Who can apply?
- Applicants must be at least 18 and currently enrolled after completing sophomore or junior year by the internship, or currently enrolled in a graduate program. Recent graduates are not eligible.
- The Padres ask for passion for sports and the business behind the game, a long-term interest in professional sports and an exceptional college GPA, but the page gives no numeric GPA cutoff.
- Students who attend school in San Diego, are from San Diego or have bilingual skills are highly preferred. Preference is not the same as a mandatory residency or language rule.
Recent graduates are explicitly ineligible even if they completed the same coursework as an enrolled senior. Enrollment status at the time of the program matters.
Dates, pay & program timing
Recruitment and selection begin in winter. The ten-week program runs June through August and requires commitment to the full term, including work during the baseball season on game and non-game days. Individual opportunities appear on the Padres' careers portal; the overview publishes no universal deadline or pay figure.
View the deadline calendarThese details reflect the sources at the review date. An overview is not a live job offer. Check the official page for today's application status and the selected opening's written terms.
How to apply to San Diego Padres
- Read the Padres program overview, then use its official application link only when individual summer internship roles are posted during winter recruiting.
- Choose a department based on work you can discuss—sales, finance, community relations, operations or technology—rather than submitting one generic sports resume to every opening.
- Check the selected opening's deadline, compensation, schedule and documents, then apply through the official portal and keep the role description and confirmation.
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How to prepare a stronger application
Translate sports interest into business evidence. Ticketing, event, customer-service, statistics, communications or campus operations experience is more useful when you state the audience, constraint and your own responsibility.
Expect the schedule to follow the season. Identify how you have handled evenings, events or changing priorities while remaining reliable, and make sure the full June-to-August commitment fits before applying.
Your preparation, on this device
Make it a plan.
Checking an item saves this program. These are planning prompts, not a substitute for the employer's full requirements.
Add a stage & next actionSan Diego Padres: questions before applying
Who can apply to the Padres internship?
Students who are at least 18 and will have completed sophomore or junior year, plus current graduate students. Recent graduates are not eligible.
When does Padres internship recruiting begin?
The official overview says recruiting and selection start in winter for the June-to-August program.
Is the Padres internship paid?
The central program page does not publish pay. Check each current opening and written offer.
Official sources & update notes
We reviewed these publisher pages on . They establish the program facts above; our preparation suggestions are independent editorial guidance.
We do not infer deadlines, remote eligibility, or guaranteed offers from older recruiting cycles. Read our editorial process.