imo.im uses incentivized internship program to strengthen development team

Mobile messenger app, imo.im, has shared some interesting facts about its internship program, after news of Google’s lucrative program rose earlier this month. Rather than giving its interns remedial work, the company uses its program as a three month job interview, allowing them to build tools and software that is directly beneficial to the company.

imo.im’s intern recruiting is solely for people with background in computer science and development. It is all inclusive, reaching out to over 30 different countries, but still heavily embedded in the U.S.

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