Starbucks Summer Internship Program: Eligibility & How to Apply

Who can apply?

• Starbucks says college students who are considered in their junior year of college, or third year for international students, can apply for the undergraduate internship program.
• Students in the second year of an MBA program apply to a separate MBA Internship Program.
• The internship is paid and full time, at 40 hours a week, for 10 weeks at Starbucks' Seattle headquarters.

Dates, pay & program timing

Starbucks describes a 10-week program at its headquarters in Seattle with meaningful project work, roundtables with executives and leadership, and professional development workshops; relocation support is available. Applications open around fall each year. The program page names no year, dates or deadline, so search the Career Hub for current internship postings.

These 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 Starbucks

1. Log in to Starbucks' Career Hub and search "Internship" to see the postings currently open.
2. If none fit yet, create a job alert; Starbucks says applications open around fall each year.
3. Apply to the postings that match your work, and plan for 10 weeks of full-time work in Seattle.

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How to prepare a stronger application

Starbucks frames the internship around a meaningful project. Choose one past project you can describe like a work assignment — the goal, who relied on it, what you delivered and how you knew it worked — and lead with it, so the reviewer can picture you owning a summer project.

Store experience counts, but describe it in business terms: a process you improved, a peak-hour problem you solved, or numbers you tracked. A barista job described only by its duties undersells what a corporate team would value. This is our suggestion, not a Starbucks requirement.

Official sources & update notes

We reviewed these publisher pages on October 1, 2026. They establish the program facts above; our preparation suggestions are independent editorial guidance.

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We do not infer deadlines, remote eligibility, or guaranteed offers from older recruiting cycles. Read our editorial process.