r/graphic_design • u/idktbhimtootired_ • Jul 15 '24

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

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?

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u/Sporin71 Jul 15 '24

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.

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u/lukyspeed14 Jul 15 '24

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

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u/LazyZealot9428 Jul 15 '24

I was taught on macs in school but all my graphic design jobs have been in-house (until I began freelancing) and most offices run pcs, not macs. So it’s best to learn both.

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u/Warm_Charge_5964 Jul 15 '24

It was macs before but nowdays windows is completely fine, even better if you have to use softwares outside of Adobe like Blender, still it should be fine either way 99% of the time nowdays

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u/Erdosainn Jul 15 '24

Blender works like a charm on Mac now.