what it was like to Intern at Spotify

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Күн бұрын

** disclaimer: these thoughts are my own, not Spotify's **
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00:00 - 00:42 Intro
00:43 - 01:08 The Team I was On
01:09 - 02:39 Summer Project & 'Demo Day'
02:40 - 04:12 PERKS!
04:13 - 04:39 Business Trip to NYC
04:40 - 05:45 Spotify NYC Office
05:46 - 08:22 What I didn't Expect #1 (Learning Curve)
08:23 - 12:29 What I didn't Expect #2 (Internship to Full Time)
12:30 - 12:44 Outro
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❐ SOCIALS
IG - @lillian__chiu
❐ LINKS:
Spotify Internship Page (applications are still open!): www.lifeatspotify.com/students
❐ MUSIC:
Lukrembo: / lukre
Lamp: / lamp
Memories: / memories
Cheese: / cheese
Castle: / castle
Home: soundcloud.com/lukrembo/home
Teapot: / teapot
Wine: / wine

Пікірлер: 36

@feliciaiskandar Жыл бұрын

You totally deserved the employment offer. I'm impressed by your hard work and diligence during your internship. I like your message at 8:12 "People are not necessarily gonna tell you exactly what to do. Instead, you're supposed to find what you want to do based on your interest and career ambition and you're supposed to go for it." It applies to all industries.

@janicewang7372 2 жыл бұрын

The networking sheet is so inspring and impressed! No pain, no gain. As a new grad from BA major, I learned so much from your videos. Thanks~

@tinaxuu5243 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, that's a lot of hard work and I truly respect you for that! I'm high school senior who wants to start networking and finding internships (as I enter uni) and this was so helpful :)

@KH-df3gw 2 жыл бұрын

Lilian I am impressed by your effort during your internship. You definitely earned your full time headcount! Thank you for sharing your Spotify experience!

@TheAholagirl24 2 жыл бұрын

These are such great tips! I am so doing all of them in my new internship. Thanks for the upload!

@AlricoAmona98 2 жыл бұрын

This is great I love the passion and hunger to learn you demonstrated in your internship

@LillianChiu101 2 жыл бұрын

thank you !

@minhvo6131 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such a helpful video since I am in the job-searching cycle right now. If possible, can you please do a video about how you develop relationships with employees in different departments during your Spotify internship? Thank you again :)

@vanesagomez367 2 жыл бұрын

Your video was amazing, thank you for sharing your awesome experience! Very inspirational. That Viva Latino concert must have been sooooo fun! 😍🥳 As someone who would love to work at Spotify someday, your video was very helpful. Thanks again!

@bobbysinha3549 2 жыл бұрын

loved your networking journey approach:)

@LeanoSamwinga Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video Lillian. I’m a 16 year old Intern at Accenture and im inspired to take on board the tips you gave.

@financialnutrition 2 жыл бұрын

Such a nice office! Great video, and story.

@coraliefe18 2 жыл бұрын

you are so inspiring aah thank you for your videos !!

@LillianChiu101 2 жыл бұрын

thank YOU!

@adriansilva1434 2 жыл бұрын

Lillian, I'm so excited about my internship at Spotify! I'm also going to be in the Miami office

@yes_eu_can 2 жыл бұрын

You definitely deserve this!! I wish I could redo my schooling and do what you did!!

@sophiet.winter7991 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I would be very interested in a video about how you did the networking part and how you felt about approaching your colleagues :)

@anniwu6424 2 жыл бұрын

I learn a lot via this video❤ thanks for sharing ！

@mirellysouzacalado3300 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@beloveddp 2 жыл бұрын

I really like your videos. All your experiences are so useful. Could you please share more about how to build practical relationship with people? Appreciate it.

@danaleshchuk2463 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thank you sharing! I am curious (as an introvert) what did you talk about with people when you were networking? :)

@kellylai2131 2 жыл бұрын

hey girl, this is so inspirational! aside from all the useful tips, do you mind sharing your visa journey on this? was spoify willing to sponsor you and that sorta thing? would love to hear more if you're comfy x thanks!

@DC-se3vr Жыл бұрын

I definitely want to apply for the user experience intern position now. It sounds fun.

@chounpiseth4778 Жыл бұрын

You speak very good

@qwertyuiop6115 2 жыл бұрын

How did you step out your first step to network with people? What did you say? Thank you for giving me feedback (am also Taiwanese interning in the states now)

@mananyadav4716 Жыл бұрын

This was a very helpful and inspiring video, I really loved your approach towards your work and I would try my best to do the same. Thank you for this beautiful video, I absolutely loved it💕✌💫

@dmd2803 2 жыл бұрын

Are you an international student on F1 visa ? I dont see a lot of international students getting roles at Spotify

@kathir2239 Жыл бұрын

OUTSIDE THE TOP 6 : AR , BR , CL , CO , PE AND MX

@justStardust940 2 жыл бұрын

so how did you get that full time offer though? like what you did was impressive but like you said, there was no head count for your team for full time offer, so what happened exactly?

@LillianChiu101 2 жыл бұрын

i think there were multiple things coming from me that impressed my team throughout my internship (which i was told). -Took the initiative to learn something new and was able to get good at it in a short time (aka SQL and anlaytics). basically the whole "drive your own development" motto at spotify. - was able to build trust with my manager (i never missed a deadline, and i always kept my maanger in the loop of my progress, and would actively share with him how I would like to furthur 'grow' myself) -tried my best with everything (instead of just delivering a presentation, I took the extra time to validate every number that was written in my presentation with DS, worked on the story telling and narrative with my manager, memorized the entire presentation, spoke to multiple teams to gather insights before writing my biz recommendations, and at the end that presentation actually became a real proj) -was able to build really good relationships with alot of ppl which is a big culture fit check (aka ending up becoming friends with my colleagues/ becoming their mentee, and i didn't realize until later that they also helped 'advocate' for my headcount) -actively seek ways to add value (i had a lot of free time during my internship, so after observing for a while what my team was working on, I laid out a few things i believe i could help on and pitched my manager. ended up actually working on real projects on the team and delivering something!) at the end they let me extend my internship for few more weeks while my team worked on getting a headcount for me.

@nitroschannel1597 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to know if the risk of being fired in Spotify is high, or not at all.

@kamertonaudiophileplayer847 2 жыл бұрын

Analysts predict that Spotify will take over Google soon, since Spotify is everything you can hear and certainly hearing more flexible than video.

@simphiwezungu2124 2 жыл бұрын

Please tell me you're the lady who created a Spotify inspired CV

@Maxmaxmax63 2 жыл бұрын

I’m happy that you found success in this and that you seem to enjoy it so much. However, wow, that networking tracker thing? It feels so contrived, these like fake business relationships that you are forced to foster just to develop your own career? Keeping track of anyone and everyone who may have a chance of an opportunity to give you a leg-up? Maybe I am reading too much into that but wow I now know for certain that I do NOT want to ever work in a tech company. It all seems way too inauthentic for me. I’m glad I am in a completely different field.

@chelseaamber3065 2 жыл бұрын

agree! inauthetic is the word - also things like kombucha on tap, arcade room, i get that it's for the purpose of enhancing workplace environment, but it's a bit sad seeing money go to these unnecessary things when we know how little spotify pay their artists that actually make the platform possible. My company in engineering have a really nicely designed offices & good amenities, and to me that's all you need out of a company office. If i want an arcade I'll go to an arcade haha, it's weird how much work is becoming peoples lives/families. Great video though Lillian, thank you for the insight

@Maxmaxmax63 2 жыл бұрын

@dramaroy I am a social worker in NYC and I assist the long term entrenched homeless get off the street and into housing. I love what I do.