Computer Science Internship Story: USAA

Joseph Williams

Computer Science & Software Engineering

What company did you intern with and where are they located?

USAA, San Antonio

How did you identify and apply for your internship? Are there any specific resources you used to find the opportunity (i.e., Handshake, career fairs, other recruitment events)?  

Company Referral 

What was the application process like?

3 interviews. 1 technical!

Tell us about your internship experience. What types of tasks and projects did you engage in? Was there a particular project or part of the experience you learned the most from?

I was given ownerships of the beginnings of a recommendation system for USAA Bank credit card offerings to members.

In what ways did this internship help you prepare for your next destination after Auburn?

Gave me insight into modern large scale data science.

In what ways did your coursework or other experiences at Auburn prepare you for your internships? Are there specific topics or skills you learned from classes that you put into practice on the job?

Learning python, SQL, and machine learning from auburns engineering and statistics classes helped prepare me.