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Early-career strategist focused on people analytics

I build operational strategy work informed by people analytics to sharpen my resume and win stronger roles fast.

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Projects center on operational strategy and people analytics methods learned and applied during an Amazon externship, shown to strengthen hiring readiness.

Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship
Amazon · Sep 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship
Imagine shaping how AMAZON — yes, THE Amazon — welcomes and keeps its workforce. Every year, Amazon loses billions because new hires leave before Day 90. You’re going to fix that. In this externship, you’ll web scrape real-world employee reviews from across the web, extract actionable insights, and design persona-driven strategies to help Learning Ambassadors connect smarter, faster, and more humanely. It’s part research, part strategy—and all about learning how people data drives big decisions.
Data AnalysisPythonStrategyOperations
BeReal Product Management Externship
BeReal. · Sep 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
BeReal Product Management Externship
Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.
DesignUI/UXProduct Management
Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship
Pinterest · Sep 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship
A Pinterest externship focused on identifying real, evidence-backed patterns in how Gen Z uses the platform and packaging one insight for an advertiser-facing pitch.
Consumer ResearchSurvey DesignAI for Data AnalysisPresentation Skills
Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship
Wayfair · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship
Learn one of the most in-demand skills shaping the future of work: building AI agents. In this externship, you’ll step into the role of an AI Agent Developer and use n8n to design agents that think, plan, and act on real data — automating insights, decisions, and workflows. No coding experience required. By the end, you’ll create a live dashboard powered by your own AI agents, gaining hands-on experience that applies to any role or industry — from marketing and consulting to product management and data science.
AI Workflow DesignAI Agent DevelopmentPresentation SkillsWeb Scraping & Data Extraction

About me

I build operational strategy work informed by people analytics to sharpen my resume and win stronger roles fast.

I am Eswar Mahalingam. I hold a masters level education and have started my career while exploring a possible change in direction. I am focused on quickly strengthening my resume and improving competitiveness for jobs and internships. I completed an Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics externship.

Externships

Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship

In progress

Experience

Blue Team Operator & Trainee

GraySentinel (Cyber Defense Lab) · 09/2026 Present

Data Science & Analytics

Zidio Development · 08/2026 Present

UI / UX Design

Zidio Development · 07/2026 Present

Artificial Intelligence Internship

Istudio · 08/2026 Present

Data Science Internship

Istudio · 08/2026 Present

RCC Structure Design Internship

Istudio · 08/2026 Present

Software Testing Internship

Istudio · 08/2026 Present

Energy Conservation and Management Internship

Istudio · 08/2026 Present

CPP and Data Structures Internship

Istudio · 08/2026 Present

Data Analytics Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

International Business Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Machine Learning Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Digital Marketing Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Psychology Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Excel Automation Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

AWS Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Finance Intern

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

AutoCAD Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Human Resources Intern

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Graphic Design Intern

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Video Editing Internship

Istudio · 04/2026 Present

Cyber Security Internship

Codec Technologies India · 08/2026 Present

Robotics & Automation Internship

Codec Technologies India · 08/2026 Present

Digital Electronics & VLSI Internship

Codec Technologies India · 08/2026 Present

Electric Vehicle (EV) Internship

Codec Technologies India · 08/2026 Present

Growth Partner

Imagine.bo · 08/2026 Present

AI Generalist

Outskill · 07/2026 Present

UX Design Intern

GWEN · 08/2026 09/2026

AI Trainer

micro1 · 08/2026 09/2026

Data Analyst

HEXA Solutions · 06/2026 09/2026

Independent Travel Manager

Dreamport · 04/2026 06/2026

International Travel Advisor

Fora Travel · 04/2026 06/2026

Multi-Domain Internships

SkillDzire · 10/2025 04/2026

Closure Manager Supply/Auction

Spinny · 06/2025 03/2026

Digital Marketing Internship

SkillDzire · 05/2025 06/2025

Business Development/ Marketing/Finance Intern

Brainwave Matrix Solutions · 04/2025 06/2025

Digital Marketing Executive

Tidalwave Solution Pvt Ltd · 04/2023 11/2023

Internship Trainee

Digiperform · 02/2023 04/2023

Trainee

Digiperform · 09/2022 02/2023

Senior Customer Service Advisor

OLX Autos · 12/2021 02/2022

Customer Service Manager

Countrywide Visas · 11/2021 12/2021

Associate Portfolio Manager

Square Yards · 09/2021 11/2021

Sales Analyst

Spinny · 02/2021 05/2021

Sales Consultant

Paisabazaar · 10/2019 06/2020

Management Trainee

Globus Logisys Pvt.Ltd. · 05/2017 12/2017

Education

SRM University

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Internshala Trainings

Postgraduate Degree, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management · Class of 2025

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College

B.Com, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law · Class of 2013

University of Madras, Chennai

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law · Class of 2013

Timespro

Postgraduate Degree, Banking and Financial Support Services · Class of 2017

Skills

Operational strategyPeople analyticsResume strengtheningCareer transition planning

Back to work

Amazon · Sep 2026 ↗

✅ Verified by Extern

Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship

Imagine shaping how AMAZON — yes, THE Amazon — welcomes and keeps its workforce. Every year, Amazon loses billions because new hires leave before Day 90. You’re going to fix that. In this externship, you’ll web scrape real-world employee reviews from across the web, extract actionable insights, and design persona-driven strategies to help Learning Ambassadors connect smarter, faster, and more humanely. It’s part research, part strategy—and all about learning how people data drives big decisions.

Data AnalysisPythonStrategyOperations

Overview

The externship combined operational-strategy research with people-analytics methods to investigate early turnover among front-line hires. The work collected and analyzed employee reviews and designed persona-driven interventions for onboarding and learning ambassador engagement. Deliverables included scraped review datasets, thematic analyses, and defined employee personas.

Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship

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What I've accomplished

I produced a 300–400 word briefing that framed attrition as a feedback loop tied to Learning Ambassador capacity, linked root causes to operational effects, and proposed specific next-step analytics.

Project breakdown

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BeReal. · Sep 2026 ↗

✅ Verified by Extern

BeReal Product Management Externship

Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

DesignUI/UXProduct Management

Overview

This externship examined how product teams at social apps balance authenticity and growth by benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and prototyping a growth-oriented feature. The work compared engagement mechanics across apps and produced a feature concept informed by those comparisons.

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What I've accomplished

I mapped five BeReal user-journey stages, identified that new users see an empty feed after their first post, and proposed a guided invite/one-tap add-friends flow with D7/D30 and invite counts as metrics.

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Pinterest · Sep 2026 ↗

✅ Verified by Extern

Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship

A Pinterest externship focused on identifying real, evidence-backed patterns in how Gen Z uses the platform and packaging one insight for an advertiser-facing pitch.

Consumer ResearchSurvey DesignAI for Data AnalysisPresentation Skills

Overview

This externship analyzed Gen Z behavior on Pinterest using a Jobs-to-be-Done survey deployed to real users. The work involved designing the survey, collecting responses, and turning the results into a single evidence-backed insight presented as an advertiser pitch. The final deliverable was a concise pitch framed for Pinterest's sales context.

Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship

What I've accomplished

I produced a seven-question, behavior-anchored Google Form survey targeting Gen Z financial-planning use of Pinterest, incorporating AI refinements and ready for pilot testing.

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Wayfair ↗

✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress

Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship

Learn one of the most in-demand skills shaping the future of work: building AI agents. In this externship, you’ll step into the role of an AI Agent Developer and use n8n to design agents that think, plan, and act on real data — automating insights, decisions, and workflows. No coding experience required. By the end, you’ll create a live dashboard powered by your own AI agents, gaining hands-on experience that applies to any role or industry — from marketing and consulting to product management and data science.

AI Workflow DesignAI Agent DevelopmentPresentation SkillsWeb Scraping & Data Extraction

Overview

The Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering externship introduced agent design and automation using the n8n platform. The work involved installing and exploring n8n, building agent workflows, and creating integrations that connected data sources to automated decision steps. Deliverables included a live agent-powered dashboard and the workflow artifacts that powered it.

What I've accomplished

I produced an n8n workflow with a Prompt Generator agent that expanded short trend phrases into repeatable, 1920×1080 image-ready prompts.

Project breakdown

A short trend phrase was entered into an n8n chat, the Prompt Generator agent expanded it into a detailed, image-ready prompt via a chat model, and the workflow produced repeatable prompts for 1920×1080 moodboard images.

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Work samples

Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship

BeReal Product Management Externship

Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship

Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship

About me

Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship

Overview

What I've accomplished

Project breakdown

Understand the Operational ChallengeI wrote a concise consulting-style briefing note diagnosing rising frontline attrition as an operational risk in Amazon Fulfillment Centers.

Collect & Clean Employee Voice DataI expanded and cleaned a Glassdoor review dataset, extracted YouTube worker transcripts, and prepared an analysis-ready file documenting cleaning choices.

Find Sentiment & Keyword Patterns in Employee Voice DataI built an end-to-end NLP pipeline to clean, score, and compare employee voice from Glassdoor and YouTube, then summarized cross-platform differences in keywords and sentiment.

Uncover Themes & Root Causes in Employee Voice DataI analyzed employee feedback to find three themes, measured sentiment by theme, and traced burnout to system-level causes using a 5 Whys and root-cause tree.

Segment the Workforce & Identify PrioritiesI segmented employee feedback into cohorts, compared their friction, and recommended priority groups for intervention.

BeReal Product Management Externship

Overview

What I've accomplished

Project breakdown

Map the End-to-End BeReal User JourneyI mapped BeReal’s end-to-end user journey and turned research into a single PM problem statement tied to retention metrics.

Benchmark BeReal’s CompetitorsI built a side-by-side benchmark comparing BeReal’s daily notification and posting window with Snapchat’s Snapstreaks, synthesizing manual research, AI outputs, and user sentiment into a comparison and verdict.

Design a New App FeatureI designed and prototyped a private group streak feature, defining its PRD, flows, and a clickable Canva prototype that protected wellbeing while aiming to boost daily posting.

Test App Feature in Focus GroupsI designed and ran a 40-minute moderated prototype test (focus group) to evaluate Together Streak's clarity, emotional impact, and intent to use.

Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship

Overview

What I've accomplished

Project breakdown

Design the Consumer Behavior Research SurveyI designed and finalized a 7-question, behavior-anchored survey for Gen Z Pinterest users focused on money-related planning tasks.

Deploy the Survey, Collect Real ResponsesI deployed a consumer-survey outreach campaign and managed initial respondent sourcing and messaging for a Gen Z sample.

Analyze Responses, Uncover Behavioral PatternsI analyzed a synthetic practice survey to find and explain one behavioral insight about how Gen Z uses Pinterest for money-related planning.

Wayfair n8n AI Agent Engineering Externship

Overview

What I've accomplished

Project breakdown

Getting Started with AI Agents - Moodboard GeneratorI built a Prompt Generator agent in n8n that turned short style ideas into detailed image prompts for moodboards.