How to Crush Your Final SWE Internship Presentation

Communicating accomplishments and growth to leave a great final impression

Lindsay Zhou
SWE Tea

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Photo by Matthew Osborn on Unsplash

As we head to the end of August, thousands of interns are reaching the ends of their summer internships. The summer goes by quickly, and one of the last tasks for many interns is to encapsulate their internship experience into a final presentation.

Often, final presentations are a way to show off what you’ve accomplished to a wider audience within your company. This may include your teammates, other interns, full-time employees in your org, and senior leadership. For many people, delivering this final presentation is nerve-wracking, so let’s talk about a few ways that you can give a great last impression (for the summer).

Key Components of a Final Presentation

There are countless ways that you can put together your final presentation, but there are two major themes you should be sure to touch on — your accomplishments and your growth.

Accomplishments cover what you achieved over the summer. This might include completing projects, reaching goals, or attaining relevant certifications.

Growth includes all of the ways in which you progressed personally or professionally during the…

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Lindsay Zhou
SWE Tea

Tech enthusiast. Hobbyist writer. Linguistics buff. Building tech, art, and worlds from nothing but air and ideas. (Ok, and a laptop.) She/they.