Jared, Chloe, and LeeJun share how they’ve thrived in tech internships

For college students who hope to have a career in tech, a summer internship can be a great way to get familiar with the industry. Our program offers students a twelve-week internship in their field of study, which has expanded to include roles beyond engineering. This summer, product analytics intern Jared Williams, product design intern Chloe Jones, and product design intern LeeJun Park were given the opportunity to get acquainted not only with the company and our full-time team members, but with each other. 

Jared is a student at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, where he studies industrial engineering with a concentration in economic and financial systems. While he’s learned a lot about the industry in the classroom, his time here has given him a valuable peek into a whole new side of tech.

Chloe, a student double-majoring in both multicultural information design and marketing at the University of Maryland College Park, has also had the opportunity to dig into our products and how they relate to our users. Chloe said, “My project has been understanding the reasons why individual users come to use Dropbox, and making sure they understand how to use it on the first day of signing up. I’ve been exploring different ways to present information to users to get them started and see the value of Dropbox right away.”

LeeJun’s studies as a communication design major at the Parsons School of Design have set her up well for her internship. She is working on unifying our company’s design language to create a better experience for both users and Dropbox employees — with whom she’s had the opportunity to spend hugely beneficial time with.

As we’ve gotten to know many interns like LeeJun over the years, we’ve loved learning about the wide variety of passions and interests that drive them. This is why we coordinate dozens of intern activities, determined by a survey we send them to identify common interests.

Chloe is passionate about learning about different cultures through their food and is even teaching herself Korean in preparation to study abroad in Seoul in the fall; she got to explore her appetites with cooking workshops that taught interns to make food like dumplings or pizza from scratch. LeeJun is a diehard video game lover and has been showing her fellow interns how it’s done with hugely popular, snack-filled Super Smash Bros. tournaments in our game room that often run until 10 PM.

As a self-proclaimed “golden retriever fanatic” and nature documentary aficionado, Jared was able to get a taste of the wild side he loves when a group of interns went whitewater rafting. He was in the same boat as LeeJun, who found the experience a powerful way to connect with her fellow interns.

Stay tuned for more intern features to come, and keep an eye out for recruitment opportunities popping up in the fall. For information on other job openings, visit dropbox.com/jobs.