Business Development Intern in Seoul

My name is Caroline. I'm from Germany and I'm currently studying International Business at Munich Business School.

[The company] mainly does overseas business connections, and my main job is to look for companies that possibly want to do business with Korean companies.

Until now I have not had any negative experience in Korea. It's a very nice country. I can only talk about Seoul, obviously, not the whole country, but it's a very nice city. It's very modern, and as it's different from Western cities you have to adapt a little bit, but because it's a huge city [unclear], there's a lot to see, and the mix between cultural history and modern is very well balanced. It makes it interesting, even staying for 3 months there.

I am very happy with the service that they actually provided, because it took a lot of stress off me doing it on my own, applying to an international company. I could always ask them questions via email, they responded very quickly, they were very honest with me about what the work environment was, and I was very happy with the process.

For an internship in South Korea, you should expect a few differences, especially regarding working hours. There are no fixed times: you come to the office at a time, and you leave whenever your boss asks you to. There are also dinners after work hours sometimes. So that is the main difference, but other than that it's not very different from other companies around the world and the experience I had before.

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