Never have internships looked more glamorous, or at least been more in the news.

In their latest buddy comedy, The Internship, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson played way-too-old ‘Nooglers’ (code for ‘new’ at Google) and vie for coveted spots as full-time employees at the Internet search giant. In the film, interns create apps, generate sales leads and even play a fierce match of quidditch.

Not a very realistic picture of the average internship, of course. In fact, for many of us internships are more like: following a mind-numbing process, running errands, job shadowing and answering phones.

For those of us not blessed with a summer internship at Google HQ, here are 10 ways to make the most of an internship…