Bank of America - Terrible Interactions?

Banks are huge dude, don't fall for the culture meme. The wet dream of the bulge bracket is to have everyone be a copy and paste drone of themselves while preaching individuality in a cosmic irony of shitpost tier. You probably just spoke to some bad apples, because even speaking to 10 people and having them consistently be shitty, especially in a bank with hundreds or even thousands of IB employees, can still make them bad apples. There is no universal culture nor overall mana at a bank, people are just people, the generic HUR DUR INCLUSION BIG FAMILY ENTREPRENEUR garbage they spew is just that, garbage, and it comes with the territory. I have enjoyed every BAML interaction I've had and my current bank is filled with genuinely nice people. It just varies per person.

Think it's just a coincidence, but personally the NYC employees I've interacted with were just like you described while the west coast people were nice and super chill for the most part.

Ngl every single person I’ve met from the firm is extremely nice and personable. People have bad days maybe

I wouldn’t paint the whole bank with one brush. that being said it might be nice to meet more people and understand the team culture and dynamics. There might be some teams that have an over demanding MD or a VP who gives comments and asks for quick turns over the weekend despite the work not being due till Thursday. But if 2-3 people from the same team hint at a bad culture I’d be careful.

I interviewed at 4 different BBs and my BofA interviewers were by far the friendliest. Big reason I ended up accepting their offer. That said, everyone has bad days, and every firm has bad apples.