Do bulge bracket investment banks give you instruction books on how to create models if its your first year(analyst) out of college?

In college, the professors teach you how to create financial models using excel and give you textbooks to read. When you start at the very bottom (entry level) of the bulge bracket investment banks, will your superiors like the Associate/VP/MDs give you an assignment involving creating a financial model AND hand you a step-by-step instructions guide/booklet on how to create the model that is up to the firm's standards?

OR are you expected to be a expert on your first day and know EVERYTHING about financial models? 

Will you get fired on your first week as an analyst if you dont know how to create a specific model? (Like 1 out of 10 financial models that you were asked to create)

 
 

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