Organizational Research Intern

01 — The role

Why this role exists at EduRankAI

EduRankAI is developing next-generation technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Education Technology, Research, Product Engineering, and Digital Innovation. Organizational research builds the evidence base behind how we structure and run the company — team sizes, spans of control, meeting load, decision rights, distributed working practice, and what the published research says actually works. This is the study side rather than the intervention side: you gather and analyse the evidence, and the people team decides what to change on the strength of it, which is what separates this role from organizational development. You will run internal instruments such as short pulse surveys and time-use studies alongside a serious review of the organisational behaviour literature, and report honestly when a popular management claim does not survive scrutiny. Every internal dataset you touch is anonymised and reported only in aggregate.

02 — The work

What you will own

• 01 Review organisational behaviour and management research, and summarise what is well evidenced and what is merely widely repeated.
• 02 Design and run short internal instruments including pulse surveys, time-use studies, and structured interviews.
• 03 Analyse anonymised internal data on team structure, spans of control, and meeting load.
• 04 Study how distributed and hybrid working practices affect coordination across a team that rarely shares a room.
• 05 Document decision rights and handover points between teams, and identify where they are ambiguous in practice.
• 06 Report findings in aggregate only, suppressing small groups so that no individual can be identified.
• 07 Write findings notes that state the strength of the evidence alongside the finding itself.
• 08 Hand findings to the people team for action rather than running interventions yourself.

03 — The expertise

What we look for

04 — The bar

Who thrives here

• → Students pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate programs from any discipline are encouraged to apply; students from the disciplines listed under Specialisation are especially encouraged.
• → Available for a full-time, 6-day-per-week internship for the stated duration.

Learning Outcomes

What you will practically learn

Perks

What you get, beyond the work itself

• Internship Certificate
• Letter of Recommendation (Performance Based)
• Mentorship from experienced professionals in the field
• Exposure to real product, research, and operational work — not simulated exercises
• Skill Development Workshops
• Outstanding performers may be considered for extended internships, leadership opportunities, or future full-time roles based on organizational requirements.

Terms of Engagement

How this internship is structured

Project Work / Departmental Responsibilities: approximately 5 hours per day. Holistic Well-being & Personal Development: approximately 1.67 hours per day, including physical fitness, mindfulness, reading, reflective learning, leadership development, and community engagement.

• · Interns are expected to maintain professionalism, creativity, confidentiality, and timely completion of assigned responsibilities.
• · Weekly mentor reviews and evaluations will be conducted.
• · Compliance with organizational policies, intellectual property guidelines, and ethical standards is mandatory.
• · Internship Certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of internship requirements.
• · Internship does not constitute an offer of employment.

05 — Hiring process

What to expect after you apply

1. 01

   Application review

   Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.

2. 02

   Take-home or live exercise

   Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.

3. 03

   Conversations

   Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.

4. 04

   Offer or honest no

   If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.