Absolute Internship Reviews

Such a great beautiful experience! Everyday it was so good and beautiful and blessed to be there! During my internship I have a great time, great team work, so much new knowledge! As in for the program, my PC’s were INCREDIBLE, they were so nice, so helpful about everything, always very attentive, responsible and friendly. I made a lot of friends, gain so much experience how to get around in a new city with a different language, I had such funny moments, walked a lot of steps in a day. A experience I will never forget

1. Brief description of the host company/ organisation and supervisor(s)
ERITAGE Studio Gallery is a vibrant contemporary art space in Lisbon that champions artistic plurality and uses art as a tool for human development and corporate engagement. It is a dynamic hub where international exhibitions foster intercultural dialogue. The gallery is led by its Founder and Creative Director, Joao Marcus Cavalcanti—a former finance professional from Rio de Janeiro who transitioned to gallerist in Portugal. He has built a remarkable cultural bridge between Brazil, Portugal, and Africa through artist residencies and shared productions. Committed to social dialogue and sustainability, Cavalcanti steers ERITAGE as a space where contemporary art intersects with social consciousness, making it an incredibly inspiring environment to learn from.
2. Your job duties, contributions and accomplishments
My role as a Public Relations Intern was varied. My main responsibility was social media content creation and curation. I created and scheduled engaging visual content for Instagram including photography, reels and behind-the-scenes stories to promote current exhibitions and artists, greatly increasing the gallery's online engagement. I also carried out extensive research and reporting on galleries, visiting contemporary art spaces across Lisbon, looking at curatorial strategies and producing detailed reports that fed into our strategic programming. I provided direct support during the installation and de-installation of exhibitions, including handling artworks, setting lighting and display materials, and the safe packing and storage of works. These contributions have given me a holistic view of gallery operations from the public facing promotion to the physical logistics that take place behind the scenes

My experience in Stockholm is hard to define in just one word, although I think I did a pretty good job with the title earlier. I can start precisely with how sweet the whole community was, and not just referring to the program environment. When I went, I was aware that I was going to face a lot of challenges, even more so when thinking that I couldn't even imagine many of those challenges. It was exciting in a limited sense. Something I'm really grateful to this whole adventure for is giving me the opportunity to prove to myself how agile, quick, and relaxed I can be when facing new places, people, and moments.

Participating in a professional architecture internship in Japan allowed me to experience full immersion into Tokyo’s world-renowned efficiency culture.

Working under Japanese architectural standards refined my attention to detail, from millimetric plan specifications and flawless physical and digital models to rigorous material and color approvals. Also, the firm’s global environment, operating across Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Mandarin, significantly broadened my cross-cultural collaboration skills and global perspective.

Beyond the studio, exploring Tokyo and four additional Japanese cities alongside international colleagues turned personal goals into lifelong memories.

My experience with the Absolute Internship abroad program was incredibly valuable and memorable. Spending 6 weeks in Madrid, Spain, allowed me to gain professional experience while also experiencing a new culture, work environment, and a new sense of independence. One of the highlights of the program was the opportunity to work at Asesoria Debe Haber Asociaciones, where I was able to develop skills in establishing new nonprofit national or local organizations by working on founding their board or statutes. The internship gave me a better understanding of my career interests and allowed me to apply what I have learned in school to a real-world environment while also educating myself on how this country's system differs from that of mine and learning how this can help me build upon my current professional knowledge. Outside of work, living in Madrid allowed me to explore new places, meet people from different backgrounds, and experience the local culture. The program staff was extremely supportive and helpful, making the transition to living abroad much easier. Although there were some challenges, such as adjusting to a new environment and working for the first time at a location that aligns with my professional goals, along with a slight language barrier, these experiences helped me grow personally and professionally. Overall, I would highly recommend this program to other students considering an internship abroad. It provided me with meaningful professional experience, unforgettable memories, and a greater sense of confidence and independence.

Throughout my 2 months living and working in Madrid, I absolutely fell in love with the city. The culture, food, social scene, and environment was unmatched. Thanks to Absolute, I met some of my best friends while abroad. I am so lucky to have found such an amazing group of people to share this experience with including our program coordinators who were the BEST. On top of my actual internship which gave me so many great connections, I truly built a life in Madrid during my time there. This summer has been the best of my life, I gained so many friendships, learned so much about myself, and experienced places and memories that will last a lifetime.

This internship at LMF in Paris was genuinely eye-opening. It was my first real workplace experience, and it pushed me completely out of my comfort zone, from navigating the language barrier to adjusting to a professional environment for the first time. I got real, hands-on exposure to finance that no classroom could teach me, working on projects involving businesses with real, multi-million euro financing needs.

It wasn’t without its challenges. As the internship progressed, my role shifted more toward marketing and communication tasks (LinkedIn content, visuals, even some video editing), which pulled me away from the finance-focused work I’d signed up for and sometimes felt disconnected from what I was actually there to learn. I also found the rigid nine-to-five structure limiting; I would have preferred a system built around goals rather than fixed hours, since there were stretches of downtime that felt wasted.

That said, the positives outweighed the negatives. I learned so much about myself professionally,

After studying Mandarin for ten years, moving to Shanghai was the opportunity to turn years of academic learning into real-world experience. For the first time, Chinese was not simply a language I studied, but a tool I used every day to communicate, work and connect with the culture around me.
My internship gave me hands-on experience in an international business environment and taught me how to communicate and adapt across cultures. At the same time, living independently in China challenged me personally, strengthening my confidence, flexibility and ability to navigate unfamiliar situations.
What made the experience truly unique was being able to combine professional development with genuine cultural immersion. Shanghai became my everyday life, while travelling across China allowed me to discover how diverse the country really is beyond what I had learned in books.
For anyone considering an experience abroad, my advice would be to embrace every opportunity, especially the unfamiliar ones. I went to Shanghai looking for international experience in one of the countries I love most, and returned with new professional skills, a deeper understanding of China and an even clearer idea of the international career I want to pursue.

After studying Mandarin for ten years, having the opportunity to live and work in Shanghai was something I had dreamed about for a long time. This experience gave me much more than professional skills: it allowed me to finally use Mandarin every day, experience Chinese culture from within and understand what working in an international environment truly means.

Living so far from home also taught me to be more independent, adaptable and open-minded. From navigating everyday life in Shanghai to travelling across China, every day brought something new and became part of the experience.

To anyone considering doing the same, my advice is simple: go. Be curious, explore as much as possible, talk to people, try to understand the culture rather than simply observe it, and say yes to opportunities outside your comfort zone. You may leave with professional experience on your CV, but you will come home with much more. For me, China went from being a country I had studied and loved from afar to a place that truly felt like home.

I decided to do an internship abroad through Absolute internships with a question, "can I live and work in Japan comfortably?" and I can say with confidence that the experience they provided absolutely delivered a resounding "Yes!". I was delivered a painless process duing selection, and they found me the perfect company that I could use my skills as an english and history double major to make a positive impact that was appreciated by my host company (Yukari Japan Tour, a tour company specializing in sake brewery tours) and showed me how I can be valued for the work I can do. The expereicne was made fun and relaxed with fantastic coordinators that cared about the work they were doing with us and who seemed to genuinely want the best for us as both representatives of Absolute Internships and as peers. I made some wonderful memories with both my fellow interns and my host ccompany, and I will forever be grateful to Absolute Internships for fascilitating the making of them.