Interview - Futureproof Internship
So as you can imagine my confidence was knocked at this moment in time, simply because of the termination of the internship such a small thing but with big implications (for me), however I didn't want the disappointment to affect me too much, Just entered a new month (November 2013) and I had to quickly get back on with applying for jobs and internships.. Time and positions don't wait for anybody.
After applying for another batch of design internships and jobs I heard back from a company called Futureproof, I had interview with them but unfortunately I was unsuccessful this was my response:
Hi David,
Good to hear from you and apologies for the delay. As predicted, preparation for training rather took a hold this week!
It
was lovely to meet you and we felt that you came across really well in
the interview and your answers were impressive. Unfortunately however,
we're not able to offer you an internship at this stage.
Competition
is really fierce and we felt that your ideation skills were strong, but
executionally, we look for a bit more breadth of experience as we work
on such a range of projects and media. The teams are tackling major
client projects at the moment and, although the internship is a learning
opportunity, our interns need to be able to have a certain level of
knowledge across a range of media to be able to develop at the right
pace, as the creative team can only dedicate a certain amount of their
time to supporting and teaching.
I hope that you find this feedback helpful as, again, we did very much enjoy meeting you.
Best,
I was slightly gutted about this response but I totally understand why I wasn't able to get it. When I first arrived and entered the building, a guy came down and lead me to the waiting area we started talking about work/internships and we slightly went off topic (due to my excitement) and form that I dared to dream. I instantly imagined myself coming in every morning and saying hi to everyone, whilst I was sitting in the waiting area waiting for the interviewee everyone kept glancing and smiling every now and again, which kind of relaxed me and put me at ease and thus presumptions of me working there continued.
Anyways I was very happy with my feedback from Sarah it's not everyday where someone explains why you weren't able to get a position at least from what I've experienced, so I was very grateful for that. But on this hand there was nothing I could've physically done better to get this internship, except to have more 'breadth of experience', the interview itself was actually really enjoyable so I'm glad I went however, of course disappointed I didn't get anywhere but onwards and upwards.
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