How I Landed an Internship at Google — as a BOLD Finance Intern

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So you want to land an internship at Google? Here’s how I got into the BOLD Program as an Associate Financial Analyst based out of the San Francisco office. Google BOLD is essentially the program for non-technical roles. Ranging from Finance, Marketing, Legal, Public Relations, Customer Support, and Sales.

First, a little bit on my background

• Studying Business Analytics and Management Information Systems at Florida International University
• First generation, Hispanic student based out of Miami
• Previously interned at Citigroup as a Sophomore, and at an AI startup and Venture Capital firm as a Freshman. More on that in this article.

How I got my foot in the door at Google

I was part of a computer science organization at my university called Upsilon Pi Epsilon. I wanted to learn more about coding and improve my technical skills so I went to meetings and met people there. The organization brought developers and recruiters ranging from Facebook to JP Morgan to Google.

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