Communication: Sharing information clearly — updates, questions and problems — in meetings, chat and email.
Example
Instead of "It’s not working", you write "The login API returns 500 when the email contains a + sign. Steps are below."
Why Communication matters for IT interns
Clear communication saves your team time and makes you much easier to help.
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.
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- Accountability: Accepting responsibility for your actions and their results, including your mistakes.
- Collaboration: Working with others towards a shared goal — sharing information, helping and coordinating.
- 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 Communication?
Sharing information clearly — updates, questions and problems — in meetings, chat and email.
What is an example of Communication?
Instead of "It’s not working", you write "The login API returns 500 when the email contains a + sign. Steps are below."
Why does Communication matter for IT interns?
Clear communication saves your team time and makes you much easier to help.
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About the author
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.