THE STUDY AIMS AT EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOFT SKILLS OF MANAGEMENT INTERNS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS PERCEPTION OF INDUSTRY MENTORS. SIXTY INDUSTRY MENTORS, WHO HAD ONE FIRST YEAR MANAGEMENT INTERN UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION, WERE ADMINISTERED A 39-ITEM SOFT SKILLS QUESTIONNAIRE, BASED ON THE FRAMEWORK PROPOSED BY ROBLES (2012). THE INTERN WAS ASSESSED ON 11 SOFT SKILLS. EACH MENTOR RATED THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE INTERN POSSESSED THE SPECIFIC SOFT SKILL ON A FIVE-POINT RATING SCALE. THE MENTORS ALSO INDICATED THEIR SATISFACTION WITH THE INTERN'S QUALITY OF WORK AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE MENTOR MAY CONSIDER THE INTERN FOR FINAL PLACEMENT. A PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENT INDICATED THAT INTERNSHIP EFFECTIVENESS PERCEPTION OF THE MENTOR WAS POSITIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THE ASPECTS OF SOFT SKILLS. THE POSSIBILITY OF A PERMANENT PLACEMENT OFFERING WAS ALSO POSITIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THE ASPECTS OF SOFT SKILLS. A MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, COURTESY, AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE WERE POSITIVE PREDICTORS OF INTERNSHIP EFFECTIVENESS, EXPLANING A VARIANCE OF 55%. SIMILARYLY, PROFESSIONALISM, TEAMWORK, AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS EMERGED AS THE POSITIVE PREDICTORS OF A CHANCE OF BEING CONSIDERED FOR A PERMANENT PLACEMENT, EXPLAINING A VARIANCE OF 58%.