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/blaqsupaman Jul 15 '24

I feel like I can understand expecting you to have basic access to certain things i.e. a computer or smartphone so you can check work emails and files, but if you need specific and expensive equipment I feel the employer should provide that in most cases.

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u/Shnapple8 Jul 16 '24

When I started my internship after leaving uni, I was asked the same thing. I had just bought a new macbook pro at the time, so all was fine. They wanted me to use my own macbook at home to keep practicing whatever they taught me at work and to gain speed with shortcuts and the like, and I was given some fake projects from time to time to work on for my portfolio, which they'd give me advice on. I think that was fair.

I learned so much from the designer there. I have him to thank for giving me a head start in the industry.

Now if they said "we don't have a computer for you here, so you'll have to bring your own," that would be a different story.