Interior Design Internship Application

Launch Your Interior Design Career with Paperform

Finding the right interior design intern shouldn't mean sifting through scattered PDFs, email attachments, and disorganized portfolios. Whether you're running a boutique residential studio, a commercial design firm, or a multi-disciplinary agency, this Interior Design Internship Application template helps you collect everything you need—design portfolios, mood boards, software proficiencies, and creative philosophies—all in one beautifully branded, easy-to-complete form.

Built specifically for interior design firms, architecture studios, creative agencies, and design educators, this template replaces messy email threads and generic job boards with a streamlined application experience that reflects the visual standards of your industry.

Why Interior Design Firms Choose Paperform

Interior design is a visual profession, and your application process should reflect that. Paperform's document-style editor lets you create on-brand forms that feel more like a curated landing page than a clinical survey. Add your studio imagery, embed inspiration, and craft an application experience that attracts the caliber of talent you're looking for.

This template is designed to capture the unique mix of creative vision and technical skill that interior design demands. You'll gather:

• Contact and educational background to understand the applicant's foundation
• Portfolio and mood board uploads to evaluate aesthetic sensibility and conceptual thinking
• Space planning and design software proficiency including AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, Rhino, Enscape, and Adobe Creative Suite
• Residential vs. commercial preference to match candidates with the right projects and mentors
• Design style philosophy to understand their creative point of view and cultural fit
• Availability and internship goals to align expectations from day one

Streamline Your Creative Hiring Workflow

Once applications roll in, Paperform keeps everything organized and actionable:

• Centralized submissions: Review all applications, portfolios, and mood boards in one clean dashboard—no more hunting through email attachments or Dropbox links
• File uploads with context: Applicants can upload PDFs, images, and portfolio samples directly in the form, with descriptions that give you the story behind each project
• Conditional logic: Tailor follow-up questions based on their experience level, preferred design specialization, or software skills
• Team collaboration: Share submissions with hiring managers, creative directors, and HR using roles and permissions, and add internal notes as you evaluate candidates
• Auto-confirm and next steps: Send a beautifully designed confirmation email with your timeline, what to expect next, or a link to schedule an interview—no manual follow-up needed

Automate Your Internship Onboarding with Stepper

Reviewing applications is just the beginning. Use Stepper, Paperform's AI-native workflow builder, to turn each submission into a structured hiring process:

• Automatically create applicant records in your ATS, Airtable, or Google Sheets
• Route top candidates to your creative team in Slack or Asana for portfolio review
• Trigger interview scheduling links for qualified applicants
• Send rejection emails with encouragement and feedback to applicants who don't move forward
• Onboard accepted interns by generating offer letters via Papersign and pre-filling onboarding checklists

With Stepper handling the handoffs, your team can focus on finding brilliant design talent instead of wrestling with spreadsheets and follow-up emails.

Built for Design Studios, Agencies, and Educators

This template is ideal for:

• Interior design firms hiring interns for residential, commercial, hospitality, or retail projects
• Architecture and design studios looking for emerging talent with space planning and visualization skills
• Creative agencies seeking interns with an eye for styling, color theory, and conceptual development
• Design schools and educators managing internship placements and industry partnerships
• Furniture and home brands offering design internships in product styling, merchandising, or showroom experience

Whether you're a solo designer bringing on your first intern or a growing firm hiring a seasonal cohort, Paperform scales with your needs—no developer required.

Why This Beats Generic Application Forms

Most internship applications feel like filling out tax forms. This template is different. You can customize every question, add your studio photography as a background, embed a video welcome from your creative director, and create an experience that excites applicants about the opportunity.

Paperform's conditional logic means you only ask relevant questions—if someone specializes in residential design, you can skip the questions about commercial code compliance. If they've never used Revit, you can ask about their willingness to learn instead of their proficiency level.

The file upload fields let applicants submit mood boards, hand sketches, CAD drawings, and 3D renderings in any format, so you see their work exactly as they intended. And because everything lives in one place, your team can review, score, and discuss candidates without bouncing between tools.

Seamless Integrations for Your Hiring Stack

Paperform connects with the tools design firms already use:

• Sync applicant data to HubSpot, Notion, or Airtable for pipeline tracking
• Log new submissions in Google Sheets for collaborative review and scoring
• Ping your Slack channel when a standout portfolio arrives
• Trigger follow-up workflows in Stepper, Zapier, or Make
• Send interview invites via Calendly or your preferred scheduling tool

Secure, Scalable, and Ready for Growing Teams

Paperform is SOC 2 Type II compliant and built with enterprise-grade security, so you can confidently handle applicant data, portfolios, and personal information. Set permissions so only the right people see sensitive details, and use data residency controls if your firm operates across multiple regions.

As your studio grows, Paperform grows with you—add team members, create client-specific application forms under Agency+, and manage everything from one dashboard.

Get Started in Minutes

Simply customize this template with your firm's branding, tweak the questions to match your internship structure, and share the link on your careers page, social channels, or design school job boards. Applications start flowing in immediately, and you'll wonder how you ever managed hiring without it.

Trusted by over 500,000 teams worldwide, Paperform is the no-code platform that brings together beautiful forms, powerful automation, and the integrations you need—without the headache.

Ready to find your next brilliant design intern? Start with Paperform.