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Initial Email you will receive after submitting your application

Hi All,

Thank you for your submission to the WEHI Student Internship Program. Because this is a popular program it is difficult to reach out to everyone with a one-on-one interview.

If you are granted an interview, I will be contacting you by email to arrange a way to provide an informal interview. Please let me know if you need to make other arrangements (such as being outside Australia) as I can be flexible.

If you are not granted an interview, I will let you know as soon as I can by email that you are on a waiting list.

To make things clearer, I have provided the questions I will be asking in the call. Please look through the questions and the website to be prepared for the call.

  1. How do I pronounce your name? I may ask you this question to ensure I do the best I can to pronounce your name.
  2. This is an unpaid, 100% remote internship. This means all meetings are virtual. Are you OK with this?
  3. We take Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion seriously. We have a Code of Conduct that you have to abide by that is in the WEHI RCP Student Internship Handbook on page 10. Have you read it and are you willing to abide by it?
  4. Our most successful interns are organised, communicate well and ask lots of questions. How can you demonstrate that you will be organised? What do you use to organise yourself (how do you use your calendar, how do you prioritise, how do you take notes)?
  5. Are you willing to have at least 4 touch points per week with your supervisor (project meeting, weekly group email summary, and two other interactions)?
  6. How can you demonstrate that you are willing to ask 10+ questions per week in this internship - even if you feel embarrassed or feel uncomfortable? For example, some interns have asked 23 questions in 15 minutes, 20 questions in 30 minutes, and Rowland can ask 25 questions in 30 minutes.
  7. Are you able to work around 6 hours per week if you are an Open Source Contributor, around 8 hours per week if you are from the Faculty of Science at University of Melbourne, or around 24 hours per week if you are from the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Melbourne? Please note the expectations around the Open Source Contributors as well.
  8. What projects are you interested in and why? You can read more about them in this summary of projects for Summer 2025/2026.
  9. I will then show you the projects that are currently still available based on your interests.
  10. I will then explain the next steps to you - see the What happens next? section on the How to Apply page
  11. I will ask you if you have any other questions.

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One final note - this internship you only get out of it what you put into it. If you are proactive you will get a lot of benefit from the internship, if you are passive and expect to be told what to do, you will struggle.