Startups and mid-market teams hire interns on a marketing site long before they buy Greenhouse. The form should ask for the cycle (summer, autumn, spring), a resume or CV, and why the placement matters—language that works for US unpaid-versus-paid debates and UK sandwich / industrial placements.
Use a new form per summer so last year’s applicants are not mixed with this cohort.
US wage-and-hour and UK NMW rules are not solved by a form, but honesty in copy reduces junk applications.
Put dates above the fold.
Invite to a case study or video screen from a real calendar, not from a spreadsheet of Gmail.
An internship application is a time-boxed request to join a team while studying. US programmes care about graduation year, CPT/OPT conversations after an offer, and whether the intern can be in the office for ten weeks. UK programmes care about sandwich-year length, visa sponsorship honesty, and whether the student needs a graded placement report.
Unlike a full employment application, you should not demand a decade of jobs. You need evidence of coursework, projects, and dates that match the academic calendar.
Students apply from library Wi-Fi between lectures. A twelve-page form loses the people you wanted.
Do not collect passport scans or Social Security on this form. US I-9 and UK Right to Work happen after a written offer.
Campus career services push Handshake and TargetConnect. Company sites still need their own intake.
Best when the programme has a story, photos of last year’s cohort, and a deadline.
Great for volume on campus. You do not own the CSS or the export timing.
Resumes arrive without the term dates you need. Use it as a top-of-funnel, not the system of record.
Still how UK SME placements happen. Point the professor at this URL so you get structured rows.
Seed-stage companies often have a Next.js marketing repo and no HRIS. Publish this form, turn on email to founders@, and export when the cycle closes.
If you recruit at US and UK universities, clone the page: resume and ZIP on one, CV and postcode on the other.
Optional URL is enough for round one. GPA culture is stronger in the US; many UK courses do not issue a running GPA.
Ask whether they will require sponsorship in a later, counsel-approved question. Do not improvise legal wording on a public form.
You can rename labels. UK apprenticeship vacancies often need a separate government portal as well.
Tell applicants to put GitHub, Behance, or a Google Drive folder in the resume URL field.