Intern who sucks at his job

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to share a mid-summer review of my experience interning at an UMM/MF so far, and hear some thoughts you all may have about demonstrating improvement - specifically, how to interpret vague feedback, but moreso how to implement. This may be a bit specific (hopefully I’m not the only one though), but I’ve ofttimes found myself taking 5+ hrs, sometimes the whole day on one assignment (I.e. finding comps and precedents, inputting them into the model, and then creating charts) whereas I see analysts who can do this work in under an hr. These kind of mundane tasks have been my main role and while not intellectually difficult, drain the clock for me. The issue here is that I haven’t gotten a ton quicker, which makes me wonder if there is a skill issue or I’m over analyzing when I do these kinds of things due to my caution for detail (I’ve gotten feedback that I need to improve on this). While working on an assignment recently, I’ve had team members come up to me and sarcastically joke about the time it’s taken me to complete x project, and I always respond apologetically. But I’m kind of confused at the moment because I’m typically quick at picking things and been told this, but I also don’t want to sacrifice work quality for speed. Any advice generally from senior people, people who’ve had a situation like this, or clarity on whether I’m overthinking it or am not efficient enough for the point where I’m at in my internship, would be much appreciated.