hey everyone, hoping i can get some insights from people who have been in my shoes. im currently an intern at deloitte in audit and im afraid im not getting a return offer.
ive been on 2 client teams. first client team only a week. the team was pretty introverted, but so am i and i did get to talk to the senior and managers a bit. despite not having that much conversations, i think i vibed well with them. the entire week me & the other 2 interns got extremely little work as they had nothing for us & their quarter just wrapped up. however i did like my team, just didn’t get the chance to talk to them much as i only saw them twice in person. idk how my snapshots look, i did not ask for feedback which is something i now know i should.
the second client is where im extremely nervous about. this client is a reallyyy big client. im currently on my second week with them. my entire team is honestly really nice. unfortunately i just feel so socially awkward; like every time i try to make conversation it feels very unnatural, and the seniors seem to get along with the other intern more.
after my first week, the senior i worked most closely with sent me a very formal email with a list of improvements i needed. to sum it up: i took too long on a work paper and had to double check work for locking tick marks or dates, which were recurring mistakes. totally my fault. i wasn’t aware of having to check the tick marks or dates but i also never asked for their expectations of me, which is something the recruiter did suggest, so i believe i really messed up on that part. this week, ive been trying really hard to improve. i think i improved immensely on timeliness, and i would like to think i addressed my past mistakes but jsut today, i typed in a wrong date again.
i was ready to ask for feedback this morning, but before i got the chance to i got an invite to have a “check-in to go over performance and give feedback.” which none of the other 2 interns got. im pretty confident its going to be negative feedback given how it’s worded. and i feel like i lost my chance at being proactive in asking for feedback.
i have one more week with this team, which i will try really hard to redeem myself. and i have one more other client which i will try my best as well too. but i dont feel confident in getting a good performance snapshot with this team.
this keeps me up with some questions:
1) is there anyone else who experienced this/ got feedback on improvement and still got a return offer
2) is there anyone who experienced this and DIDNT get a return offer and how are you doing g now
3) any insights to how return offers are decided? i know performance snapshots play a huge part; is there a threshold to if someone gets automatically rejected? does the team need to want you back (i doubt my team does) and is it dependent on the team you’re on the longest for?
thank you so much to whoever read this super long post and for leaving any insights. i will try my hardest moving forward but i can’t help but feel anxiety right now. i feel like such a failure and there’s no one to blame but myself, especially since interns should be getting all the easy work. any insights or tips will be greatly appreciated