#3 month Internship or 12 month placement between final years at FAANG?

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clever panther
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Hi all,
I am a CS student in the UK approaching the end of my penultimate year. I have an offer with a very big tech company (extremely happy with it) for a 3 month summer internship, but I am able to do a 12 month placement year with them as well, where I would delay my graduation by a year and work there for 12 months, before returning to finish my final year of university and then graduate.

some pros of 12mo
is 3mo enough time to shine? 12mo allows me more time to show that i deserve the return offer, as well as network and meet people
if i dont get the return offer, im in a better position for other jobs and have achieved a good pay that other places may not give me.
Having 1yoe means offers i get after graduation may be higher salary.
Get to be a student for an extra year? around friends, societies etc (its in the same city I live in and go to University in so not a big difference)

cons
i graduate later, so thats 1 year i could've worked on a grad salary earning more (assuming return offer). Also I'm very young so delaying start to the work force isnt terrible.
The "extra experience" will be gained after i graduate anyway, so its not really much of a benefit.
most interns do 3 months and a lot of them get return offers, shouldn't matter, as the chances of a return are the same so either path ends the same.
3 months at this company in a fast paced environment already provides lots of experience.
the CV boost will be the same either way, passing resume screenings will improve by the same amount.

I don't think either is a bad decision, I'm just unsure as to which is a better one, and I'm completely torn right now and was wondering if there was any guidance available.
Thanks!

tardy sapphire
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I think you've listed your reasoning very thoroughly and your last paragraph sums it up perfect: neither decision is bad. I'd say it's up to you and has more to do with factors outside of optimizing your work life i.e. relationships, living situation, etc.

empty nest
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Afaik placement year in the uk is seen as sort of a standard, so your cv may look more "normal" to local companies, but it probably won't matter much to international ones

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But as Heg said, you seem to have thought this through already, and either decision is good

clever panther
# tardy sapphire I think you've listed your reasoning very thoroughly and your last paragraph sum...

Thanks for the reply. I don’t see my relationships changing during the year as i live in the same city that I would be at university in anyway, and the internship is here as well so it’d be the same experience.

I suppose it’s pretty much te same thing either way, the big thing I am thinking about is that if I don’t get the return offer, 12mo experience here is much better than 3mo, and might help me leverage a better grad offer?

clever panther