Business Development Intern
3 BD INTERNSHIPS AT goSTOPS. BENGALURU. YOU'D LEARN HOW PROPERTIES / REAL ESTATE ASSETS GET SOURCED AND VALUED.
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goSTOPS is a youth travel hostel brand backed by Blume Ventures, opening hostels across India. Every hostel starts with finding the right property. That's what our BD supply team does — and that's the team you'd join, for 3-6 months, at our HSR Layout office.
WHAT YOU'D LEARN (the actual reason to take this)
— How to value a property and model what it can earn
— How to read a micro-market: hyperlocal rates, seasonal demand, projected occupancy, revenue potential
— The tools and data real investment calls get made on
— Different asset classes, and why one building is worth very different things to different operators
— What goes into building a real-estate-backed business
Most people pick this up after an MBA, or five years into a career. You'd learn it on live deals.
WHAT YOU'D DO
— Filter and qualify incoming property leads
— Review our AI calling data and spot what's worth chasing
— Call owners and brokers to pull out what we're missing
— Assess leads against our criteria and decide what moves forward
— Sit in on strategy calls
— how we pick markets, price deals, read a location
YOU'LL FIT IF
— You're an undergraduate wanting to earn and learn alongside your course, or a recent graduate looking for a serious first break
— You're comfortable picking up the phone and talking to strangers
— You're curious, quick, and don't need telling twice
— You can be at HSR Layout, Bengaluru
No experience needed. Any stream. We're hiring for sharpness, not a CV.
ABOUT THE ODDS We get hundreds of applications every time an internship opens. There are 3 seats. Most people won't hear back — that's arithmetic, not a verdict on you.
HOW TO APPLY
Email [contact shared on WhatsApp]
Subject: BD Intern – [Your name] – [College] – [Earliest start date]
Two lines in the body, nothing more: Why this, and not any other internship
One thing you've done where you took initiative without being asked
Attach your CV. Two good lines beat a long one.
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Interview advice
Going for the Sales role at goSTOPS? A few things that help freshers walk in prepared:
- Expect a role-play: be ready to pitch a product in two minutes and to keep going politely after a "no" — resilience is most of what they are testing.
- Spend 30 to 60 minutes beforehand on the company's site, recent news and LinkedIn, so you can name one specific reason you want to join when they ask.
- Re-read the job description and prepare two projects or coursework examples that map directly to what it asks for.
- Rehearse "tell me about yourself" out loud in about 60 seconds — education, one standout achievement, why this role — instead of reciting your CV top to bottom.
- Put numbers on your achievements: "8.5/10 GPA", "cut load time by 40%", "led a team of four" lands far better than "good grades" or "hard-working".