What are some reasons that you have seen interns at big 4 and mid-tier firms not get offered a job at the end of their internship?

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Best recruiting quote I ever heard: “We can train you how to put together a tax return, but we can’t train you to be someone we want to spend 12 hours with during tax season.”

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Culture fit. Plain and simple, doesn't matter if the kid came in and did the work right.

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Unable to move from theory into practice; doesn't take notes and then proceeds to ask the same questions time and time again; no improvement after multiple coaching sessions.

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People I interned with didn't get offers b/c they still had 2 years left of school (or so they were told)

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1. Always on their phone or talking/ blowing up budgets due to lack of focus after being coached multiple times

2. Something being "Off"; hard to put into terms but a lack of polish, lack of ability to effectively communicate, communications and interactions were awkward. Said the wrong things and didn't seem to have a grasp of appropriate social interactions.

3. Didn't seem like anything is clicking. I'm all for coaching and investing in people and making sure they understand something, but if I tell you a simple concept in detail (a payment from blue will be in blue font... literally that simple) and you write notes and say you understand and 5 min later you ask me about it (what does blue font mean?)... o.O?! Were you not listening at all?

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Office is right next to a mall. Intern would take a 3 hr lunch break every day.

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getting inappropriately drunk at firm events

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Falling asleep in client meeting with managing partner.

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Not being a middle class white kid in a frat

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Bad personality.

We had an intern that was very awkward. It made everyone uncomfortable.

They did bad job, given we gave them multiple opportunities / coaching

Using our mobility policy to leave the pffice at 2 each day and not do any work... "completing" workpapers that were never really updated... kist not giving AF about anything and anyone.

Took 1-1.5 hour lunch everyday

Dude had a foreign language listed on his internal profile and the client had financials from a sub in that language. All he was asked to do was read it for general understanding and tie out the obvious numbers. 8 hours later he hadn’t touched it. Pretty swift conference call between his senior, PML, and local HR.

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Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division for the following Job ID: 80484

Would really appreciate the effort. Thanks in advance! :) Goldman Sachs

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