Internship Without Getting Hired?

Hey guys, So, to introduce myself, I am a junior at Perimeter college in Atlanta. I love investment banking and really think I could go bulge (think GS, CS, UBS, MS, BOA). The only issue is, dispute my previous internship at my dads insurance company, I was not placed this year. However, I was thinking, due to the shere number of interns, would it be possible to just walk in with them and pretend I was hired? I think due to my impressive skills, by the time they find out I don't actually work there, they'll want me to stay. Does anyone know if the banks are any good at figuring out whether someone was hired or not? Thanks for your help.

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Why yes, it is very achievable. In fact, many large investment banks use this loophole by sending fake interns to other banks to sabotage deal teams by "accidentally" #reffing out models and pretending to not know what the NASDAQ is.

I've heard receiving a top bucket bonus at GS is conditional upon several acts of sabotage as a fake intern at other investment banks.

 
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