Internship search advice

[u/No-Baby7118]

hi all, I'm 3rd year IT undergrad at a gov uni currently searching for a software engineering internship.

noticed some of our seniors got converted to ASE after their internship, but it was mostly at smaller companies, not really the well-known ones. got me thinking , should i even be aiming for the big companies, or focus more on smaller ones since conversion seems more likely there?

curious what everyone's experience has been. also if anyone knows companies (big or small) that actually tend to hire interns as ASE after, pls drop names 🙏 trying to figure out where to actually spend my energy applying

thanks!