I graduated 1982 and started work 1978. I worked 45 years, and every company I worked for was either bankrupted, sold off or mortgaged to the limit. But I was always working, except for 6 weeks of voluntary unemployment, and of course several years (in total) of rather fabulous holidays. Anyway, Mr No Attitude has had his 2 days of 'fame'. Byeeeeee! PSA there is now an ignore option for a given user.
Don't knock digging ditches and qa testing. That is how many engineers got started, me included. I have spent 23 years as a civil engineer working my way from a lowly design engineer to a District Engineer with a major domestic water provider. All of that started with digging ditches, installing pipelines, fixing and repairing leaks, and generally learning how things work. It went a long ways to landing me my first job as an engineer. I was able to show a willingness to work hard and common sense knowledge that many entry level engineers don't have in their respective field.
Engineering offices are difficult places to work. Not only is the work difficult, mentally tiring, and requires constant personal development/growth/training, but its an environment ruled by logic with little regard for emotion. You could be technically brilliant, highly motivated, etc but if you're not emotionally dead to criticism, second-guessing, or having your mistakes pointed out then you'll be run off. Design reviews are literally a group of managers/peers/colleagues spending hours poking holes in your work. Nobody will pussyfoot around, your work either meets every requirement or it doesnt, alternative designs were considered or not, analysis/testing has been planned and completed or it hasnt, etc.
The direct answer to every "I cant..." is usually "Keep trying or find another job," regardless if you're trying to find a job or design a rocket. That's not an engineer being unkind, just direct.
You started this post with simple one line rather rhetorical question which we all thought was just a simple throwaway whimsical comment.
Since then you have failed to provide any background information requested by me and others by which we might be able to offer you some specific advice, but nothing is forthcoming, instead you seem to be (despite your protestations to the contrary) rather thin skinned and come across more than a little bit aggressive and angry. Maybe that's why you didn't get and internships. However moving forward it won't come across well and you may well need to do some digging of ditches or more lower level work in order to demonstrate that you can actually work with people without appearing to be a human hand grenade with the pin about to pop.
The next set of applications might yield something, maybe they won't, but I think we're not capable of doing much more here unless you open up a bit and lose the perceived attitude.
Resist the tendency to become bitter, as justified as you would be. Hang in there. See if you can attend some job fairs for a range of companies you'd like to work for. Meanwhile, go through your Uni textbooks in your free time and pick up on skills that you think may set you apart from the crowd instead of drowning in despair - how about getting a self teaching text on engg differential equations ? Good luck.
