Just got an internship offer @ an MM. Super happy and excited. How do I not fuck up the internship and furthermore what are the things I should be doing to really stand out this summer and start to establish a good rep?
I've already had these discussions in "real life" with bankers but want to hear from you guys in this anonymous setting to see if there is anything I haven't heard yet.
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I'm probably echoing a lot of the stuff you've already heard, but I remember being quite nervous about doing well so here's what I did that helped:
1. Make sure you 100% understand what people want from you regarding outputs/formatting. Frontload asking questions. Every small detail counts, and it will be a huge relief to whoever is training you/giving you guidance if you deliver exactly what they had in mind and it looks nice.
2. Budget out time to print out your work and check line by line with a pen and highlighter to tie numbers. Probably 20% of your time on a deliverable should be checking work. You will positively stand out if from the very beginning you're the intern who never misses a comment on a markup.
3. It helped me personally to stay up later if need be to get assignments in good shape comfortably ahead of time. For example, if the associate I was working with would ask to see something mid-day tomorrow, I'd finish late at night, check one more time the next morning, and have it on his desk/in email first thing. This helped take some of the stress of time pressure/anxiety of fire drills off - you're trading some sleep but worth it in the end.
Other than that, just be responsive, normal, and fun to hang out with. Being good at your job is the necessary threshold to jump, but from what I've seen, having a positive attitude and easygoing personality seals the deal. Make sure you eventually have at least a few chats with MDs over coffee before the end of the summer just so they know you exist.
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