How to respond when HHs/firms ask where you are ranked?

Just wrapped up my first year at a BB, now recruiting for buyside. My reviews weren’t great (below average). Wonder what is the best way to approach this during interviews? Can I still say I am mid-bucket/top mid bucket by pointing out the positive stuffs I received while mentioning the area of improvement that I am working on? Will the HHs/firms find out the real rankings at my bank/group?

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“Jorge was very practical and generous with his time. He gave me a clear action plan: tighten my elevator pitch to under 2 min, do a weekly modelling case study, and prep technicals, market questions and behaviourals. His networking advice (always ask each contact for 1-2 more names, track fund closes to spot hiring windows, a list of London infra headhunters) was very actionable. He also referred me internally to Nuveen within a week. Only point to improve: I’m still waiting for his feedback on the case studies I sent.”

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