re: Intern at BoA in London died last Thursday after working 3 days straight

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I guess I don't really have enough information to challenge this, but the gist of what I read seems to indicate that he was really trying to do a big blowout for the last two weeks of his internship to impress his bosses. If he completely missed sleep for 2 nights in a row (which I doubt), that would be a little weird.

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It depends on the bank, for some 100-120 hour work weeks are pretty common, especially for first years and interns. The worst part is the work hours aren't really needed. Often times bankers will get in between 9 and 10AM, finish a few emails till noonish, then sit on their hands until 6-7PM when their VPs and MDs will give them the work for the rest of the night as they leave the office, leaving analysts (and sometimes associates) to stay till 2AM. I could never do I-banking.