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Post Internships on Flarebox

Publish internship openings and manage campus internship programs from one portal.

Posting an internship means publishing a student role so applicants can discover and apply. Flarebox lets companies post internships (including free-to-start posting), target campus networks, and manage applications — supporting summer and year-round campus internship programs.

Why companies hire through Flarebox

  • Post internship roles with clear eligibility and stipend details
  • Reach students inside campus communities
  • Screen with assessments when needed
  • Convert strong interns into fresher hires later

What posting an internship actually involves

Posting an internship means publishing a listing with the details students need to decide whether to apply — duration, stipend, location or remote status, and eligibility. Searches like post internship or post internship free are usually about the mechanics of getting a listing live, which is what this page walks through; the strategy behind why and how to build an internship program lives on the hire-interns page.

It's worth separating these two concerns even in your own head: posting is a mechanical, repeatable task you'll do every time you have an internship opening, while program design is a decision you make once and reuse across many postings.

Step by step: writing the internship listing

From the companydash Jobs tab, create a new listing and select internship as the role type. Fill in duration (e.g. 2 months, 6 months), stipend if offered, eligibility (year of study, degree, skills), and a clear description of the actual work involved — students filter heavily on whether an internship sounds substantive versus administrative busywork.

Be specific about what a typical week looks like if you can. A listing that says "assist the marketing team" attracts far less relevant interest than one that says "support campaign analytics and content scheduling for two product launches," even though both describe similar work.

Free-to-start posting versus deeper program tools

Publishing an internship listing is free to get started with once you've registered your company. If you're managing a full internship cohort program — multiple roles, a shared timeline, structured onboarding — you'll likely want the broader hiring strategy tools covered on the hire-interns page, and larger programs are worth discussing directly with Flarebox.

A useful way to decide which side of that line you're on: if you're filling one or two internship seats, a standalone posting is almost certainly enough. If you're planning a named summer internship program with a set start date and a batch of hires, you're closer to program territory.

Where the listing appears and how students find it

Published internships appear to campus-connected students browsing opportunities, and can also be surfaced through a campus drive if you're coordinating with a specific college's placement cell for a cohort hire rather than relying on organic discovery alone.

Students typically browse internship listings the same way they browse full-time openings, so the same rules about clear, specific descriptions apply — an internship listing competing for attention against dozens of others benefits from being easy to understand at a glance.

Managing applicants after posting

Applications land in the same companydash Jobs tab as full-time postings, but internship and full-time roles are tracked as distinct listing types so you're not mixing candidate pools by accident. Review applicants, attach an assessment if volume is high, and move shortlists to interviews from the same dashboard.

Keeping the two listing types separate also makes it easier to report on internship hiring specifically later, rather than having to manually untangle internship and full-time applicants from a combined list.

From a single posting to a full program

One internship listing solves an immediate hiring need. A repeatable internship program — with conversion criteria, mentorship structure, and a plan for turning strong interns into fresher hires — is a different level of investment, covered in depth on the hire-interns page. Start with the posting; build toward the program once you know the demand is there.

It's reasonable to run several individual postings over a year before deciding a formal program is worth building. Treat early standalone postings as a way to learn what works before committing to program-level infrastructure.

Getting started posting an internship

Register at /join/company if you haven't already, open the Jobs tab, and create your internship listing with clear duration, stipend, and eligibility details. Posting is free — coordinating a larger internship cohort through a campus drive is where it's worth a conversation with the Flarebox team about plan fit.

How to post an internship on Flarebox

  1. 1

    Register your company

    Create your employer account at /join/company.

  2. 2

    Open the Jobs tab

    Start a new listing and select internship as the type.

  3. 3

    Fill in the details

    Add duration, stipend, eligibility, and a clear role description.

  4. 4

    Publish

    Make the listing visible to students, or attach it to a campus drive for a cohort.

  5. 5

    Review applicants

    Track applications and move candidates through your pipeline.

Frequently asked questions

Can we post internships for free?
You can get started posting internships through the company join flow. Use the employer dashboard to publish roles and review applicants — contact us for larger campus internship programs.
How do campus internship programs work on Flarebox?
Post the internship, optionally run a campus drive with partner colleges, screen applicants, and track selections in the employer portal.
We need to post 3 different internship roles for the same summer batch — should we create separate posts or one listing?
Create separate listings for each distinct role, especially if the required skills or eligibility differ — this keeps applicant tracking clean and lets you screen each role against its own criteria. If you want all three coordinated as one cohort hire, consider running them through a single campus drive so timelines and interviews stay aligned across all three roles.
Is posting an internship free?
Yes, publishing an internship listing is free to get started with after registering your company. Larger cohort programs coordinated through campus drives may be worth a direct conversation with Flarebox about plan options.
Do we need to offer a stipend to post an internship?
Stipend is a field you fill in when creating the listing, not a requirement to post — but be transparent either way, since stipend expectations are one of the first things student applicants check before applying.
Can we convert an internship posting into a campus drive later?
You can post the internship on its own first and add a campus drive later if you decide you want a coordinated cohort hire with a specific college's placement cell.
What's the difference between this page and hire-interns?
This page covers the mechanics of publishing an internship listing — the fields, the process, the posting flow. The hire-interns page covers the broader strategy: program design, sourcing, screening, and converting interns to full-time hires.
How specific should the internship description be?
As specific as you can make it. A description that names the actual work — the team, the tools, a sample task — attracts more relevant applicants than a generic description, and reduces the number of mismatched applications you'll need to screen out later.

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