Poor Intern Quality at Bank of America Chicago Industrials

I was recently working on a project with someone from Chicago Industrials that required me reaching out to an intern and a fresh-faced analyst. These guys did not know how do modelling and basically tried to pass off the  responsibility like a hot potato.

What's the deal with their hiring practices over there? A few years ago I helped two of their better interns make it over to NY, but I don't see any point in that now. I hope Chicago ups its standards, I know our NY interns learn quickly and make mistakes, but, unlike Chicago, they never make the same mistakes twice.

We'll need more people with on-the-job experience in NY next year, but probably not from Chicago.

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Don't work at BofA, but have some friends who have gone through BofA Chicago and basically have said they've (two people - there at the same time, both gone) didn't close a single deal during their tenure, all they did was pitch (and didn't win), so I wouldn't be too surprised if an ungratefulMD didn't get quality work out of the team

 
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The bar is always lower in Chicago. Why? Because, you have to work in Chicago 

 

The analysts out in Chicago offices always be weaker hires than NYC and SF

 

Why is this comment getting MS? It’s generally true across many groups, Chicago hiring standards aren’t as stringent compared to other offices, whether that’s in ib, pe or other roles. 

 

Maybe if yall didn’t give 60% of interviews to white girl Becky with the extent of her experience being an unpaid marketing internship then you would find better talent

 

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