Accenture

The programming team that accommodated me was very warm and friendly.

I didn't feel like I learned enough. The team didn't seem to have a definite plan on how to include me, so they just gave me simple tasks. Most of which were to write scripts for copying records from spreadsheets.

I was hoping to do bigger tasks sometime in my stay, like some software development work, but my duties remained small and narrow.

Keep up the friendly and encouraging atmosphere, but give your interns a chance to stretch their legs a bit more by assigning them challenging tasks. They feel anxious about not getting enough value for their internship and can end up feeling unhelpful and unmotivated when they are left with unimportant duties the entire time. Interns can be surprising in their capabilities, and when given enough guidance, could serve as valuable resources who can help alleviate some of the heavy tasks crowding the team's backlog and improve your output.