I'm screwing up my internship, need advice really badly!

Just some background, I somehow managed to land an internship in a company which has absolutely no relevance to my degree - in fact throughout the whole interview process, I basically had no idea what the company actually did.

I took it because it's paid, I really wanted an internship and they're hard to come by even if it's not my dream job, it would still be a learning experience.

I would also say that I was really honest and emphatic about my skills both in the interview and on my CV.

I've now been there for a couple of months and I can't do anything they ask me to do.

The man who's meant to be minding me is obviously really busy and doesn't really answer my questions properly and there's only so many times I can ask for clarification.

I suppose this is what being an intern involves...

Anyway they've basically found out that I'm useless and tomorrow I think I'm going to have to answer for it, so does anyone have any tips for what I should say to them?

Just some background, I somehow managed to land an internship in a company which has absolutely no relevance to my degree - in fact throughout the whole interview process, I basically had no idea what the company actually did.

I took it because it's paid, I really wanted an internship and they're hard to come by even if it's not my dream job, it would still be a learning experience.

I would also say that I was really honest and emphatic about my skills both in the interview and on my CV.

I've now been there for a couple of months and I can't do anything they ask me to do.

The man who's meant to be minding me is obviously really busy and doesn't really answer my questions properly and there's only so many times I can ask for clarification.

I suppose this is what being an intern involves...

Anyway they've basically found out that I'm useless and tomorrow I think I'm going to have to answer for it, so does anyone have any tips for what I should say to them?

Need more info.

How can you be useless?

Whats your work about?

They asked my to 'plan their calendar' and I haven't got a clue what that involves.

Well, ask them.

No seriously, I've been asking them for 2 months, maybe I should have asked more forcefully and actually taken someone aside and explained my difficulties clearly but I didn't and it's too late now.

They asked my to 'plan their calendar' and I haven't got a clue what that involves.

It's a market research company.

No seriously, I've been asking them for 2 months, maybe I should have asked more forcefully and actually taken someone aside and explained my difficulties clearly but I didn't and it's too late now.

Never do that.

lol typical. Just ask them for the list of future events etc.



I asked whats your work about, not the Company