7 signs you should offer your intern a full-time job immediately

Even after all the hours you spent poring over résumés, conducting phone screenings, and asking tricky interview questions, sometimes bad interns slip through the cracks.

Sadly, this happens more often than you'd think.

But other times, the stars align, the fates conspire, and you wind up hiring the best intern ever.

If this happens, hire them - immediately - before someone else does. Great interns are a rare thing of beauty in the working world, and if you miss the chance, they'll be poached as soon as you can say, "We have a comprehensive benefits package."

To be quick on the draw, you need to be able to recognize the signs that you have an intern in your midst that's worth immediately hiring. Here are some of those signs: