Hey, my name is Sekou and these are my experiences as an illustration intern at my school’s in house design studio. I figure there’s no need for this to be boring, so let’s have a some fun with this, shall we.

     Alright, so currently I’m interning at City Tech’s in house design studio on Court Street, Brooklyn; However before I get into that story, I figured i’d start from the beginning of my internship hunting experience via Glassdoor.com.

     So to make a long boring story short, I applied to a whole bunch of places and didn’t really get any callbacks. There specifically was a position for an Editorial Illustration intern at Mashable.com that I wanted to get; it was a paid internship and sounded like a great opportunity, which is why it probably had ten thousand applicants. But hey whatever right? No worries, stiff upper lip and soldier march to the back of the line and try again; just fill out more applications.

     Do you know what the BEST part of applying for internships online is? Sitting through crucibles of pervasive ‘Interview’ questions especially crafted to expose character flaws, test carpal tunnel susceptibility, and make mere mortals flee in terror.  Some of my personal favorites to answer are: “What are your greatest strengths/ weaknesses? , “Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?”, and my new personal favorite courtesy of mashable.com; “In 150 words or less, Describe what makes you unique?”. By the time I made it to that question, I was fighting the urge to write “HIRE ME AND FIND OUT!! MotherF*&%#!”.

Don’t worry, I didn’t actually put that on the application; I wrote something more along the lines of “Unfortunately, I have yet to gain the level of self awareness required to accurately answer such an introspective question; so instead, I will leave you with…I make amazing PB&J sandwiches.”  Still waiting on that reply email; if there is a correlation between sass and unemployment, I have found it.