Teen's Mobile App Earns Facebook Internship Offer, But She's Undecided

A California teenager created a mobile app for The Home Depot, won $10,500 in a contest, and impressed a Facebook official enough to earn an internship with the company. However, Business Insider reports that the recent high school graduate is so heavily recruited that she's weighing her options.

A California teenager created a mobile app for The Home Depot, won $10,500 in a contest, and impressed a Facebook official enough to earn an internship with the company. However, Business Insider reports that the recent high school graduate is so heavily recruited that she’s weighing her options.

Nive Jayasekar, 17, entered a contest to design a project organizer app for Home Depot, which would be used on Windows Phones. She was attracted to the contest during the Big Brand Hackathon for the prizes, but she ended up walking away with an offer to be a Facebook intern.

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