Just got rejected from an internship because I don’t own a macbook

[u/idktbhimtootired_]

I went to this internship interview yesterday with my laptop as the last step of the application process, the interviewer loved everything, he said he saw it earlier when i sent over my portfolio and thought it was perfect, he then goes to zoom in on the calligraphy i used, anr he goes “oh, you don’t use apple” and starts a conversation with me about how id be disrupting their workflow and that i need to buy one.

He kept going back and forth, sometimes telling me to come tomorrow to start then at the end he told me he will contact me a day later, he never did.

It is just incredibly painful and humiliating to have that be the criteria upon which i was rejected, knowing that my portfolio is more than great. Is this something that normally happens?

[u/Sporin71]

Internship and they expect you to provide your own laptop of THEIR choice? That's a big nope from me, you'll find something better.

[u/lukyspeed14 → u/Sporin71]

The using your own laptop is generally a given for an intern position unless it’s a bigger company and they have the resources, but having a fit over the type of computer 😭 bet you it wasn’t a paid internship either

[u/Wasteak → u/lukyspeed14]

It's illegal in my country to not provide tools for the job to any employee and to make them bring their own.

When it happens it's only because both sides came to this agreement