Be interesting (and other ways to help land a job/internship at a startup)

If you're coming from a technical background, as part of the <i>Be active in social media</i> I'd add <i>Have some code of yours in an open repository</i>. Be it some weekend-hacked project, or a contribution to an open source project, or a well-written lab exercise. That gives an edge.

I wish that some of the professors my 2nd year at business school shared your point "Be authentic &#38; have an opinion." Some were very old school and we spent ten frustrating weeks building a resume by talking about more font sizes and margins than content. My resume is usually the most helpful when interviewers see that I was the president of a rock climbing club and we have a truly organic conversation about the sport. Now after they see 50+ nearly identical resumes they still remember the climber. Always share some personality.

Great advice. I'd say managing the results you get when googling your name is important as well. You could write 500 blog posts, but if the blog itself can't be found easily, what good is that for?

If you like node.js, backbone.js, redis, mongodb and looking for an internship in San Diego, CA. Let me know. We're a small team with big plans.

This advice helps you not only land the role, but keep it. Companies love having interesting people work for them.