Chance of getting an internship

Hello, I am in my first year of undergraduate in finance, Ive heard that there is heavy emphasis of getting an internship after your first year but all the listings are asking for penultimate year, so I want to ask how common is it really landing a first internship as a student after his 1 undergraduate year. 

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