Should My Intern Get a Return Offer?
I am a first year investment banking analyst at a BB and working with a summer analyst who is not meeting my expectations for a few reasons:
1. Poor communication. He doesn't communicate his progress on work and misses deadlines. This is the main thing I'm annoyed by because there were nights where I'm waiting to review something from him and he would turn it in late without letting me know in advance
2. Sloppy work. His work has a lot of errors, although its improving as he's now linking correct sources and not hard-coding the wrong cells, so not all hope is lost. However, I am having trouble trusting that his work is error-proof, so I need to dedicate my time checking the little details.
3. Trouble prioritizing work. He is on a lot, but struggles prioritizing what is more important. I've seen him struggle with juggling staffings.
The positives are that he is technically capable, very receptive to feedback, and had a good attitude about asking for ways to improve when he was told he wasn't meeting expectations. He did a good job with his intern projects and shows drive to learn.
However, I'm not sure how to full trust his work again given all the previous mistakes. Plus, I don't think I will be working with him in the future anyways, so I can't really judge his progress. I also don't really want to work with him in the future either and am annoyed by him. I like working with the other interns more, and they are doing a better job.
Other people on my team have noticed the same thing as me and have been telling me his communication is getting better as he's now giving texting regularly about his progress on work. He also stopped missing deadlines. I can't verify that personally though. However, he is still making mistakes, making it hard to trust his work. In terms of team fit, he's a nice kid, but somewhat socially awkward.
So do you think it's worth me to keep investing time into this person, or is it fair if I write him off as not coming back to the firm?
Yes. If he’s shown some improvement and is receptive to feedback it’s worth keeping him for that.
Remember he’s 6 weeks into the job
Ignore intern I’m a 3rd year asso
He got below standards for his mid summer review, so I’m not sure if he’s even going to get a return as I’m not sure how screwed he is
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If other interns are doing a better job while working with you (less mistakes, better communication issues), then feel free to rank them higher. But my guy, he's an INTERN. Interns know absolutely nothing. It's on you to teach and be patient. You should never solely rely on an intern's work. It's on an intern to show interest in learning, making progress, and asking questions.
Your social awkward point is moot. Finance people in a room full of non-finance people look borderline autistic. If you enjoy his presence, that should be enough.
Communicate to him/her these concerns. If they are receptive of the feedback and improves, they should be fine
My intern did not meet my expectations, but I still wanna keep him. Don't wanna do more mandatory random coffee chats, acting nice, and wake up at 8 AM for a random superday
‘My intern’? Your title says intern…
Fuck you asshole
I've never seen a motherfucker post this shit LMAOO. You do not need our opinions. If he improves yes as said above, if not then let him learn the hard way, it builds character.
JFC, he’s an intern…
None of them are particularly useful over the summer and all these mistakes are mistakes first year analysts make months into the job. How can you be ready to write off someone like this who is improving ?
Were you molested as a child or did your mom drink when she was pregnant with you? If not, you should seriously evaluate who hurt you growing up.
Nah bro he got a poor mid summer performance for the reasons I stated above. I don’t think he’s going to get the return, but I also don’t know for certain
Maybe because he spent most of his time working for you and you fucked him over…?
Absolutely give him feedback directly but if he is working hard for you, at least support him in his reviews. Holy shit dude. Way to be an asshole
Lol at this post. I promise you, you were just as bad as an intern and probably your first few months on the job.
If you are trying to "fully trust" an intern's work, that is more of a you problem and is an issue with your ability to accept that you are no longer at the very bottom and have to actually review things now than it is the intern's problem. At my bank, we literally received an email right before interns started with instructions and it emphasized like 5 different times that we had to very carefully check everything they do. That should be common sense. I feel bad for whoever works under you in the future.
VP said trajectory matters a lot - see how they develop? It’s your call of course, hard to tell without meeting the person and watching them work. Rather hire someone who consistently improves than one than starts well, plateaus then burns out/declines…
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