# Internship vs externship vs job simulation: choose the right experience

## Choose an accurate description of what you actually completed

Three fictional experiences. The exercise concerns clear attribution, not a legal classification or a ranking of programs.

### Experience and evidence

| Experience | Work completed | Relationship established |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A: observation session | Observed a professional and asked questions | Guest participant |
| B: provider job simulation | Completed synthetic tasks and compared model answers | Simulation participant |
| C: employer internship | Performed assigned work with a named supervisor | Intern under the actual employer's agreement |

## Your turn

How would you label each experience on a resume? Which claims would be unsupported for B?

## Your answer

[Write your approach here.]

## For your own application

Save the permitted output, your revision and a short account of what you learned. A defensible work sample is more useful than an inflated label.

Return to the guide for the worked answer and source notes:
https://internshipdeadlines.com/guides/internship-vs-externship-vs-job-simulation