Covent Internship Program

How it works

1. 1. Unpaid tryout project

   Pick a project from the list or pitch your own. Ship a working artifact and send it in. The first project is unpaid and reviewed against the published criteria.

2. 2. Paid project consideration

   If the tryout is strong, we may invite you to take on a paid project next. That step is separate from the first submission and is not guaranteed.

3. 3. Job offer consideration

   If the paid project goes well and there is mutual fit, we may discuss a longer-term role.

Who this is for

Students, new grads, career switchers, self-taught builders. Anyone early in their career who can show exceptional ability, taste, and grit on a real artifact. We hire on output, not credentials.

Why this exists

Resumes lie. Interviews are noisy. The fastest way to know if someone is great is to watch them build something. The fastest way for them to know if Covent is the right fit is to actually do the work.

Tryout review

• Every project has clear acceptance criteria.
• Multiple people can solve the same project; we review each submission on its own merits.
• We respond within 7 days.
• Approval is based on the artifact, writeup, and evidence that the work runs.
• A strong unpaid tryout can lead to a paid project conversation, but no paid project or job offer is guaranteed.

Tryout projects

Tryout rules

• Public artifact: a repo, live URL, deck, or video walkthrough.
• Sized for 1 to 2 weeks of focused effort.
• Use AI tools. We expect it.
• Include a short writeup: what you decided, what you cut, what you would do next. We care about judgement, not feature count.

Internship terms

• The first tryout project is unpaid.
• Strong tryouts may lead to a paid project conversation.
• Lahore office preferred. Hybrid acceptable. Remote considered for exceptional candidates.
• AI tooling, near-unlimited Codex, founder access. Same as full-time staff.
• Longer-term job-offer consideration depends on paid-project performance and mutual fit.

How to start

Pick a project, ship the artifact, then email talent@getcovent.com with subject Internship Tryout: <Project ID>: <Your Name>. Attach the artifact link, writeup, and the best way to reach you.