Get ready for a work placement or internship

First placement, first real workplace. Get a plan for the first week, questions to ask and a way to leave with a reference and proof of what you did.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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Help me get ready for a work placement or internship.

Where: [company and team]
How long: [e.g. 2 weeks, 12 months]
What I'm studying or interested in: [subject]
What I'd like to get from it: [e.g. a reference, real projects, decide if this career is for me]
What I'm nervous about: [anything]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A first-day checklist: what to bring, what to wear (tell me to check), and 5 questions to ask my supervisor.
2. How to ask for work when I'm not busy, in words I can actually say.
3. A weekly log template: what I did, what I learned, one result.
4. How to turn the log into 3 CV bullet points at the end.
5. A message to my supervisor near the end asking for feedback and a reference.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

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Fill the blanks, then paste. company and team: a short note you already have. e.g. 2 weeks, 12 months: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

The prompt · Claude

Help me get ready for a work placement or internship.

Where: [company and team]
How long: [e.g. 2 weeks, 12 months]
What I'm studying or interested in: [subject]
What I'd like to get from it: [e.g. a reference, real projects, decide if this career is for me]
What I'm nervous about: [anything]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A first-day checklist: what to bring, what to wear (tell me to check), and 5 questions to ask my supervisor.
2. How to ask for work when I'm not busy, in words I can actually say.
3. A weekly log template: what I did, what I learned, one result.
4. How to turn the log into 3 CV bullet points at the end.
5. A message to my supervisor near the end asking for feedback and a reference.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

Stay in this Claude chat. Do not use a connector, and do not open a project that already holds someone else's files.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. company and team: a short note you already have. e.g. 2 weeks, 12 months: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

You type where the placement is, how long, and what you're hoping to get from it.

The assistant asks what you're nervous about and what you'd like to try.

You get a first-day plan, questions to ask, a weekly log and a message asking for a reference.

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First placement, first real workplace. Get a plan for the first week, questions to ask and a way to leave with a reference and proof of what you did.

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