By screwed - 04/01/2010 05:29 - United States

Today, I was rejected for an internship due to 'lack of experience.' I have both an MA and a BA from a highly prestigious school and years of work experience. My would-be superior: a 24 year old without a graduate degree and only one year of work experience. She wore jeans to the interview. FML
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null_fml 11

You're not telling us the whole story, are you? I'm guessing her year of experience was in the proper field and yours weren't.

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Reality_bites 14

I agree with both number 7 and 10. OP, What makes you so special that you think your better than your would be supervisor? Ever considered that maybe SHE applied and completed or currently completing the same internship that you just got rejected from, which would therefore entitle her to hold her current position? And so what if she wore jeans to the interview. Companies can have a casual dress day every week policy you know. If you already think that little of your would be supervisor, why the hell would she want you on her team, seeing as you've pretty much decided that you know more than here and as a result will disrespect her leadership at every turn. Not good for the team dynamics..

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padlarf 14

Wait, I'm confused now. And by the looks of it I'm not the only one. The girl in the jeans, was she a competitor for the same internship of was she the one interviewing the OP?

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unpossible 26

She was interviewing the OP. She was the OP's "would-be superior" also known as the jean-sporting moron who could have become her boss.

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idkweird 0

Again, why would the interviewer need to dress up? She doesn't NEED to impress! She's not a moron for wearing jeans. That's just ridiculous to assume. She obviously beat out people for her position, which means she must have something going for her.

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unpossible 26

Sorry, idkweird. I was just having fun putting words in the OP's mouth. I don't think the interviewer was a moron, but I bet the OP did.

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TomasT 0

Well, being in the position of hiring people I can say that I reject people who are overqualified, since they'll always move on and I have to hire a new... takes time and costs money... Unless it is Art or Literature MA... then you're screwed, and not in the nice cozy way.

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JuliaCatherine 0

That's what I was thinking. It sometimes happens.

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perdix 29

Without saying what the job was or what your degrees were in or what you previous work experience was, it's impossible to tell whether you were screwed or treated fairly. Those high degrees only carry weight in that field. My advanced engineering degree is solid gold when I go for engineering jobs, but I wouldn't expect it to help much if I wanted to become a management trainee at Target. In fact, if that is what I wanted to do, I'd conceal my degrees.

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mekeskidi_fml 0

She lacks the experience of "working under a 24 year old undergraduate"

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janise 2

OP never said the 24 year old was an undergraduate college student. Based on the FML I'd say the 24 year old had at least a Bachelor's degree.

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Malinkrot 3

Just because you went to college doesn't mean "daddy is rich." My family is not rich at all and I pay for everything myself while going to college. I doubt you are an actual employer, you sound like one of the bitter blue collar people on this board who has a grudge against people with "fancy college degrees" because you never went. You also probably think a bum that knows what bus route to go on is smarter than a Harvard graduate because he has "street smarts." If you are so ignorant that you think everyone with a degree has a "rich daddy," I wouldn't want to be employed by your company anyway. Have you ever heard of scholarships?

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ragsy 7

Get over yourself! Having a degree doesn't mean you can apply what you learned.

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monnanon 13

how do the people who have "years of experience" get experience? By gettign a job off the back of their education. Everyone has to start somewhere whether you are the lucky ones who can get the job you want without going to college or uni or someone who decided to get a degree or diploma and work from there. Spending 4-5 years learning about a subject and HOW TO APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED to a job in your chosen field should allow you to at least get your foot in the door. SO yes a degree does mean you know how to apply what you have learned. There would be little point otherwise

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cookies_for_you 0

Maybe your horrible attitude got your rejected.

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thighsofglory 0

You can always pump gas or whatever...

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Radi0Waves 0

it could be about price. they probably don't have to pay them as much as they would have to pay you. people who are older, have more experience tend to get higher wages than those just entering the field.

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