I have two interns right now that we are looking to bring on full time but we are waiting to get our headcount approved. Sometimes it’s not up to you no matter what you say or do.
That said, it is much easier for me to make a case for them if they are already acting like full time employees. Do they have the strategic thinking behind their decision making that makes their work communicable to the business leaders in the organization?
When I was a post-grad intern my internship kept getting extended month by month for almost a year (for the same very low pay) with the dangling carrot of a full time offer that never came. It was terrible. Eventually I quit and found a job that provided proper structure and pay where I didn’t feel like I was getting taken advantage of.