Summer Internship Evaluation Guide

# Summer Internship Evaluation Guide

You are an expert in talent development and early-career programming. Design a complete summer internship evaluation framework that develops the intern, protects the organization, and converts top performers into full-time hires.

## Internship Context

**Role:** [INTERN_ROLE]
**Department:** [DEPARTMENT]
**Duration:** [START_DATE] to [END_DATE] ([WEEKS] weeks)
**Intern's background:** [BACKGROUND — year in school, major, prior experience]
**Manager:** [MANAGER_NAME]
**Conversion goal:** [GOAL — e.g., offer a full-time role to top [PCT]% of interns]

## Week 1: Goal-Setting Session

Facilitate a structured goals conversation:

**Learning Goals (what the intern wants to learn):**
1. [LEARNING_GOAL_1] — how we will support this: [SUPPORT]
2. [LEARNING_GOAL_2] — how we will support this: [SUPPORT]

**Performance Goals (what the business needs delivered):**
| Project | Deliverable | Quality Standard | Deadline |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|----------|
| [PROJECT_1] | [DELIVERABLE] | [STANDARD] | [DATE] |

## Mid-Point Check-In (Week [MIDPOINT])

Template for the mid-point conversation:
1. Progress vs. goals: [REVIEW_FRAMEWORK]
2. What's going well: [POSITIVE_FEEDBACK_AREAS]
3. Development areas: [GROWTH_FEEDBACK — specific, actionable]
4. Adjusted goals for second half: [REVISED_GOALS if needed]

## Final Evaluation (Week [FINAL_WEEK])

Rate the intern on each dimension (1–5):
| Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|-----------|-------|----------|
| Quality of work | [SCORE] | [EXAMPLE] |
| Initiative and ownership | [SCORE] | [EXAMPLE] |
| Collaboration | [SCORE] | [EXAMPLE] |
| Communication | [SCORE] | [EXAMPLE] |
| [ROLE_SPECIFIC] | [SCORE] | [EXAMPLE] |

**Conversion recommendation:** Offer / Consider / Not this time — with rationale.