{"id":17824,"date":"2018-11-16T17:47:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=17824"},"modified":"2019-06-07T12:44:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:14:05","slug":"i-interned-with-a-start-up-during-my-first-semester-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/i-interned-with-a-start-up-during-my-first-semester-break\/","title":{"rendered":"How I interned with a start-up during my first semester break"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAbout the Author<\/strong><\/em>: Shivansh Soni is a student of O.P.\u00a0Jindal University, Bhopal. He shares how he secured an internship despite being a fresher with no work experience<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was eager to gain experience in the corporate world so, after I completed my first semester, I began applying to internships at various start-ups. Throughout the\u00a0<\/span>interviews that I gave, I observed that the\u00a0<\/span>companies were looking for\u00a0freshers with experience,\u00a0which seemed to be an odd combination. While I was on the lookout for internships, I came to know about Internshala through<\/span>\u00a0my college’s placement cell and applied to a few internships available on the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

I got shortlisted by a couple of companies like\u00a0Nocializer\u00a0and Party Scenes.\u00a0<\/span>I received a call from an employee at\u00a0Nocializer <\/strong>who confirmed the information that I gave while applying for this internship and set up a telephonic interview with Mr Sanju Nair, the founder of Nocializer. At the scheduled time, Mr Nair called me and asked me to give a brief self-introduction. He then explained what my tasks would be if I were hired and\u00a0inquired about my social media marketing\u00a0skills. I had no prior experience in it; I mentioned that I had a few friends who could help me with the tasks. He also asked me why I started applying to internships at such a young age, and we discussed the number of hours I would be able to put in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon, I received an email stating that I was selected by\u00a0Nocializer, which is\u00a0a social networking app that helps people socialize with each other, as a sales and marketing intern. My responsibility as an intern was\u00a0<\/span>to obtain\u00a0300 sign-ups on their app within a month.\u00a0<\/span>After getting<\/span>\u00a0the sign-ups, I was required to send an Excel\u00a0report including the email ids of the people who signed up through me for keeping\u00a0a track. To ensure that they made successful sign-ups, I asked them to share a screenshot with me along with their email ids. I was able to complete my task of getting 300 sign-ups within a week.\u00a0<\/span>Mr Nair himself congratulated me on this and extended me the opportunity to introduce business-to-business commerce in India for\u00a0Nocializer through Nocializer Biz<\/em>. The idea behind\u00a0Nocializer Biz\u00a0<\/i>was to communicate with people near the business location and convert them into customers. As a part of the\u00a0Nocializer Biz team, I had to convince a few salons, cafes, convenience stores, and restaurants to advertise using our app, which would help them find new customers. I first approached a Jawed Habib salon and persuaded them for using our platform for their advertisement needs,\u00a0but by their response, it was quite clear\u00a0that they weren’t interested. Then, I went to Kafe Kulture, a local cafe which was a hotspot among teenagers. I explained the importance of social media marketing, and\u00a0how the\u00a0Nocializer app would\u00a0<\/span>help them get more customers for free.\u00a0<\/span>I successfully got their permission.\u00a0I realized that I should target places which are popular among teenagers and have owners who might be open to the idea of social media marketing. By the end of the week, I was able to get 3 cafes, 2 salons, and 2 convenience stores on board. In the last week of my internship, I gave a brief presentation about Nocializer’s competitors in the market and with that, my stint at Nocializer was officially over.\u00a0<\/span>I was extremely happy to have done this internship because I learnt to communicate in a corporate setting, gained the confidence to put forth my views and lead presentations, and became persuasive. <\/span><\/p>\n

Are you a fellow fresher lacking experience? Don’t let that hold you back anymore. Apply to exciting new internships here<\/a> and take your first step into the professional world now!<\/em><\/p>\n

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