Intense Summer Associates?!
Hey everyone,
I was a summer analyst at a BB and the summer associates in my group were VERY intense. Our internship was virtual so my group would have "zoom bonding events" for interns where everyone ( including MDs and directors) would talk about random fun shit ( sports/movies/food/music lol) and the summer associates would jump in and ask something very work related ( "tell us about your journey to banking" or "how have you become so successful). They also told us to network "professionally" with the team even at bonding events. One summer associate actually started talking about how passionate he is about IB and building models while everyone was talking about baseball lol. Friends at other banks have similar intel on some summer associates.Really don't want to stereotype but why do some S associates seem to try too hard compared to S analysts? I was always told to have a natural conversation because trying too hard comes off as fake some times?
I interned at an EB and noticed exactly the opposite. The summer analysts were massive hardos and they would ask a million questions. The summer associates were a lot more laid back.
I stopped networking with our summer analysts (like ignored their reach out emails) because they were all too intense and only wanted to chat about modeling and their favorite billions episode. 100% serious.
EB?
Serious question: how do you have a conversation about modeling? Do you talk about shortcuts etc
Based on my limited experiences, modeling conversations tend to focus on sensitivity analyses and the broader dynamics of the model. I haven't been witness to conversations in which associates are tweaking out to a newly learned shortcut. Just my experiences.
Speculation here. Were these summer associates from CBS, Wharton, or Booth? These programs tend to produce graduates that are serious about and focused on a career in investment banking. Granted, you can be serious about your career without coming across as a hard ass. Also, the intense nature might be an attempt to combat the stigma around MBA associates being technically inept in adding little value over the first 6-9 months of employment. Again, speculation.
Mostly Wharton and Tuck :)
It really isn't an associate or analyst specific thing, some people just really nerd out on that kind of stuff. They'll simmer down in a year after their idealistic outlooks have been crushed.
Ha. A true regression back to the mean.
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