I think it’s almost guaranteed that it will be virtual which freaking blows.

 

I say this because I think we will probably see another pretty big wave of covid in April/may as a result of variants. Just a prediction tho

 

Did bofa internship virtual last summer and it was honestly a good experience and learned a lot. They did a really good job.

 
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I've forgot many details, but to sum it up, there was a week of good training on accounting by a third party that was taught well and then went through a week or two of projects with other interns across all business lines/ learning about the bank and doing projects/cases on a macro level about the Bank and spend a lot of time actually learning what bofa does and how they operate, not necessarily anything about your specific job. Both projects had winners but it actually didn't matter, my team was all on the same vibe and just decided to take it easy on the projects, plus 100% offers lol. We did enough to get by. Since all of your meetings are done otp or Skype/webex, you have to be a social person, being a quiet shy nerd will make you stick out like a sore thumb. Me and my peer mentor whom was an analyst were required to have a call each week to discuss what we learned, but it always turned into a covo about Golf, Basketball, or what bar we were hitting that night. Anyways, after those weeks we went into our groups and its different for each one, but we had presentations and speakers from each group throughout the week and would work on little projects. My day was usually 9-4:30 with a lot of downtime. add in an hour for lunch from 12-1 and the days are easy. Then we had a final presentation about what we learned and a bio about ourselves. takes like 3 minutes and is in front of people on Skype.

 

I know at least for myself that Analyst training for my bank is virtual, So safe to assume the internship program will be virtual :(. I have some friends at other places saying their analyst training is online so that probably speaks for their intern classes too, but can't confirm those.

 

Banks have already sent out updates to incoming FT? Thought they usually wait until onboarding to do that as opposed to SA which usually sends out frequent communication due to there being more interns.

 

LOL had to edit cause I read that wrong. I got an email from HR a few weeks ago, talking about "virtual orientation". They also mentioned onboarding but no clear date yet for me.

 

Do undergraduate summer analysts typically get company swag lol? Bags? SHirts? Patagucci?

 

I got the proverbial “banker bag” before the summer started and then every other week got a care package of branded items / swag. It was almost an overwhelming amount of branded goodies but I assume they just had to use up all the SA budget despite the virtual format.

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If it's a 10 week virtual program, I can't imagine how bored interns would be since they probably aren't gonna be given substantial tasks.

 

If you're staffed on live deals then it's going to be rough. If not, which I feel will happen much less than last year, you're gonna be getting paid $40/hr to watch Netflix for half the day.

 

Virtual.

Biggest worry is will we still be doing WFH when the new hires that interned during the 2020 summer start. That cohort was going to have a serious uphill battle, and this is assuming we're back to normal when they hit the desk/start as FT juniors. It's going to be even harder if we're still remote come fall, making it harder for them to play catch up.

 

Damn, don't say that I was hoping for at least a hybrid schedule after virtual training.

 

CVP just told us that we'd have a one-week virtual training but the remainder of the internship would be in-person

 

More so for the EBs. CVP only has ~20 interns in NYC and 300 employees total, logistically it's not that bad. The BBs and large MMs have thousands of employees in NYC, they may be more likely to just go virtual to avoid the hassle.

 

Was told virtual but they want interns in the city for in-person events. Honestly I think (and hope) it will be a hybrid model where we come in a few days each week.

 

They sent a follow-up email that the in-person events are 100% optional. This makes me think the events aren't really that important? I'm guessing HR events/firm-level stuff. Curious to hear your thoughts.

 

Evercore not said anything either way yet for London, Citi just confirmed London is virtual, MS London starting virtual but possibly in person later

 

And then theres GS who have said it will all be in-person. Surely other banks will have to reconsider being completely virtual?

 

Morgan Stanley NYC is starting virtual with "in-person opportunities" down the line (whatever that means, very vague). Any chance MS might switch it to in-person either from the start or further down the line, especially now since Goldman and JPM are in person. Virtual really blows and I would take any chance to be in person tbh.

 

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