[gwbas1c]

I faced similar attitudes in interviews early in my career. It has nothing to do with skin color, and all to do with prejudices about people without much career experience.

In one case, one interviewer basically told me that I lied about how much I made in an internship. (I didn't lie.)

Now that I'm on the other side of the table, I can tell you that the hardest interviews to run are for recent college graduates. It requires a lot of "would I know this back then" thinking.