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| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Where to apply | SouthState's Workday board (search "intern"). Program overview: Early Careers |
| Application window (2027–28) | Summer 2027: mid-cycle. Window "August through October" 2026. Closed: Commercial Banking in Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia, Greenville, Tampa, Waco (2 Oct 2026) and Richmond. Open on 3 Oct: 19 roles. Summer 2028: expected Aug to Oct 2027 |
| Rolling? | Short window. Six city reqs carried a 2 Oct 2026 end date; the rest list none but sit inside the bank's August to October window |
| Eligibility | Rising seniors (graduating December 2027 or 2028, depending on the posting); 3.4 GPA preferred; business, finance, accounting, math or a related major (data and quant roles differ) |
| Duration | 10 weeks in summer 2027; 40 hours a week |
| Compensation | $20 an hour on the new operations, digital, data, marketing and loan roles; $22 an hour for Quantitative; Commercial Banking (Denver posting) $34,587 to $51,879 annualized |
| Return offers | Conversion rate not published; the Commercial Banking Associate Program for new graduates asks for prior internship experience |
| Locations | Commercial Banking on site in Austin, Birmingham, Charleston, Denver, Houston, McKinney, Miami, Orlando and Raleigh; seven remote roles open to residents of VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, TX and CO; hybrid roles in McKinney and Columbia |
| # Programs | Commercial Banking Intern Program plus 10 functional internships posted for summer 2027, and the virtual Infoship program for earlier-year students |
Last updated: October 2026
SouthState Bank's summer 2027 internship season is half over. Its Commercial Banking Intern requisitions for Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia, Greenville, Tampa and Waco reached their posting end date on 2 October 2026 and have closed, and Richmond has also come off the board. But 19 summer 2027 roles were still open on 3 October: nine Commercial Banking cities (including Miami, added on 1 October) and ten newer roles in operations, data, digital banking, marketing and quantitative work, most of them remote. SouthState's own page says applications run "August through October". In plain words: you apply during fall 2026, you intern in summer 2027.
SouthState is a regional bank of about $65 billion in assets that merged with Texas-based Independent Financial on 1 January 2025, which is why its intern map now runs from Raleigh and Charleston through Orlando and Miami to Austin, Houston, McKinney and Denver. Its 10-week program targets rising seniors, with a 3.4 GPA preferred.
What Is a SouthState Bank Internship?
A SouthState internship is a paid, 10-week summer program at a Southeast and Texas regional bank. The flagship Commercial Banking Intern Program pairs you with a local mentor in one city and, per the requisitions, has you do market research and financial analysis, prepare financial spreads, run due diligence on borrowers and guarantors and review loan documents. SouthState's early careers page adds instructor-led training, collaborative projects and a chance to meet executives, including the CEO.
For summer 2027 the bank has added functional internships beyond commercial banking: Business Solutions, Core Banking, Digital Banking, Data Analytics, Loan Closing, Loan Operations, Card, Cash and Deposit Operations, IT Business Office, Marketing and Communications, and a Quantitative role. Commercial Banking interns work on site five days a week; most of the newer roles are remote within SouthState's eight-state footprint.
When Do SouthState Bank Internship Applications Open for 2027–2028?
SouthState recruits about ten months ahead in a single fall window. The first summer 2027 Commercial Banking requisition was public by 6 August 2026 (a repost of the Austin role), most city reqs went up in late August and early September, and six of them carried a posting end date of 2 October 2026. A second wave of functional internships followed between 23 September and 1 October.
The bank's early careers page sets the outer limit: "Applications are open August through October." Interviews run later; one applicant reported a SouthState commercial banking interview on 1 December 2024, during the summer 2025 cycle.
Applications for summer 2027 are open in part. Commercial Banking closed on 2 October in Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia, Greenville, Tampa and Waco, and Richmond is gone too. Nine Commercial Banking cities and ten functional internships were still open on 3 October, with the bank's window ending in October.
Interviews for summer 2027, based on a December 2024 applicant report from the previous cycle. Expect questions on your analytical coursework and leadership roles.
The spring run of SouthState's virtual Infoship program. Students who complete it and meet a posting's requirements get an automatic interview for the next summer internship.
The 10-week internship, 40 hours a week, on site for Commercial Banking and remote or hybrid for most functional roles. SouthState doesn't publish a return-offer rate.
Applications for summer 2028 expected, if SouthState repeats its August-through-October window. Some city reqs may close as early as the start of October, as six did in 2026.
How to read this page: our dates come from tracking previous recruiting cycles and daily posting data. Treat them as informed estimates based on historical patterns, not confirmed dates. The company's official careers page is always the most current source. If a role is posted there, go by that, even if this page suggests the window hasn't opened yet.
Why You Must Apply the Week Applications Open
SouthState runs a short window with city-by-city end dates, not an open-ended rolling program. Six Commercial Banking requisitions carried an end date of 2 October 2026 in SouthState's own Workday records and closed on schedule; the rest print no date but sit inside a window the bank says runs "August through October". Each city is a single requisition, so a market can close while its neighbors stay open.
Rising seniors who wait for the end of October may find their city gone. The safest plan is to apply in the first week a city posts, and for summer 2028 that means watching the board from early August 2027.
Which SouthState Bank Internship Programs Should You Target?
SouthState posted two kinds of summer 2027 internships: one city-based Commercial Banking program and a set of functional roles.
| Program | Focus | Where | Status on 3 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Banking Intern | Financial spreads, borrower due diligence, loan document review, market research | On site in 9 open cities; 7 cities closed | Open in Austin, Birmingham, Charleston, Denver, Houston, McKinney, Miami, Orlando, Raleigh |
| Operations and lending roles | Loan Closing, Loan Operations, Core Banking, Card, Cash and Deposit Operations | Remote, or Charleston and McKinney | Open; posted 29 to 30 Sep 2026; $20/hr |
| Data Analytics and Quantitative | Power BI, SQL, data visualization; R or Python, Snowflake, Git | Remote | Open; $20/hr (Data) and $22/hr (Quant, master's preferred) |
| Digital, Business Solutions and IT Business Office | Digital banking, project and business analysis | Remote, or Columbia (hybrid) | Open; $20/hr |
| Marketing and Communications | Corporate communications and content | Remote | Open; $20/hr |
Search "intern" on the Workday board and apply to the city or role you can actually work: Commercial Banking is five days a week in the office.
What Are the Eligibility Requirements?
The summer 2027 postings set these requirements:
• Class year: rising seniors. Commercial Banking reqs say "graduating in 2028"; several newer roles say December 2027 or May 2028.
• GPA: 3.4 preferred on most postings and on the early careers page. It's a preference, not a stated minimum.
• Majors: Business Management, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance or related for Commercial Banking; information systems, analytics, computer science or statistics for the data roles. The Quantitative role prefers master's candidates.
• Skills: proficient in Excel and Word on almost every posting.
• Location: on site in your city for Commercial Banking; remote roles require residence in one of eight footprint states. Sponsorship isn't addressed in the postings.
Is the 3.4 GPA a Hard Cutoff?
No. SouthState writes "3.4 GPA preferred", and one applicant with a 3.3 GPA from a state school reported reaching first and second rounds for a SouthState internship in the 2026 cycle. A GPA under 3.4 means the rest of your application has to carry more weight: accounting or finance coursework, Excel you can show, and a leadership role you can talk about.
Profile Match · Extern Data
Could You Get In at SouthState Bank? Compare Your Profile
Based on 543 investment banking summer analysts at top investment banks from the classes of 2025 and 2026 (public LinkedIn profiles, aggregated). Six questions, under a minute.
Which summer are you applying for?
Recruiting timelines differ by class year, so we compare you with the right group.
Which group is your school closest to?
Firms recruit on campus in tiers. We match you against admits from schools like yours.
Is your major finance, economics, accounting or business?
Math and statistics count too. Major is not a hard filter, but it shifts how much your coursework has to prove.
How many internships, externships or research positions have you held so far?
Count anything with a real employer, mentor or principal investigator attached. Retail and food service do not count.
Has any of that experience been finance-related?
Banking, PE or VC, corporate finance, wealth management, equity research, accounting or consulting. Any size of firm counts.
Are you in a finance club, investment fund or case competition team?
Campus clubs are how most admits get their first deal and modelling reps.
Aggregated from public LinkedIn profiles of people who held the internship. No individual profile is shown. Read the full investment banking intern profile analysis and the cross-industry study of 2,500+ intern profiles.
What Skills Does SouthState Bank Look For, and How Do You Build Them?
Three buckets run through the 19 open summer 2027 postings. The first is Microsoft Office: 18 of 19 ask for Excel and 17 for Word. The second is credit work for Commercial Banking: financial spreads, due diligence on borrowers and guarantors, loan document reviews and market research. The third is working style, written into nearly every posting as "detail-oriented, proactive, and able to work effectively under pressure". The data and quant roles add Power BI, SQL, R or Python.
What SouthState Bank looks for in interns
Skills across 19 SouthState Bank intern & analyst job descriptions · open US summer 2027 postings, 3 October 2026
Method: full-text read of all 19 SouthState summer 2027 intern postings open on its Workday board on 3 October 2026; a skill counts once per posting. Nine are Commercial Banking reqs that share one template, which lifts the credit skills; the remote functional roles carry the Power BI, SQL and Python mentions.
How Is Demand for Finance Interns Moving Right Now?
Finance intern postings · Sep vs Aug 2026
vs 336 in August
Remote finance internships are rare in this data, so SouthState's remote functional roles are worth applying to this month if you live in its footprint.
Daily US job-posting counts, Sep 1–30 vs Aug 1–31, 2026. Covers under half of US postings; shows direction, not market size. Pay = median of employer-published ranges only (60 postings in September, 57 in August).
Build These Skills Before You Apply
Each bucket maps to a remote Externship you can finish while your application is under review:
| Skill (from real JDs) | JD evidence | Externship that builds it |
|---|---|---|
| Financial spreads and credit analysis | "preparing financial spreads, due diligence on potential borrowers or guarantors" (Commercial Banking) | Attronica Financial Planning & Analysis |
| Market research on prospects | "market research and financial analysis to identify client needs" (Commercial Banking) | Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis |
| Financial modeling | analytical skills on all 19 postings | Yinan Zhao Investing & Financial Modeling |
| Data analysis and dashboards | "Power BI, SQL, data visualization" (Data Analytics) | Breaking Games E-Commerce Data Analysis & Strategy |
| Content and communications | corporate communications content (Marketing and Communications) | TikTok Social Media Content & Brand Strategy |
Pick the one that matches the posting you applied to; each gives you a finished piece of work to discuss in interviews.
What Is the SouthState Bank Application and Interview Process Like?
SouthState doesn't publish its interview steps. From the postings and applicant reports, the path looks like this:
1. Apply per city or role on Workday. Each Commercial Banking city is its own requisition, and so is each functional role.
2. Infoship side door (optional). Infoship completers who meet a posting's requirements get an automatic interview for the summer program.
3. First and second rounds. One 2026-cycle applicant reported first and second rounds; another had a commercial banking interview in early December 2024.
4. Offer. No published timeline. For Commercial Banking, expect your market's team to be involved, since you'd work with its relationship managers.
The fall 2026 Infoship registration closed on 23 September; the next run is the spring semester, February to April 2027, per SouthState's Infoship page.
What Students on Reddit Say
Reddit discussion of SouthState is limited but includes a few first-hand points:
A recent graduate with a 3.3 GPA from a state school said they reached first and second rounds for a SouthState internship, alongside programs at larger banks.
A student preparing for a SouthState commercial banking internship interview in December asked how to present club treasurer and recruiting experience, a sign interviewers probe leadership roles.
A banker with ten years' experience said mid-sized banks like South State offer the best of both worlds: more structure than a community bank and a better work-life balance than the largest banks.
How Do You Stand Out at SouthState?
Three moves. First, apply to a city you can commit to: Commercial Banking is five days a week on site, and each market hires for itself. Second, learn to read a simple financial statement. Spreads, borrower due diligence and loan documents are the core duties, and being able to walk through a balance sheet sets you apart from applicants who only list Excel. Third, bring a leadership story, such as a club treasurer role, with numbers attached.
If you're a sophomore or junior who isn't eligible yet, take Infoship in spring 2027. It's the only published route to an automatic interview.
What Other Companies Should You Consider?
Students weighing SouthState usually also look at other Southeast and regional banks:
- TruistSoutheast super-regional with an overlapping NC, GA, FL and VA footprintGuide →
- SynovusGeorgia-based regional bank across the SoutheastGuide →
- First Citizens BankNorth Carolina commercial bankGuide →
- PNCnational bank with commercial banking summer programs in the SoutheastGuide →
- M&T Bankregional bank named alongside SouthState in 2027 commercial banking recruiting threadsGuide →
Our finance internships summer 2027 guide compares commercial banking programs across the market.
FAQ
Can I still apply for a summer 2026 SouthState Bank internship?
No. Summer 2026 has already run. Summer 2027 is partly open: Commercial Banking closed in Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia, Greenville, Tampa, Waco and Richmond, but nine other cities and ten functional internships were open on 3 October 2026. SouthState says its window runs through October.
When do SouthState summer 2028 internship applications open?
Expected in August 2027. SouthState's early careers page says applications are open August through October, and the first summer 2027 requisition was public by 6 August 2026. Some cities closed on 2 October this year, so plan to apply in August or September 2027.
Does SouthState review internship applications on a rolling basis?
Not in an open-ended way. Six Commercial Banking requisitions carried a 2 October 2026 end date and closed on it, and the bank's window ends in October. The other postings list no end date, but each city or role is a single requisition that can close at any point.
What GPA do you need for a SouthState internship?
SouthState prefers a 3.4 GPA but doesn't state a minimum. One applicant with a 3.3 reported reaching first and second rounds in the 2026 cycle. Below 3.4, lean on finance or accounting coursework, Excel skills and a leadership role you can explain in detail.
How much do SouthState interns get paid?
The newer summer 2027 roles list $20 an hour, and the Quantitative intern lists $22. For Commercial Banking, the Denver posting gives an annualized range of $34,587 to $51,879, roughly $16.60 to $24.90 an hour by our arithmetic. The other city postings don't print pay.
Are there remote SouthState internships?
Yes. Seven summer 2027 roles are remote, including Data Analytics, Quantitative, Digital Banking, Core Banking, Loan Closing, Business Solutions and Marketing and Communications. They're open to residents of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas and Colorado, and run 40 hours a week.
What is the SouthState Infoship program?
It's a free virtual webinar series for students who want to learn about banking before they're eligible for the internship. Completers who meet a posting's requirements get an automatic interview for the summer program. The fall 2026 registration closed on 23 September; the next run is February to April 2027.
Does SouthState hire interns full-time?
SouthState doesn't publish a conversion rate. Its new-graduate Commercial Banking Associate Program asks for prior internship experience and trains associates for six months in Tampa before sending them back to their market. A summer internship is the most direct preparation for it.
SouthState's summer 2027 window closes in October, city by city. Apply first, then finish one project you can walk through in an interview: a remote Externship gives you that, with a real company behind it.
About the Author
Bifei Wang has spent 17 years focused on human flow and the growth of young professionals, spanning international education, career training and coaching, and recruitment process outsourcing. Over 7 years at Extern, he has had one-on-one sessions with thousands of students exploring careers in consulting, finance, tech, marketing, and data, giving him a firsthand view of how the job market has shifted for early-career professionals and what it actually takes to break in.
