General Motors

The best part of my intern experience at General Motors Lordstown was my mentor. My fellow interns and I each received our own mentors that we could go to with questions about the facility's policies and our specific roles. My mentor went out of his way to make sure it was a powerful learning experience for me, even though I was only there for the summer.

Furthermore, it was excellent to actually be a part of the car manufacturing process rather than simply shadowing other engineers. I was given relevant responsibilities which I could handle and was justly recognized when I carried them out successfully.

Each day there are new, unique things to learn and see on the floor of the plant. I recommend an internship here; just seeing the cars being manufactured makes the experience worth it.

The manufacturing atmosphere can be intense at times, and there are many roadblocks (in the form of people and processes) that will hinder you from getting your job done.

Just make sure that you quickly learn how to get around them and work with the few difficult people you will encounter.

Take on more interns at a time if you can. There are a lot of bright minds in school right now who I'm sure would be able to make the facility better in each department.