Lol this reads like a handful or two of other FML's. SURPRISE.

I'm 47 years old, with three successful businesses operating at the same time, and a handful of postgraduate degree holders working for me- some under people with much less illustrious degrees...I have one vice president with a GED. Personally, i was working to support myself at 18, so, college wasn't in the cards...but I went back later....online. Hey, you master's in whatever degree holders...get this...That degree entitles you to squat. Nada. Zero. Means you spent an extra year or two in college, maybe did an internship. so what? Let's really look at what a college degree is...pick your major...say...um...accounting. OK? Here we go. Bachelor's degree in accounting...125 Semester hours, or their Quarter hour equivalent...At least 60 of those semester hours are General education...."Liberal Arts"...crap that has nothing to do with the engineering I am doing. Another 30 Semester hours or so in underpinning math and basic buisiness, around 30 more in actual accounting, and 5 more in crap Nobody cares about. Now take another 33 semester hours (My Alma Mater, I dunno about yours) for a master's degree. 16 of those have little to no relevance in accounting. What's a semester hour? 3 hours of scheduled class time a week, and maybe another hour to two hours matching that in homework, research, and papers. so a 3 sem hour course is what, 90 hours? A bachelor's degree contains a theoretical 900 hours or so of study relevant to the actual major. We have yet to determine how much of that is up to date. Are you a business major? Same basic thing holds true. Heads up, kids, the market is full of people with "Administration" or "Management" degrees. To truly survive, a business needs leadership ability...and if you don't know the difference, you aren't a leader. I don't care what "prestigious school" you went to. Today's economy has resulted in a fiercely competitive market where a business has to evolve and compete, or die. All my top LEADERS come from the military. Non-commissioned and Commissioned officers, some with degrees, some with associates, some with bachelors, and a couple with post-graduate degrees working for retired senior NCOs with High School diplomas. I hunt them down and hire them...why? Because they perform. I don't care if their education is from St. Leo's University or Devry...they know how to lead. My top creative and design talent comes from the working world...businesses I have driven out of existence through fair market competition, and I cherry picked the best from the carcasses of those that shut their doors while my companies grew. My biggest disappointments came from those employees who thought that their big name school (Duke, UVA, and Princeton) meant that they were owed something. Get over yourself. Leave the class ring at home. Go to the interview with some ideas as to what you can accomplish for the money you want to be paid. Tell me you have an idea or two, and be able to sell me on them. Show me you understand the field you want me to employ you in, or have the ability to learn quickly, and get this- make me money- because that's what you are paid for. I have about 90 employees that need you to perform well so the company performs well so we compete at the top of the heap. That's how they pay their mortgage, feed their families, and stay employed. That's how I've expanded and hired people when other companies of the same type (light manufacturing, construction, and communications) have either folded or cutback.

she's a dumb *****. kill her and take the job.

yeah I think he is referring to the rest of the alumni, the ones that do not.

99 - harsh, but useful. as for op... i'm sure it's immensely frustrating to get turned down like that, and perhaps you are skewing the situation a bit out of anger, but it really does sound like you might need a bit of an attitude shift. anyone is incredibly lucky to get a job in this economy, regardless of qualifications. and, regardless of her appearance, there was some reason the interviewer got the job she has.

how do you know she's 24 years old? How do you know what her qualifications are? Yeah it's possible you have more qualifications, but are they in the right field? Have you had experience in the right field? Too many possible extras to determine YDI or FYL.

@ OP: Seriously, duh. Internships are generally for college students in their last year, or recent graduates looking to GET experience before entering the workforce. You yourself stated that you already have two degrees and years of experience, therefore, you are clearly not an ideal candidate for any kind of internship, most of which don't even pay well, if they pay at all, which makes me wonder why you would even want such a position when you have a Masters?!? YDI for not realizing who internships are really intended for...they probably thought your application was a joke...I certainly would have.

This happens all the time now, it doesn't matter whether or not you're qualified it just matters that you have had a job in the past, either that or you need to be ridiculously attractive.

The other girl probably blew the interviewer. Better luck next time, OP.

There are two main things I notice in this FML. 1. You say you're applying to an internship, and yet you have two degrees. That makes no sense. 2. You seem to feel as if an MA and a BA are actually useful degrees. BA's are only useful if you're going to go on and do another degree that has value. An MA does not have value. Your FML should read: "Today, I realised I spent the better half of a decade on my education that will get me nowhere in life. FML" Notice how that makes more sense?