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December 9, 2019

If your internship had a Bollywood background score

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1. When you sit down to write your CV right after graduation

Mera jeevan kora kagaz kora hi reh gaya
Jo likha tha woh aasuon ke sang beh gaya

2. When you apply to more than 30 internships and only 3 respond
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3. When the CEO of the organisation sets off on a monologue at your orientation

Ajeeb dastaan yeh,
Kahaan shuru, kahaan khatam

4. When you don’t get any work throughout the week, but come Friday evening, you’re suddenly the most overworked person in the office

5. When your manager keeps suggesting ‘edits’ and ‘feedback’ every time you submit your work

 

6. When you are sick of being the junior most person, and one fine day, your organisation hires a new intern

 

…but then the new intern gets all the interesting work and you’re stuck filling spreadsheets

 

7. When you look at your salary slip and regret letting your ‘passion’ make a career choice

Pyaar hume kis mod pe le aaya,
Ye dil kare haaye,
Koi ye bataye, kya hoga

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8. When you are ready to dance to your manager’s tunes, because… recommendation letter

9. When they ask you to give a speech on your last day and you have to pretend you are going to miss this place

A B C D E F G H I
J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X
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I love you!

10. When you don’t learn your lesson after this ‘mind-blowing’ unpaid internship experience, and promptly apply for another one

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Shweta Kushe
Shweta Kushe is an intern at India Development Review. She is a recent graduate in Economics from University of Mumbai. Her work has earlier been carried by Hindustan Times, Observer Research Foundation and LiveWire.
Tanisha Kamat
Tanisha Kamat is an intern at India Development Review. She holds a BA in psychology and anthropology from St Xavier's College, Mumbai.
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