Looking to secure a tech internship and make the most of the opportunity when you do? This practical workshop is designed to help you navigate the competitive tech internship landscape with greater confidence and purpose.
Learn how to strengthen your resume, optimise your LinkedIn profile, and build meaningful professional connections that can help you stand out to recruiters and hiring managers. Through actionable insights and real-world examples, you will gain a deeper understanding of what employers look for during the internship recruitment process and how to position your experiences effectively.
Beyond the application stage, this workshop will also explore how to maximise your internship experience. Discover strategies for building strong workplace relationships, communicating professionally, taking initiative, and contributing meaningfully within your team. You will learn how to translate everyday internship responsibilities into impactful achievements that can strengthen your future applications, interviews, and career prospects.
By the end of the session, you will be equipped with practical tools and strategies to approach tech internships more strategically, from securing opportunities to creating lasting impact during your internship journey.
Who should attend:
- Undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in pursuing tech internships
- Students preparing resumes and LinkedIn profiles for internship applications
- Students looking to maximise their internship experience and build their future career
This is a pre-event workshop for NUS Career Fest 2026.
Directions to YIH-03-05 CareerSpace →
Speaker(s)
Speaker 1: Jeremy Briggs
Jeremy leads Global University Recruiting at The Trade Desk, overseeing early careers hiring across Engineering, Sales, and Business teams in more than 10 countries. Passionate about helping students launch successful careers, Jeremy has spent years designing internship and graduate programmes and partnering with leaders to identify and develop future talent. Having reviewed thousands of applications and worked with candidates around the world, he brings a unique insider perspective on what employers look for and how students can stand out in today's competitive job market.
Speaker 2: Peining Pan
Peining is a backend software engineer on the High Performance Computing team at The Trade Desk. She graduated with a degree in Computer Science from NUS in 2017 and have been working at The Trade Desk for over three years now.
Speaker 3: Jian Rong Loh
Jian Rong is a software engineer at The Trade Desk. He interned at The Trade Desk in 2024 while finishing CS at NUS, then returned full-time after graduating. He has also interned at 99.co, LSEG, and GovTech. He is hoping to share about what to focus on during internships and how to maximise internships for future opportunities.
Register by 25 August 2026.
(Registration will close once all slots are filled)
Career Workshops
Date: Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Time: 10am – 12pm
Event Venue: YIH-03-05 Careerspace
Faculties: College of Design and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, School of Computing, NUS Business School
Target Audience: All students
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