Sample cover letter for Internship position at BlackBerry

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am a second year Computer Science student at the University of XXX and I am writing to apply for the Software Development student opportunity for spring 2016. I found out about this opening from my school’s co-op job board as well as through the BlackBerry Student Jobs board. With my degree in Computer Science, previous work experience developing Java applications, and interest in BlackBerry devices, I would be a good candidate to add to your workforce.

With BlackBerry being a big company, teamwork is an important skill to have. I have worked in teams in both sales position and in application developer position. As for a more practical skill, I am currently taking an algorithms and data structures course as well as a software engineering course, learning topics such as different data structures and algorithms along with object oriented software development and design. I have worked extensively with both the Windows and Linux operating systems and am very comfortable with developing code on either systems.

I have always found an interest with BlackBerry since they are one of the only companies that very solid security integrated into their products. With the recent introduction of the BlackBerry Priv, my interest with working at BlackBerry has increased even more. I think that with my interest in smartphones and their technology and software, I will fit in quite well. BlackBerry’s work environment seems like a very welcoming place to further develop my computer science and programming skills.

Thank you for your time and consideration, and feel free to contact me for any further questions

Sincerely,