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Using latent segment models and data obtained from an archive database of an internship program with complete information on both interns and SEs top managers (n = 102), the categories of mutual adjustment between interns and SEs top managers were obtained: (1) mutual adjustment corresponding to very satisfied SE top managers and interns, hired at the end of the internship (75%); and (2) mutual maladjustment characterized by the dissatisfied SE top managers and interns, resulting in no job creation (25%). 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