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for your PPO. They will collect information from every person who has interacted with or observed you.
Your counsellor is the most important person during the internship. Ensure that you are transparent with
him/her on everything you have done well, and NOT. See to it that you will mention the mistakes you
commit to the counsellor, and also justify them if you can, before someone else points it out to him/her.

Also, there is no point in overburdening oneself. One project and two firm initiatives seem like an
optimum number of engagements to undertake. If you still have bandwidth, don’t be free, look for
opportunities to assist practitioners on the floor with their deck, research, proposal, etcetera.

❖ What pre-internship preparation do you suggest for juniors?
i. A refresher on Excel (Can never be too good at it)
ii. Practice Deck building (For all the slides you will be preparing/fixing)
iii. Introduction to Tableau (Might turn out advantageous, you never know)
iv. Following something like McKinsey Insights on relevant topics and current trends related to your
field (Will help in making talk and networking as well)

❖ Anything else you would like to add

Goes without saying but avoid complete inebriation at any office related parties.

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