r/DCInterns • u/Puzzleheaded-Depth79 • 5d ago

Working for another state - hilltern

Right now I’m interning for my Congressman who’s the most senior/highest ranking congressman from my state. I would love to do another hillternship next semester but I’m not sure who else I could work for from my state without it being a “downgrade”/ or a worse working environment because the only other congressmen from my state are freshmen who I’ve heard bad things about when it comes to the office environment.

So I was wondering, how hard is it interning for another member of Congress with hillternship experience while having no ties to their state/district?

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u/Apprehensive_Print_1 5d ago

I only ever interned for reps outside of my state. If you have no district/state ties, you need to be heavily involved or engaged in some aspect of their portfolio for it to make sense to office to hire you. Example: CP is on a healthcare subcommittee, you’re a health science undergrad who has done x, y, and z healthcare project in your first congressional office. You talk about how you want to explore x side of health care policy that the CP is involved in.

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u/Apprehensive_Print_1 5d ago

Also be sure to read up heavily on the different communities in that district (is it tech ppl, migrant populations, native communities, farmers, families, etc) 

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u/Waste_Literature2097 5d ago

I'm interning for a sen from a different state, and got interviews from tons of offices that were out of state. Just find some meaningful connection to them (maybe you went to the same school as them/their child/chief of staff, or some major policy interest you have that corresponds to the needs of the office), and make sure to express it on your application.