Title says it all, Can summer analysts become friends with their coworker or do they have to / usually stay formal with the other analysts/associates? Any stories of interns absolutely kicking it with the FT?
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Yes. Don’t want to give away stories for anonymity’s sake, but it’s absolutely a thing.
Depends on how close of friends were talking. Yeah it's pretty easy to be a friend in passing where you may converse a good amount in the hallways but very few interns get buddy buddy with analysts and associates where they're telling jokes. Also the risk reward ratio is pretty high in attempting to do so.
What risk is that? Do you think an analyst would ding a SA for sprinkling a few puns here and there?
Depends on the jokes.
Be politically correct & dont curse. If they joke around with you, dont be afraid to respond with a joke (if you can pull it off)
I’d say random funny stories are ok. Things that happened at your last work place etc
Idk man social skills are hard to explain. You either have it or you dont.
Completed my SA this summer and was surprised with how many memes and jokes me team was sending out. I think it varies by group, but the members in mine certainly encouraged engaging in the banter.
“Risk reward ratio”
So you’d prefer not saying anything and only doing your job? Well thats boring af.
You fail the airport test because you’re so in your head that you cant relax and be normal - all for the sake of your return offer.
P.S. I’d quit immediately if I worked in a place where people never casually talked to each other and only worked.
can they smash tho
I was going out with 1 analyst and 1 associate a lot during my SA stint. We were always going to bars together, doing stupid things and showing up hangover at the office. We still hang out/chat quite often. Honestly made my summer a lot nicer at the time
did you end up joining the same place for FT?
Nop, ended up taking buyside offer
From what I’ve heard, it happens. Truthfully, I don’t see why not. Look at the age difference. The interns are 20-21 and the analysts are 23-24. Why not?
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