growth intern @ (P)RiND
Backed by the Co-founder of DoorDash, the University of Chicago, the first investor in instagram and SVP of Feastables, (P)RiND is looking for hard-working, creative, competitive people who want to have an extremely fulfilling summer. With our delicious, crunchy oven-baked high-protein pops in 200+ stores nationally, we are looking to double down and scale.
Our main goal is simple: help you work on what you genuinely enjoy, grow alongside the company, and make a real impact while having an unforgettable experience.
This is not a passive internship.
This is a builder role.
You’ll help grow a fast-moving food brand across retail, hospitality, offices, cafés, gyms, hotels, and specialty accounts. You’ll work directly on the things that matter most:
- Getting into new stores
- Increasing sell-through
- Driving repeat purchases
- Building systems that scale
You’ll be close to the customer, close to the product, and close to the action.
If you like solving problems, learning fast, taking ownership, and building things from the ground up, this is the perfect team for you.
who we’re looking for:
- Work hard without needing to be micromanaged
- Are competitive and love winning
- Can handle rejection without losing energy
- Are organized and detail-oriented
- Communicate clearly and confidently
- Learn fast and ask smart questions
- Have a deep desire to learn and improve
- Care about building something meaningful
- Get excited about startups, food brands, retail, or consumer products
what you’ll get
- Real startup experience
- Travel opportunities and exposure to industry leaders and operators
- Direct access to founders and growth strategy
- Ownership from day one
- A front-row seat to scaling the fastest-growing CPG brand in Chicago
answer 2 of the 7 following questions, around 222-444 words for each answer:
1. Walk us through the last time you got rejected (application, sale, pitch, outreach, etc.). What exactly did you do next in the first 48 hours after the rejection?
2. Walk us through a product you think is winning in retail or consumer packaged goods right now. Be specific:
3. Describe a time you were responsible for something that failed or underperformed. What did you personally own in that failure?
4. If we gave you $500 and 7 days to generate as many in-person customers for (P)RiND as possible in Chicago, what would you do hour-by-hour for the first 24 hours?
5. What’s something you believe about sales, marketing, or growth that most people your age would disagree with? Why do you believe it?
6. Tell us about a time you had a goal with no clear instructions. What was the goal, what did you actually do step-by-step, and what specifically broke along the way? Include 2–3 decisions you made that you would not repeat.
7. Create and answer your own question that you believe showcases your best skill set to succeed in this role.