Big Blue Offers Extremely Rare Internship Opportunity

IBM offers a rare internship opportunity through its Extreme Blue Internship. The internship, open to technical (software development/programming) and business (undergrad/MBA) students, is perhaps the closest most will come to a dream job. Interns get to work on real-world, cutting-edge projects that either end up patented and utilized in one of Big Blue’s business units, or available as open source downloads a la Linux.

The Extreme Blue Internship is an incubator for talent and innovation. Interns have an opportunity to practice intrapreneurship at its best–creating technologies, business plans and go to market strategies for their new products or services.

Internships last 10-12 weeks per session (June-August in the U.S.). Interns work in teams of 4–three technical team members and 1 business team member–and are assigned sponsors and mentors who are foremost experts in their fields. Team projects are based on real business problems so interns work with the latest technology and the full resources of Big Blue. If done well, your project will end up a real project and you’ll end up with a j.o.b.

The Extreme Blue Internship takes place in IBM labs in the U.S., Canada, Europe, India and China.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Technical candidate qualifications

Minimum of three months software development experiences (programming in Javaâ„¢, C++, or C) in a commercial, research or open source setting
Minimum GPA of 3.0 (3.75 on a 5 point scale)
Ability to turn ideas into reality working closely with others in teams
Desired Skills:
Active contribution to professional communities (i.e. Open Source, IEEE, ACM, NSBE, SHPE, AISES, SWE, UPE, HKN, etc.)

MBA candidate qualifications

Demonstrated ability to work business issues in a highly dynamic, technology based environment
History of personal initiatives for exploring technology, illustrated by a clear understanding of Information Technology business trends
Participation in a new product development initiative
Significant contribution in a team based environment, both as a team player and a leader
Demonstrated creativity

The Extreme Blue internship program is focused on retaining our interns following graduation; therefore, priority is given to candidates who are within 12 months of their graduation date.

APPLYING FOR THE EXTREME BLUE INTERNSHIP

Technical applications are accepted year round for the following Summer.
MBA applications for Summer 2007 internships will be accepted starting in November 2006 thru February 2007.

Though applications are accepted year-round, the interview and selection process will take place in the following timeframes: spring (September - November), summer (September - March), fall (March - May).

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