Check any internship before you join
Fake internships are common. Some charge a fee and send a certificate with no work behind it. Others take the money and vanish. These checks take ten minutes.
The four checks
A real internship passes all four. Ask about each one before you say yes.
They never ask for money before you are selected
A real internship is free to apply for and never charges for a certificate. If there is a fee, it comes only after you are selected, in writing in your acceptance letter, with the company name, before you pay.
How to checkAsk straight out: is there any fee, and when? Get the answer in writing before you pay anything.
You speak to a real person before you start
A real company wants to know who you are. Expect a call or a video chat with someone from the team, not just a form and a payment link.
How to checkAsk who your mentor will be and which team you will join. Vague answers are a warning.
Your acceptance letter names the company
Some companies call it an offer letter. It should carry the registered company name, its address, the name of the person who signed it, your dates, and your stipend if there is one.
How to checkLook the company up on the Ministry of Corporate Affairs site (mca.gov.in) and check that the name and address match. [REVIEW]
Your certificate can be checked online
A certificate is proof of work. If nobody can check it, it proves nothing. A real programme gives each certificate an ID and a page where anyone can enter it.
How to checkAsk for the check page before you join, and try it with a sample ID.
Red flags
One of these does not always mean a scam. Two or more, and you should walk away.
- Any payment asked for before you are selected.
- A fee to apply, to be selected, or for the certificate.
- A certificate on offer with no real work and no mentor.
- A promise of a job at the end.
- Pressure to pay today, with seats said to be closing.
- Payment to a personal UPI ID or a personal bank account.
- Only a WhatsApp number or a free email address, and no registered company name or address.
- A well known company’s logo, but an email address that does not belong to that company.
- Nobody has spoken to you, yet you are selected.
Check us the same way
We pass all four. Here is how to see for yourself.
- Free to apply. If you are selected, the internship fee is in your acceptance letter before you pay. No fee for the certificate.
- Our team calls you before any offer, and your mentor is someone from the team you join.
- Your acceptance letter names the group company you will work with. Our registered company is in the footer of every page.
- Every certificate has an ID that anyone can check at 3sintern.com/verify.
How we take payments
We take payments only on 3sintern.com pay pages, after you pick a time or get your acceptance letter. Your UPI app shows our registered company name. If someone asks you to pay anywhere else, or to a person, do not pay, and tell us.
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