It's appalling how bad new analyst excel/ ppt skills are. There needs to be a way of judging 'readiness' during the interview process.

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OP — you work at HSBC...apparently yours aren’t too hot either...

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Our fund gives a timed case study that is impossible to finish if your excel skills are below par or if you haven’t had the reps to know your way around a model. Seems to work.

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You cant really expect them to be good at excel/ppt if this is essentially their first job... + you learn this stuff very quickly

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Or you should just take one week to train them upfront... saves time in the long run

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