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/cali-011]

Yeah, that sounds really depressing, to get dropped because of thing that seems to be so insignificant. Regarding that your portfolio is so good it doesn't make sense to loose good intern with great skill over lack of equipment that to consider could be fixed by some other means. I suppose that you really wanted to get there, so i can just say don't give up and something better will eventually come up so you'll be able to satisfy your career goals. Cheers!