Internship tips & tricks for PPO.

dont name the firm directly, but any hints?

From my past experiences of converting an internship to PPO, I believe you should take these steps: 1. If your mentor/manager seems to busy with their work, you would have to step up, and set a recurring meeting: daily/once in two days with mentor and weekly/biweekly meetings with the manager. YOU are responsible for getting your own PPO, not your mentor/manager. However I'd like to mention that companies with good culture already have this in place and make sure interns are taken well care of. 2. As soon as possible, discuss with mentor about your goals for the next 2 months. Try to get an high level overview of the problem statement/feature/tasks you would be working on. If the situation is that even he/she is not sure about what you would work on, please be honest with him/her and mention that you would want to get a PPO at the end of the internship, and so it would be very helpful if you can get some clarity of future tasks. 3. Maintain a daily/weekly progress journal for yourself. This immensely helps at a personal level to see what all you have been doing. I also recommend you take an initiative to start an email thread and share your weekly progress with your mentor/manager. Even if they don't reply it's fine, what gets SEEN, gets Rewarded. (Not to mention, please don't fake about anything, be ethical) 4. Are there other interns? If yes, catch up with them and see how things are progressing in their teams. See if you could pickup any nuances from them and apply for your team.