The fastest way to get an internship in my opinion:

1. Find and shortlist firms. For ex, if I’m interested in a behavioral science internships, I’d search for behavioral science firms on google
2. Find LinkedIn accounts of the CEO and the head of the team of the area you want to work in. For ex, if you want to do a marketing internship, find LinkedIn account of the head of marketing.
3. Tabulate all this information in a spreadsheet
4. Begin reaching out to the CEO and heads of teams you’re interested in offering free work for a month and tell them if they like the work, you’d love to discuss paid engagements with them.
5. Minimum effort it takes to get an internship:
   • 100 cold messages/emails per MONTH
   • Follow up with each cold message/email 3x, so 300 follow ups per MONTH
   • Do this continuously for 6 months. You’ll have 600 cold messages/emails sent, 50 interviews landed, and hopefully 1 internship.