Hormel Foods Internship Program

1 Hormel Place
Austin, MN, 55912, United States

Overview

Introduction

The Hormel Foods brands include Planters, SKIPPY, SPAM, Hormel Natural Choice, Applegate, Justin’s, Wholly, Hormel Black Label, Columbus, Jennie-O, and more than 30 other beloved brands. Past interns say they appreciated “the level of autonomy afforded to figure things out/find out how to run them” and one of “the best aspects of this internship were the networking opportunities.”

Internship Program Stats

How To Apply

Visit with a representative at a career fair or on-campus event. Apply on the company's careers page. A recruiter will review your application and will invite the strongest candidates to schedule a phone interview.

https://www.hormelfoods.com/careers/

Number Of Interns

51 to 100

Featured Rankings

Best Consumer & Industrial Products Internships

Timing

Summer

Hours

Full-time

Min GPA

3.00 - 3.49

About the Program

Hormel Foods offers meaningful paid internship opportunities. As an intern, you’ll apply what you’ve learned in the classroom to real-life work situations. Your work will directly contribute to the success of the company. Internships may be located at the corporate office in Austin, Minnesota, or at one of the manufacturing plants or sales offices around the United States. Hormel Foods actively recruits for internship positions during the fall and winter months, but occasionally posts interns...

About the Company

Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a global branded food company with over $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters, Skippy, SPAM, Hormel Natural Choice, Applegate, Justin’s, Wholly, Hormel Black Label, Columbus, Jennie-O , and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company lives by its purpose statement—Inspired People. Inspired Food.—to bring some of the world’s most trusted and iconic brands to tables acro...

Intern Reviews

  • “[I] worked around 45 hours a week during the internship. I did like starting work earlier and leaving at a decent time in the afternoon to commute home. The balance was fine, I would just sometimes think about work too much after hours and would make it hard to focus on other things.”
  • “The overall environment was extremely friendly. Everyone was willing to help me when I needed it and did everything they could to see me succeed. I only had to work 40 hours a week, and they were very f...

Why Intern Here

At Hormel Foods, we offer meaningful paid internship opportunities to help them get started. As an intern, you’ll apply what you’ve learned in the classroom to real-life work situations. Your work will directly contribute to the success of our company. Internships may be located at our corporate office in Austin, MN, or at one of our manufacturing plants or sales offices around the United States. We actively recruit for internship positions during the fall and winter months, but occasionally post internships during other times of the year. On average, 92% of our interns are offered a full-time job offer upon completion of their internships.

Getting Hired Here

  • “Very pleasant interactions with the interviewers. Very friendly and felt like they truly wanted to get to know me and not just ask me interview questions.”
  • “The interview process was phenomenal! They even sent out a little packet on how to interview, what the process looks like, and what they expect out of your responses. I thought this provided a lot of transparency to the candidate and created an air of expectation. You were told exactly what they were expecting, so I thought it mad...