Should I put an upcoming internship on my resume?
Listing an upcoming internship strengthens your qualifications by showing prospective employers that you have relevant experience lined up. It helps demonstrate that you will have specific skills and busy season experience completed before starting a potential full-time role.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1including the upcoming internship on the resumeDid this help you?
- 2leaving the upcoming internship off the resume until startedDid this help you?
- 3Leaving the accepted future internship off the resume entirely to avoid seeming unavailable for returning offers.Did this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm in a similar position as you, I just graduated and i have an upcoming winter internship and have been applying to full time roles starting summer/fall 2027.”source ↗
“I have opted to include the upcoming internship and assume that it strengthens my qualification (will have busy season completed before starting potential full-time role).”source ↗
“Would listing my incoming Big 4 internship strengthen my resume, or could it hurt my chances?”source ↗
“My thinking is that it could add credibility to my application, but I'm also concerned employers might be hesitant to hire someone who's already committed elsewhere”source ↗