What's the absolute worst that could happen...?

if you think she will say yes, do it.

i've heard it happen and the then-SA in question is now an 3rd year at the same BB.

Not really a problem at all. They won't be deciding who gets the offer. But where are all the hot HR girls at my bank?? I'm jealous.

As long as you don't creeper-out if she says no, you'll be fine. If she says yes, well then. Go head', sizzon!

Why risk it when you should be focused on getting an FT offer?

There are plenty of attractive, available women in NYC.

Don't sh!t where you eat

if it was a few years ago, when you would have had 3-4 FT offers just because you were an SA at one of the BB's, I would have said go for it, but in this market...i'd probably get that FT offer secured before i decided to piss in the company pool.

The question is "What is the worst that could happen". The answer to that, obviously, is marriage.

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If she says no, it won't hurt you because she'll still be flattered that you asked.

The worst that could happen is that she becomes your girlfriend, then you cheat on her and she tells every one of her HR friends at BBs to infiltrate the pile of resumes and throw yours out.

if you got caught stepping out on your hr girlfriend, and she was a spiteful whore, I suppose she could also accuse you of sexual harrassment, and thus have you blackballed.

Where are the hot chicks in the HR office??? That's, like, where all the hot chicks at the BBs hang out!

Marriage? You can always get a divorce.

Genital herpes. The gift that keeps on giving.

She gets pregnant and keeps it.

It's not worth it in a market like this. Why bother when you really need summer internships for FT offers in this market? In all likelihood nothing will happen but I still wouldn't do it if you're concerned at all with getting an offer.

It might also result in a bad reputation, word spreads pretty quickly around the office.

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And what self-respecting HR girl would date a summer? Surely they could get themselves a higher-paid, harder-working and more desperate-for-companionship full time analyst. Plus there wouldn't be the issue of the kid going back to college for a year.

Doesn't sound like a match made in heaven.

on the upside, she can't be demanding on the hour front as she will know your hours... by checking in with your staffer

God that would be awful.

dude, if the girls in hr are even close to as hot as the girl in the picture above, i'm definetly giving it a shot. i just won't do something stupid like let it turn into a relationship or anything substantive. my game is tight son.

It's honestly stupid to take that kind of risk when you should be focusing on getting a full-time offer.

Swanky idea. I think it's ballsy, plus it gives you someone else to hang out with outside of the SAs and FTs you'll work with on a daily basis. Having an out always helps with that kind of gig.

Now... unless you go to school in NY [or <>] and work in NY over the summer, don't bother. A summer relationship will suck if it's only for 12 weeks, esp. if you connect and you aren't reasonably close to NY (By reasonable, I mean you attend college in NYC or are within 40 minutes - 1 hr by train to manhatten [Ex. Princeton or Rutgers New Brunswick]). Now... if you were close, locationally speaking, I'd say go for it with no reservations. If things become serious, it doesn't turn into an Long Distance Relationship and those can be destructive on people. Boy do i have stories on that subject to tell...

All said and done though, do it if you feel it's a great choice to make. Best of luck to you.

yeah...that girl is hot as all hell. i've never seen an HR chick that fine, but who knows. if something like her exists, then that's one situation where i'd probably be willing to put my internship on the line and go for the goal...and by goal, i'm not talking about a FT offer