{4:36 minutes to read} There are times when an employer may seek to hire an intern without compensation. On the surface, it would appear to be a mutually beneficial quid pro quo arrangement which allows an employer to hire a student to work for free and provides a student with working experience in a field related to that student’s desired career path. However, as mutually attractive as such arrangements may appear to be, this type of arrangement can cause significant problems for an employer who enters into it blindly.