Lately I’ve been getting lots of questions on what exactly investment banking Summer Analysts actually do.
As we all know, at the top levels investment bankers are just miniature versions of Ari Gold.
But are summer interns just miniature versions of Lloyd?
Is the internship just a matter of getting abused repeatedly, fetching coffee and running around fixing printers? Or do you ever get to do anything interesting (or NOT use Excel in a given day)?
I’m afraid you’ll be buried in Excel most days. So forget about that one for now.
But what you’ll be doing as a Summer Analyst is very simple: you’ll be acting as a full-time Analyst who just started, except you’re only there for a few months.
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