I came across quite a few internships opportunities that requires experience. Why do we need experience to be interns when the main objective is to gain experience through internships?

Some of these internships may be for more technical fields, and/or for highly competitive job positions. For instance, the most competitive investment banking internships at "bulge bracket" banks (these are Tier 1 banks like Goldman) want to see previous finance-related internships that you've done. Many applicants to these super competitive roles had to do previous internships at financial institutions, whether smaller investment banks or other finance-related roles to even get their foot in the door. It can sound rather self-defeating (an internship to get another internship?), but with so much competition, that's just the nature of the game.

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Wherever you end up, make sure you read up on employment rights for interns in Singapore. It's important to know your labour rights even as an intern.

Some job postings simply put out their wishlist. It can also mean that some if not all of the items in the wishlist are related to the internship project. It can also be a copy-and-paste :O

If you are interested and are willing to learn the ropes on the job, apply and let them assess you. If you don't apply, you have 0% of success. (I'm speaking from the perspective of a software engineer.)​​​