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Let us know the biggest intern disasters you've encountered, and you may win an iPod

Send us 200 words or more on your most outrageous/bizarre/disastrous encounter or encounters with summer interns in investment banks, and we will enter you for our competition to win a new iPod Classic.

To be eligible, you will need to:

a) Work in an investment bank or have worked in an investment bank

b) Write at least 200 words on your intern encounter

c) Be telling the truth

The best entries will be published anonymously on the site. All entries will be judged by our European editorial team based on:

a) Veracity

b) Originality

c) Wit

Send them to Editor@eFinancialCareers.com, with 'intern disasters' in the subject line.

Incidentally, the winner of our win-an-ipad-competition has now been informed, having had their name randomly picked from a hat. The winner of this new competition will be chosen based on the purely qualitative measures mentioned above.

Rules:

· Closing date for submissions: 27th August 2010

· Entrants must provide at least 200 words, and be working or have worked in an investment bank to eligible.

· Questions and answers will only be published anonymously.

· One winner will be awarded a new iPod Classic 160GB, value 174

· No cash alternative can be substituted for the prize.

· Winners will be notified of the results by email on September 9th

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AUTHORSarah Butcher Global Editor
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    Hello People? IPod?
    28 August 2010

    Why would somebody want an iPod when everyone already has an iPhone? err....useless prize?

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    Sarah, Editor, eFinancialCaree
    27 August 2010

    @RB - sorry, I was on holiday. The iPad winner entered a question that went something along the lines of, 'In what circumstances would you break the rules.'

    It wasn't the best question. As I said, we chose the winner by pulling their name out of a hat. Next time we'll be a bit more qualitative.

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    jonathan walker
    20 August 2010

    Our Summer intern appeared intelligent, motivated and genuinely interested in our business. Having been selected after a three stage process, which served us well in the past, we had confidence that we could delegate above the level normal for an intern. Did we know that our filing system would be compromised when we asked the intern to review the system at the end of week 1. Our diligent intern worked voluntarily over the weekend - by Monday the system had been completely overhauled. Problem was, all client files had been indexed by last name 'Limited'!
    After that, we could only trust our intern to make tea/coffee and photocopy.
    Maybe we were too ambitious/trusting?

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    muttley
    20 August 2010

    Valentines day and the head of trading has a rush of "sympathy" for a female colleague who received no cards. Grabs the desk intern and thrusts a roll of cash in his hand and instructs him to find (i) flowers (ii) chocolates and (iii) a suitable beau to deliver them to the desk. This guy visits the world famous meat market up the road, bribes a butcher and manages to get him on the trading floor (complete with blood stained overall and wellies). He delivers a very enthusiastic kiss where upon we all discover our female colleague is a staunch vegetarian and rather unimpressed.

  • Ba
    Balton
    17 August 2010

    Sorry but this website is getting lame.
    If I was your boss catching all of you sniggering about some ridiculous summer intern story I would show you the way out of this office! Who gives a ...?

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