Didn't really do too much work throughout the summer, it's not that I was lazy, I just don't think there was too much deal flow. Never got staffed on a live deal nor anything, just always doing support work and other stuff. Was this the case for anyone else? Like really slow hours, not too much work? There were weeks I just did like 30 hours worth of "work" which really means 10 hours working and 20 hours waiting around.
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either the analysts thought you were an absolute mongoloid or the company just does not close deals. Where was this? a boutique?
>thought you were an absolute mongoloid
>company doesn't close deals
M&A group at bulge bracket in NYC lmfao + I got return offer with bumped base
congrats man! The less work the better tbh.
Same with me. Did very little work and the work that I did analysts were very happy with. Just never really got new staffings and deals I was on were very slow - also BB good group.
Same here lmao. Still got return offer with the bumped base so I can't complain at all
My 2 cents...a lot of times this summer you wouldn't get much work, because analysts/associates are overworked and need to hit tight deadlines that they can't trust interns to pitch in. On top of it, a lot of people quit so analysts/associates are busy learning how to work with lateral hires and training those people to group-specific best-practices.
this seems pretty plausible bro, I wouldn't doubt it cause I constantly got "don't talk to me vibes" but I def worked on some projects, it just wasn't that 160 hours a week meme that everyone on this website spams like crazy.
Lmao 160 hours a week -- nice 8 hours left over, that's solid work/life
I agree. I am working on 3 live deals right now and pretty much reinventing just in time delivery so more than aware than anything channeled through interns will take 3x the time to be processed if not more. Not the interns fault (though would use them more if I found say an absolute top performer that is killing it from the get go - but not the case)
Ding ding ding
This is 100% it. This summer was god awful brutal with dealflow (as every June/July is once the 2nd years leave for Apollo).
We just couldn't afford the time to explain a fully baked model to an intern when I need to turn comments in the next 90 minutes.
Yup - just finished SA at an EB. Also was never particularly slammed and had some very slow weeks. Got all good reviews and the return with bumped base
I just finished up my SA at a MM, was slammed everyday except Saturday’s lol.
Got the return tho.
Did your team tell you that you were getting an offer before HR gave you the call?
This isn’t surprising, when I was an analyst and associate I never gave the interns anything that mattered because I didn’t have time to check their work. At the end of the summer I was told I have to mentor them better, but never did and no one really cared.
As long as the interns didn’t bother me, I always hve good reviews for them. Just act normal and don’t attract any unwanted attention and you’re return offer is guaranteed at my bank.
Mostly because it would take more time for people swamped with work to figure out what you can do, and if so how well you can do it. Either way the time it takes to teach you how to do some things and then fix them takes too much time and eats into the schedule (as opposed to absorbing in person).
Even full time laterals have taken a solid 6+ months plus to catch up in my group, so it’s difficult and nerve wrecking to hand off stuff to an intern you know is going to be there 2 months. Just give the offer and call it a day and hope to bring more bodies in FT.
Yeah it's really tough to give interns projects on tight deadlines because the analyst has to almost do it all over themselves anyway. Don't be offended, it's just how things work. Keep asking for more responsibility or maybe ask if you can sidecar an analyst if he's working on some analysis to see them get reps in
Did my sophomore internship at a boutique. Barely did any work the whole summer, but it looks great on my resume. I would have worked harder, but it was unpaid, and I already had my junior one lined up.
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