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My advice is this - each and every time you turn in a work product, pretend you are the person you are giving the work to and read it from their perspective.
That is the million dollar question when it comes to hiring analysts. In my experience it is innate and more of a personality trait.
Can't definitely improve. Mostly it's just taking an extra minute to go through it an extra time. Also, it's about knowing what to look for. I'm from outside of IB and I work with an ex-banker. In powerpoint he catches way more errors simply because he has reviewed and built so many more decks than I have. In excel, I catch more errors for the same reason.
Not the answer I was looking for... but solid reasoning behind it. Thanks all! P.S. trying hard to improve..
Agreed, think it's more of the latter. But hey, there's nothing you can't work on
Thanks all for your inputs -- incredibly helpful. In this industry, its one of the more important skillsets to have so I'm forced to only think about improving it.
Great advice. Thanks WF1!
I do think you improve in time. After a while you know the common things to look for depending on the projects. Some people are definitely naturally better at it than others but improvement definitely possible
Compared to apes or lower kingdom animals, human beings possess a higher degree of detail orientation. So we all have the "capacity" for detail orientation-but vary in our degree of expression or skill development. Some people are naturally predisposed to a higher detail orientation than others. For many individuals, their environment/experiences can inhibit or nurture their skill development. A candidate's internal motivation and will to improve determines to what degree, if any, he/she will improve their level of detail orientation.
I concur with WF1 best practice.
You can 100% improve. Not even a question
I try to critique what I produce. And only turn in things when I have answers to all or most of the questions
You have to be detail oriented about your work, forget about personality. You are dealing with numbers for god sake. If you think you don't have it in you gene then train yourself into it. If not sonnet or later you will bring trouble to your boss, of course your career progress is ended with no doubt.
I feel like it is something you can learn but you have to want to learn it. I have had coworkers who were not detail oriented and didn't seem to care to improve. When I don't feel I am detail oriented enough I consciously try to be more detail oriented but it's a mental thing and not everyone has that mentality
Being inherently "detail oriented" is a character trait, not a skill. BUT, the others are correct in that you can train yourself to notice and take care of details in your work. I recommend developing a routine for how you manage tasks, step by step, where one are more of those steps are to examine specific details. You will improve in time but it won't be a trivial behaviour to learn if it doesn't come naturally. I'm in the same boat, so don't worry, you aren't alone.
JP OP - learn to ask why & think if it can be done better (?) the more you do it the more you will learn. Don't stop!
Detail oriented is just another term for common sense. Stop complicating it to classify people and just call it out in an obvious but respectful manner.