Should you include internships on an MBA resume?

Since there is no precise formula to calculate internships as years of professional experience, it will be important to use your best judgment when describing your experiences.

How and where you add your internship experience to your resume will depend on how far along you are in your career. If you have recently graduated from college and are pursuing your first full-time entry-level job, then your internship experience will be prominently displayed at the top of the work experience section of your resume.

However, if you possess more than three years of experience in your field outside of your internship experience, then your early internships should become more of a footnote on your resume. Add a career note summarizing the information instead of detailing each of your internships in the work experience section.

Once you're no longer considered an entry-level professional - typically seven or more years into your career - then you should remove internship experience altogether. Focus on dedicating more space to your recent work experience and accomplishments, and leave your internship experience off.