Many are having difficulty completing their programs’ internship requirements, and onboarding for first jobs is challenging via Zoom. : The COVID-19 lockdown has been a real spoiler and source of frustration for many U.S. college students studying real estate and seeking summer internships, as well as recent grads looking for their first jobs. An internship, which provides real world, on-the-job experience, is a requirement for completing the University of California Los Angeles’ (UCLA) real estate program, notes Tim Kawahara, executive director of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, UCLA Anderson School of Management.