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VMware maintains a deep connection to its academic roots. We recognize that today’s students are tomorrow’s trailblazers and appreciate the opportunity to benefit from your fresh perspective while sharing our experience with you. We are looking for talented technical and business students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees, as well as new graduates to fill both internship and full-time positions. If you think you would thrive in our open, innovative, technology-driven culture, take a minute to learn more about us and then apply today!

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Culture

Thrive in a unique environment where the emphasis is on openness, collaboration and fun.

Career Paths

Choose your own adventure with flexible movement between groups and a strong promote from within culture.

Company

Ready to join us? Get to know us better, then search current openings and apply today.

Application Process

Step 1: Submitting a Resume
To apply for an opportunity, please submit a resume. A cover letter is optional. You may upload your resume and/or bring it with you to an event.

Step 2: Reviewing Your Application
Submitted resumes go into our campus database, where they are reviewed by our hiring managers.

Step 3: Initial Contact
If there is a possible fit for you, you will be contacted by one of our recruiters. Your interests and abilities are further discussed at this time. 

Step 4: Phone Screen
A phone screen is then set up to assess mutual fit. For technical positions, a technical interview is conducted. For business positions, a behavioral-based interview is conducted. Intern position candidates generally go through two or three phone screens, and then a final decision is made (moving directly to step 6). Full-time position candidates who successfully complete two or three phone screens are invited to an on-site interview (step 5).

Step 5: On-Site Interview
If you are interviewing for a full-time position, arrangements are made for you to interview at the location where your opportunity is based. At the on-site interview, you meet with the hiring manager and some of your potential colleagues. This is a two-way process, so we encourage candidates to use this as an opportunity to assess your fit and interest in the position, organization and company as a whole.

Step 6: Final Decision
The recruiter who initially contacted you communicates our final decision to you. Please not that the entire intern/new college grad application process generally takes two to four weeks. We will work with you if you have time constraints, so feel free to contact your recruiter to check your status at any time during the process.

Resume Tips

General Information

  • A resume serves as a snapshot of your education and experience.
  • Include your name, email, phone number, and address – both your permanent address and your term address while you are in school if you have one.
  • Do not include personal information, such as birth date, gender, race, sexual orientation, social security number, etc.
  • Resumes are generally 1 page unless you have 10+ years of experience.

Education

  • List the school(s) you are attending, the year(s) you began, and exact or approximate date(s) you plan to graduate.
  • Include your overall GPA(s) and your exact or estimated major GPA(s).
  • Do not include your secondary school or SAT information.
  • If you are working toward your master’s degree, please also list your undergraduate education.
  • List all courses relevant to your major. Please include course titles (mandatory) and numbers (optional).
    You may also include brief descriptions of courses.
  • If you are a master’s or doctoral candidate, detail any research that you have done. Include where research was conducted, under whom, length of time spent doing research and actual and/or expected results achieved.
  • If you have not done research, but have done significant projects in your classes, please include them here.

Work Experience
List intern or full-time jobs you have held, your title, name of employer, responsibilities, significant projects or accomplishments and duration of experience in reverse chronological order.

Awards
List any awards/distinctions you have received, what the award/distinction was for and when you received it.

Other Information
List any leadership roles you’ve held, association/club memberships, certifications earned, fluency in foreign languages, extracurricular activities, volunteer involvement, and/or interests/hobbies.

References
Do not include references. We ask for references from you if and when you go through our interview process.

Intern Activities

In addition to enjoying the benefits and perks granted to all VMware employees, a number of special activities are held exclusively for interns.

  • Baseball games
  • Ice cream socials
  • Scavenger hunts
  • Game nights
  • Movie nights
  • Museum trips
  • Poster sessions
  • Intern specific tech talks

Intern Experience

"VMware always was the place I wanted to work for. When I interned here last summer, I realized the meaning of freedom at work. Even as an intern I was given complete responsibility of my work. What impressed me the most is the trust people have in one other and the zeal with which people execute. These were the reasons I chose to get back to VMware after school. I guess what delights me here is the mix of intellect and fun-loving character among the people and positive energy around." - Gopala – MTS Engineer, Virtual Infrastructure Mgmt

I worked as an intern in summer 2007 in the Performance group. I worked on large page performance optimization in ESX and learned the core memory virtualization concepts in detail which couldn't have been grasped without working at VMware. The people here are friendly and helping which made my internship so easy and exciting. Although I was working in performance group but I got to interact with other teams like Kernel and Monitor group exchanging wild ideas, that’s the culture here at VMware. Not to forget about the intern-mentor-manager party which we had last summer was a blast. Last but not the least you get to go to the boot camp where you get exposed to almost every product VMware is working on which is pretty exciting. The superb experience at VMware left me with no choice but to join again as an intern this summer (2008) to work with the exciting and learned people.” - Qasim - MTS Intern, Performance Team

“I became a VMware Fusion fan when I decided to get my MBA at MIT Sloan. VMware Fusion allowed me to get a shiny new Mac and still comply with my school's Windows system requirements. I told all my friends about the product and even wrote a blog post about it. Needless to say I was thrilled when a Product Marketing internship position at VMware turned up months later. I'm working on a campaign to help consumers understand how virtualization can solve their application compatibility needs. From conception to implementation, I've been given a lot of decision-making power. I can't think of a better way to spend the summer than evangelizing a solid product that I use and love.” - Sandy – Product Marketing Manager Intern, Marketing: Desktop Solutions VMware Fusion Fan turned Marketer

“As a product manager intern, I have gotten the opportunity to work on both inbound and outbound activities. I was able to better understand the why and how of viral marketing, by producing YouTube videos, blog posts, etc.  In addition, I am gaining a more thorough perspective of the industry through my current project of competitive analysis of VMware's consumer products. Secondly, having an interest in entrepreneurial management, I really liked VMware's innovation-focused culture.  Being able to observe first-hand how a company manages such rapid growth was an aspect that really intrigued me about VMware.” - Jonathan - Product Marketing Manager Intern, Marketing: Desktop Solutions