
The Yahoo Labs Internship Program is all about creating a positive experience for students. It is a chance for them to showcase their talents, develop new skills, and to get a sense for what it’s really like to work in a leading industrial research lab and to be at Yahoo. The program also gives hiring managers the opportunity to evaluate interns, as well as the intern’s work skills for possible future recruiting. Objectives include developing an internal and external presence for Labs interns; research program evaluation for continual improvement to ensure the program meets the expectations and goals of the students; and to identify potential recruits for Labs.
EditInternships are the beginnings of one’s professional development; so working at a company with strong professional development is beneficial. Overall, employees at Yahoo rate their professional development a C+, ranking them in the Top 50% of similar sized companies on Comparably.