In the midst of a hectic year in university, the fever of internship hunting struck me. I asked around for advice and stumbled upon XiMnet after hearing from Lewis, my university senior and a past intern in XiMnet. He talked me through 3 key points:- the vast learning opportunities available, the warm and cozy working environment, as well as the amazing people in XiMnet.
These aspects resonated well with what I expect out of an internship, hence I sent in my CV application and was contacted further for a Skype interview. After an exchange of emails post-interview, I secured myself a summer internship in July. All of these went down in December of the previous year. “So fast confirm already ah?” and “Huh, why not apply for others first?” were popular questions asked by my peers upon hearing my great news. Frankly, I asked myself these two questions too and struggled with the thought of applying for other internships or sticking with XiMnet. Eventually, I chose the latter after reading through experiences of past interns in XiMnet on their website. And boy, it sure was the right decision!
I can still recall the first day of work where I stepped lightly across the office to my workspace together with Krystal, who was another intern. We were so anxious about our first day to the point that we decided to discuss and coordinate our outfits the night before! It also certainly did not help to have 2 senior programmers who appeared to look very stern at first, mentor us throughout our assignments. However, as the days passed, we slowly began to accustom ourselves to the working environment and got to better know the people in XiMnet.
