So I’ve been looking for an IMS internship for around 2 years now. First year was a dud because mentally I wasn’t in the right state to even live, go to school or do a year long internship, but after a long year of self development, healing, going to therapy and sending applications, I’m left here with no internship once again. I have sent give or take 50 applications so far, it might seem little but there are practically no companies offering an internship that is ESSENTIAL for me to graduate. I’ve had 2 interviews so far, one where they genuinely liked me a lot but I failed on the technical part, after being asked to explain and do things that even my classmates found weird because for them it was a simple interview and done. 2nd one was a group interview with around 15 people and we took a test to determine which 3 people got into the next round. https://www.blick.ch/community/ims-pflichtpraktikum-sorgt-fuer-aerger-ueber-100-bewerbung-gesendet-nur-absagen-id21702753.html This article is something I found recently highlighting the same thing. Critique of the Swiss education system is something I’ve always done because maybe specifically I am neurodivergent and an immigrant (prejudice towards me being Afghan and maybe even my name at times) which does add onto the difficulty. Having been here for only around 10 years or so while having to compete with people who’ve spent their whole lives knowing German is pretty demoralizing but still I see myself having finished IMS as an achievement. Yet even with that acknowledgment, it’s bittersweet that the rest of my near future is dependent on something like finding an internship, being judged by my grades which I got while being a traumatized teenager who barely knew German hanging with extremely smart classmates who’d been born and raised here. Grades that only tell the story of struggle and not perseverance. How can through a door when I can’t even get one foot in. My school knows about this and the help they offered me was telling me to go to the library and sending applications from 8-12. That being said, does anyone have any sort of advice for me on how to broaden my search and find an internship in the next 2 months? any sort of help is appreciated. I am native in English if that matters. submitted by /u/sxcarfce
Originally posted by u/sxcarfce on r/Switzerland