

You

Why them?

Skills & Experience

Contact info

1 sentence: Name and what you do

1/2 sentences: What did you like about the website/strategy? 1 sentence: How long & when can you work for them?

3 bullet points: List of your main skills described with 1 sentence about your experience.

Website, Contact, Phone, Skype, LinkedIn, enclosed resume (US paper format),

! Tweet me something @pierrefaureweb, Ill forward you mine ;)

esume / CVR

You are not supposed to tell your age.

This is the resume I sent

ollow-up emailFPersevere

Show them you want this internship!

I sent a follow-up email with a pdf presentation " explaining why I wanted to work for them. I got an interview, then an offer :)

http://www.slideshare.net/pierre-faure/follow-up-email-presentation-get-an-interview

nterview

Prepare basic questions and a presentation of yourself. Practice. Smile. Ask interesting questions.

You must

sell yourself

Got a Yes?

Tell them its amazing and you are excited (Americans use excited a lot)

Excited to - work with you - be part of the team -

Visa J1 Intern

Your school must provide an internship agreement

You need to be a student

You can be paid

DS-2019, DS-160, insurance, sponsor documents, various forms

You will have lots of documents to fill

A training period & long-term internship can be a good leverage

Other visas

Up to 18 monthsNeed to have a masters degree + 1 year of professional experience

J1 Trainee

H1-BUp to 6 years This is a work visa, a company must sponsor you

https://www.google.fr/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=J1+trainee+visahttps://www.google.fr/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=h1b+visa

Costs

Visa

Travel Plane

You

Company $0

1500 - 2000

700 - 1500

You can negotiate with your company so they can help you

E.g. If we are satisfied at the end of the training period, would you be able to help me with the cost of the visa?

Depending on the duration & options Insurance is included with Parenthse

Depending on the location, date & stops

http://www.parenthese-paris.com/

Living in San Francisco

Housing

$650 - $1200Depending on the nb of roommates, location,

Shared

room

Studio

$1000 - $1800Depending on the nb of housemates,

location, size,

Food

Forget it

Private room

monthly

monthly$300 - $500

$alaries

In the tech industry you can definitely get a salary

People get astonishing salaries as intern and you have the same brain/skills/capabilities than them. They just sold themselves better, try hard, find ideas and get results!

Big company = Good salary

Small company = You negotiate

$0 to $7000 or more + equities (less likely)

$0 to $5000 or more + equities

Housing

I first got a $1100 deal without food, then a $850 deal food included :)

First housing

Then once you are in the city

AirbnbSafe and easy to use

Craigslist, coworkers, ...

It will be a bit more expensive the firsts months then youll find something there Be careful with people asking for money before visiting

Search ...

Go for

community livingyou will make good friends & meet awesome people

I lived with 35 people for 6 months in the same house and it was full of benefits

Pierre Faure

! @pierrefaureweb

Blog: pierrefaure.me

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