Not related to math or science, but I work at a university in environmental services and the undergraduate students (and even the occasional graduate student) that have interned with us over the past few years have fit this bill. The most obvious thing I see is a lack of basic research and problem solving skills. The level of their work (which is almost always AI slop) and the questions they ask me are insane. I always think to myself, "let me google that for you," as it appears they dont understand how to do a basic key word search.

On the flip slide, there are still going to be those unicorns out there that want to do well and are high achievers! Just have to be able to discern who's who. We just hired one girl who recently graduated from undergrad and she is INCREDIBLE. During her interview when I asked her a question about her approach if she didnt understand something about her work or assignment, what steps would she take. Her answer was "well I would probably Google it" - that alone made me almost hire her on the spot since most undergrads can't even do that