Collaboration: Working with others towards a shared goal — sharing information, helping and coordinating.
Example
You sit with a tester to reproduce a bug together instead of arguing over chat about whether it exists.
Why Collaboration matters for IT interns
Software is built by teams. People who collaborate well are often valued more than lone experts.
Where you will hear it
You will hear this term in everyday professional communication with your mentor, manager, and team. If someone uses it and you are not sure what they mean in your project, it is completely fine to ask; every team uses terms a little differently.
Related terms
- Accountability: Accepting responsibility for your actions and their results, including your mistakes.
- Communication: Sharing information clearly — updates, questions and problems — in meetings, chat and email.
- Constructive Feedback: Feedback that points out what can be better and how, in a specific and helpful way.
- Deadline: The date or time by which a piece of work must be finished.
- Email Etiquette: Writing professional emails: a clear subject, a polite greeting, short and specific content, and the right…
- Escalation: Raising an issue to someone with more authority or context when it can’t be solved at your level, or when it…
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Frequently asked questions
What is Collaboration?
Working with others towards a shared goal — sharing information, helping and coordinating.
What is an example of Collaboration?
You sit with a tester to reproduce a bug together instead of arguing over chat about whether it exists.
Why does Collaboration matter for IT interns?
Software is built by teams. People who collaborate well are often valued more than lone experts.
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Dhaivat has 16+ years of experience in the IT industry, working on AI and cloud technologies, project delivery, and engineering leadership. He has interviewed and mentored many interns, wrote The Lost Intern, and runs the non-commercial Career Impact Initiative, mentoring students for free.