Case Study: Intern Theory
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The document outlines a case study for Intern Theory, a platform designed to connect students with internships, detailing the challenges they faced, including scalability issues and poor user interface. The solution involved building a new website using Laravel to handle increased traffic, streamline registration processes, and improve search functionality. Enhancements included a simplified design, search capabilities, and features to recommend internships, making it easier for students to navigate and apply for positions.
Case Study: Intern Theory
- 2. InternTheory Intern Theory is a young dynamic team with one objective – help students land an internship. They have helped thousands of students and companies and are moving on with full vigour. Website link here About Intern Theory Website link Intern Theory bridges the internship gap between companies and students, by ensuring companies post their internship requirements and students can easily discover and apply for internships which suit their expectations Their offering
- 3. TheProblem • Existing platform was not able to handle the rapidly growing traffic • Design and UI was not as per the brand’s vision • Student and company registration and verification process needed to be automated and simplified • The website was not search engine friendly • Students could not easily navigate or search internships • Posting internships by companies was not smooth • There was no offering for students to learn skills through Intern Theory
- 4. TheProblem • Existing platform was not able to handle the rapidly growing traffic • Design and UI was not as per the brand’s vision • Student and company registration and verification process needed to be automated and simplified • The website was not search engine friendly • Students could not easily navigate or search internships • Posting internships by companies was not smooth • There was no offering for students to learn skills through Intern Theory
- 5. TheSolution With the rapid growth of the company, we built the website on Laravel. Out of all the PHP frameworks, one of the best is Laravel that can handle more than 500 requests per second. Also, the security layers in Laravel are built-in and more advanced and hence provides better security too. Geek alert: the below material is for geeks only. Read at your own risk.
- 6. TheProblem • Existing platform was not able to handle the rapidly growing traffic • Design and UI was not as per the brand’s vision • Student and company registration and verification process needed to be automated and simplified • The website was not search engine friendly • Students could not easily navigate or search internships • Posting internships by companies was not smooth • There was no offering for students to learn skills through Intern Theory
- 7. TheSolution–TheColourPalette We chose the primary colour as Turquoise Turquoise, a blend of blue and green is a calm, refreshing colour, associated with energy and wisdom. This colour aptly represents Intern Theory. We ensured the look and feel of the website is also easy and refreshing.
- 8. TheSolution–DesignandUI Grasp Issues Mock Designs Design on paper We sat with the Intern Theory team and understood their pain points. We also sat with their analytics team for the user flow. We sat with the Intern Theory team and decided the design on paper first The mock designs were created, approved and HTMLised
- 10. TheProblem • Existing platform was not able to handle the rapidly growing traffic • Design and UI was not as per the brand’s vision • Student and company registration and verification process needed to be automated and simplified • The website was not search engine friendly • Students could not easily navigate or search internships • Posting internships by companies was not smooth • There was no offering for students to learn skills through Intern Theory
- 11. TheSolution–ForStudents We simplified the process and design to make it as intuitive as possible Registration The entire form can be seen at once The background highlights the form Minimal fields have been kept to minimise dropout
- 12. TheSolution–ForStudents Verification With OTP verification, the process can be completed in under 1 minute The rest of the details can be filled in afterwards, minimizing the process and reducing dropout
- 13. TheSolution–ForCompanies Registration The same way, we optimized the registration and verification process for companies as well, making it quicker and easier.
- 14. TheProblem • Existing platform was not able to handle the rapidly growing traffic • Design and UI was not as per the brand’s vision • Student and company registration and verification process needed to be automated and simplified • The website was not search engine friendly • Students could not easily navigate or search internships • Posting internships by companies was not smooth • There was no offering for students to learn skills through Intern Theory
- 15. TheSolution We have ensured code level enrichment for search engine. Meta tags Schema.org
- 16. TheProblem • Existing platform was not able to handle the rapidly growing traffic • Design and UI was not as per the brand’s vision • Student and company registration and verification process needed to be automated and simplified • The website was not search engine friendly • Students could not easily navigate or search internships • Posting internships by companies was not smooth • There was no offering for students to learn skills through Intern Theory
- 17. TheSolution Search Bar We made the search bar quicker and more usable We've used PHP with AJAX for search bar. This combination helps in retrieving search results asynchronously, also making it fast. Recommended Internships We added a feature which recommends relevant internships to students based on the students’ preferences and interests. Geek alert: the below material is for geeks only. Read at your own risk.
- 18. TheProblem • Existing platform was not able to handle the rapidly growing traffic • Design and UI was not as per the brand’s vision • Student and company registration and verification process needed to be automated and simplified • The website was not search engine friendly • Students could not easily navigate or search internships • Posting internships by companies was not smooth • There was no offering for students to learn skills through Intern Theory
- 19. TheSolution Posting internships was made possible at the click of a button
- 20. TheProblem • Existing platform was not able to handle the rapidly growing traffic • Design and UI was not as per the brand’s vision • Student and company registration and verification process needed to be automated and simplified • The website was not search engine friendly • Students could not easily navigate or search internships • Posting internships by companies was not smooth • There was no offering for students to learn skills through Intern Theory
- 21. TheSolution Students can easily choose an internship as per their preferences, and enrol for courses at the click of a button
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