Intern insights: Growing and thriving at Credera

We are excited to share the inspiring stories written by three of our 2025 Credera interns!

These narratives capture their unique experiences, challenges, and growth during their time with us. Dive into their journeys to learn more about the impact of our people-first culture and the incredible opportunities available at Credera.

Seizing opportunities: My transformative internship at Credera

Nick Wynn, Management Consulting Practice, Dallas

When I joined Credera as a summer intern, I had hoped to learn and grow, but I didn’t realize how quickly that would happen or how much I’d enjoy the people I’d be working with. From day one, I was welcomed with open arms.

The onboarding experience was thoughtful, very well-organized, and honestly, super fun! We covered everything from data privacy to Credera’s core values, but what stood out most was the people. Even though I knew Credera’s claim to be “people-first,” I was so pleased that the promise was backed by action.

The onboarding team did an amazing job at breaking the ice for us and ensured we all felt like friends rather than just employees. Along with learning how to be effective consultants, we were building relationships. We played games, shared meals, learned about the employee resource groups (ERGs) at Credera, and heard from leaders that our ideas and questions were valued. The programming echoed the message: “You belong.”

Just a few weeks into my internship, I found myself helping facilitate an AI workshop for a Fortune 50 company. I was given real responsibility, like helping prep materials, coordinating logistics, and even assisting the facilitation of a breakout activity with a key leader. The trust extended meant a lot to me and pushed me to rise to the occasion. I came out of that experience with more confidence, a stronger voice, and a deeper understanding of what consulting looks like.

At the end of the summer, my team templatized the workshop and presented it to the Credera New York office as a potential sales offer for other clients. The opportunity to join and meaningfully contribute to our sales cycle reinforced the sense of belonging and ownership I had felt from day one. As an intern, it would have been understandable for the team to leave me in Dallas and send only the full-time employees, but they didn’t think twice about bringing me along. This reinforced the strong sense of belonging I had felt all summer.

In New York, we worked hard and presented our workshop during the “State of the Empire” New York All Hands meeting. I was even given the chance to present in front of many longtime Credera employees and leaders. Outside of work, we bonded as a team over dinners each night with Credera leaders. It truly meant a lot that they included me on this trip, even though I had far less experience than everyone else.

As I reflect on these past 10 weeks and the opportunities I had with my client, I’ve become more confident, curious, and comfortable with ambiguity. I’ve learned how to lead, collaborate, and step outside my comfort zone. Most of all, I’ve seen what’s possible when you’re surrounded by people who genuinely want you to succeed.

Saying yes to growth: Overcoming imposter syndrome at Credera 

Thierry Chu, Management Consulting Practice, Houston

Coming into my internship experience at Credera, I had high expectations because of my recruiting process and excitement about the work and culture. During onboarding and training, we were briefed on Credera’s work, how to navigate a professional environment, and best practices on communication, to name a few, all of which shaped my growth mindset going into the summer. One of the most impactful sessions, however, was Imposter Syndrome.

During the first few weeks of my internship, I wrestled with the normal obstacles of working your first full-time internship: feeling like I didn’t know anything, doubting that I brought value to the team, and frustrated that I wasn’t yet an expert in my project work.

To overcome these obstacles, I leveraged the foundational advice from the onboarding session, coupled with continuous encouragement from other Crederians, especially my Career Coach.

Fear: “I don’t know anything.”

How I overcame: I started to ask a lot of questions to close the gap and kept a running list of questions in an organized tab that was sorted by what I could ask AI and what I needed my team to answer. Any time my team answered questions for me, I wrote the answers in a different color and drew key takeaways from what they said in a separate, quick, one-stop note. It’s also important to note that the nature of consulting will always leave us with questions, so an organization system to upskill is crucial.

Fear: “I don’t bring any value to the team.”

How I overcame: I stepped up as my own advocate and communicated my goals and expectations for contributing value to my Project Mentor. I set up recurring syncs where I would continually ask for feedback, and I Gantt-charted my project work over the course of the internship so I could foresee where I was going. This helped me take ownership over my tasks while demonstrating that I could self-manage and work effectively with the rest of the team.

Fear: “I’ll never be an expert.”

How I overcame: I leaned on Crederians around me during coffee chats by opening up about my insecurity and asking for their advice. Many of them reassured me of the natural learning curve of joining a new project, but they also offered the following encouragement: Interns are in a unique position! We are not expected to know everything, but we are expected to have an ownership mindset and become an expert in our specific tasks and workstream.

Pulling from my academic background, I started making study to-do lists, making flashcards, and checking my understanding with AI. These small tasks made a big difference in my understanding, and the reminder that I shouldn’t try to know it all took the pressure off, so I could genuinely learn.

How I grew

My big takeaway from overcoming imposter syndrome is that if you want to learn and grow exponentially, Credera will give you the opportunity if you have the willingness to dive in and say yes. As someone with a purely humanities background (majoring in English, minoring in Spanish and Religious Studies), I have always had a strong desire to grow my technical skills but didn’t know how. My project work of regression-testing scripts was fairly technical, but by the end of the summer, I had configured multiple AI agents to support my task of writing technical SQL queries.

Examples of where diving in contributed to my growth can be found in the relationships and conversations I had over the summer. I wrote down, stored in my brain, and thought about how to apply every piece of advice from a full-time Crederian. For example, someone mentioned how Credera is prioritizing the integration of AI to improve client work and internal efficiencies, so I took the initiative to add the creation of an AI agent into my project work expectations. Another piece of advice was to use SMART goals, so I went one step further and made a progress tracker with multiple Gantt charts for each internship initiative.

Learning by doing: A day in the life at Credera 

Oliver Liu, Technology Solutions Practice, Chicago

In technology, you learn by doing, and this was brought to life at Credera. My favorite part of my internship was that I was trusted to do real work, make real decisions, and grow through experience. I came into this internship with a personal goal to learn not just by observing, but also by building.

The mindset of learning through building shaped how I approached each day. I was working on a client project with a large U.S. federal defense agency, where our engineering team enabled data-driven insights to support recruiting. From team standups to technical deep dives, feedback sessions to coffee chats, every part of my day offered an opportunity to grow.

Starting the day with ownership

Most mornings began in Credera’s downtown Chicago office. At our daily standup, I shared progress and raised any blockers—this was especially meaningful because my project mentor gave me real ownership over both the design and engineering process. I was building a tool that helped streamline and coordinate complex processes. Instead of tasks running separately, it kept them aligned, ensuring they were completed in the right order at the right time to improve maintenance and scalability of the system.

Meaningful contributions

After standup, I spent the rest of my morning building a core part of the system: a service that scheduled and coordinated different jobs. Think of it like creating a control tower that directed dozens of moving pieces behind the scenes. One of my proudest moments was designing this service in a way that made the entire system easier to update and expand over time. By organizing the moving parts more clearly and keeping them from overlapping too much, I helped make the tool simpler to work with now and for the future.

My summer also consisted of coffee chats with current employees to learn more about their story, what drove their work, and what they were currently working on. This contributed to my enjoyment of work and ability to learn from others.

Deep dives and feedback loops

During working sessions with my tech lead, I was expected to clearly and concisely explain the technical decisions I had made. This level of engagement required deep understanding, attention to detail, and rigorous implementation, which pushed me to dig deeper and improve my problem-solving and communication.

I always left with feedback that sharpened my thinking and helped shape the next part of the project. Additionally, I met weekly with my career coach to set goals and track progress. She always ended our meetings by giving me clear, actionable next steps to support my growth.

Winding down and looking ahead

As the day wound down, I took time to finish administrative tasks by checking off a Jira ticket, making a to-do list for tomorrow, and journaling wins to reflect on my progress.

As I look back at the internship, I am grateful for the ownership I took, the communication skills I developed, and the technical know-how I continued to build. Whether it was writing code, receiving feedback, or building relationships, every day helped me grow a little more.

I still have a lot to learn, but this internship gave me a solid foundation, and the confidence to keep building on it. I am excited to carry everything I learned into my senior year at Baylor University.

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