What was the hardest task you were given as a HF intern?
Or I shall ask the other way around: What was the hardest task you have given to an intern?
Curious about it
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"Hey go look at and tell me what you think"
Go grab 10 coffees with 10 different variations. Be back in 10 minutes and don’t spill anything or fuck up anybody’s order.
“We want to ramp on this obscure diversified conglomerate which has extremely strange accounting, operates like a black box and has gone through 5 divestitures in the last 2 years. Can you build the model and initiate on it”
Companies with funky accounting and extreme opacity are horrific tasks for interns
Any good example? Would like to do some practice on it
Pick any European conglomerate with different quarter cycles, and currency reporting that got audited by El Pollo Loco
Or any korean conglomerate or conglomerate subsidiary.
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