Companies Are Already Recruiting Their 2025 Summer Interns

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The starter pistol has sounded for college internship applications—for the summer of 2025. Companies in finance and accounting are now recruiting for interns nearly 18 months before college students would be expected to start. The investment bank Guggenheim Securities and the Royal Bank of Canada, in addition to accounting stalwarts Grant Thornton and PricewaterhouseCoopers among others, started advertising for 2025 summer internships this fall.

Many summer 2024 internship slots are already filled, several companies say. The advanced timeline means that college students who may have taken just one business class are trying to prove their mettle in competitive application processes that can launch careers after graduation. To prepare students, colleges are hosting recruiting events and prepping their students earlier.

Many applicants for 2025 are sophomores striving for a coveted internship after their junior year. The stints often lead to a full-time job offer before their senior year, career coaches say. “To find out I had to apply so early was really, really crazy for me," said Brayden Dam, a sophomore studying accounting at the University of Florida.

Dam, 19 years old, learned of the early timeline from a college adviser when he was a freshman. This fall, Dam applied to a few 2025 internships with accounting firms in Tampa, Fla. He was told that those offices were full and that he should try Orlando or Miami.

“I thought I was getting in early," he said. “But apparently I was even later than some people that had already filled up the slots." Talent advantage PwC and other companies say that the early deadlines help them scoop up talent that could go to competitors. PwC posted its summer 2025 internships for areas