Intern for a Day Mandatory Orientation

Completion of this 30-45 minute, asynchronous online orientation is required in order for UMD undergraduate students to receive access to the Intern for a Day student application each semester. Students have until Sunday, February 27 at 11:59pm to complete this orientation. Visit go.umd.edu/ifad for more details.

What to Expect:

The purpose of this mandatory orientation is to give University of Maryland undergraduate students insight into how the Intern for a Day process works and how to best prepare for a job shadowing or virtual informational interviewing opportunity if we are able to match you with a professional through the program. It should take you approximately 30-45 minutes to complete the orientation.

You can find the dates and deadlines associated with completing this orientation for the current semester at go.umd.edu/ifad. After viewing all content and completing all "assignments" (3 quizzes, 1 activity) with full scores within this orientation, you will receive the Intern for a Day application in the days after the orientation closes.

What We Will Cover in This Orientation:

1. Background on Intern for a Day
2. Application/matching process, followed by a brief quiz for understanding
3. How to prepare for a job shadowing experience, followed by an activity and a brief quiz for understanding
4. How to prepare for a virtual informational interviewing experience, followed by a brief quiz