I've got an offer from a good BB (Citi, CS, Barclays) for next summer NYC. During the internship I'd only be 20 years old (late birthday) and I'm from a suburban town where I never needed a fake ID (would go to parties or stuff instead of bars).
Would I need to get a fake ID for firm events / if we go out to a bar with senior bankers? Is it frowned upon if you pull a fake ID and your MD notices?
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Oh yeah! There is absolutely no way my MD wouldn’t be fine with me breaking the law!!!
Don't drink when you go out with anyone from the firm other than fellow interns, & even then exercise some common sense to make sure it's around people who won't go tell the office how yall got figgity figgity fucked up
Most MD’s don’t want to hang out with interns.
Firm sponsored events will make sure to have the options for people under 21 (obviously).
For non sponsored events (going out for drinks with group), don’t use a fake. Also, as others have said, don’t drink when out with MD or senior people, do it with your friends and interns. The risk of doing something dumb is just way too high.
No one will give you an offer because you went out for drinks.
Not sure how those banks do it but during my SA, if you were under 21 you were not allowed to drink at any firm-sponsored event. And no, they don't ask for your ID. HR knows your age and, in our case, we had name tags that identified you as a minor.
Citi?
Just don't do it...have seen summers not get offers because they pulled that and someone higher up than an analyst noticed.
Why is it so frowned upon?
Why is it frowned upon to break the law in front of your potential employer who is currently evaluating your decision making?
My group goes out for drinks and most of our MDs go think we all go out twice a week (pre-covid of course). That isn’t to say I get trashed but def go 2-3 beers with our MDs/Partners.
Our group is ~20-25 ppl (EB) and we take interns as well to our group drinking and no-one so far has been stupid enough to cross the line and group doesn't care if you’re under 21.
But, of course if its an HR event don’t drink if you’re under thats a no brainer
Lmao
cringe
Honestly don’t think this is a situation you’re gonna encounter given everything going on
Absolutely do not use a fake or drink during the internship if you're not of age. We routinely have at least 1 intern that's 20. Yeah it sucks to not participate in the drinking but it's way better than the alternative. Just do your 10 weeks and get an offer, and party the rest of college and going forward.
Asking for a friend, but what if you have a real fake ID? I mean in his specific scenario he comes from a country with a lot of corruption so he bribed the DMV to change his age. He said bars in NYC never say anything.
Stupid question perhaps
Perhaps??
No, HR can see your real age (if he didn't falsify that). Plus from experience, they might ask him for a passport to confirm his age.
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Drinking a handful of times over the summer is 100% not worth risking your full-time offer. Just don't drink at firm events; nobody will think you're cool for drinking underage and you'll piss off HR. Just drink with your friends and what not.
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