Navigating new hires with terrible attitude

Assistant Manager at a Big 4 and I’m struggling with some new interns who are frankly terrible. Starting out, I’ve worked with managers who were terrifying, constantly commented on stupid questions when asked anything and constantly made interns and reportees work late and be available at all times. I swore I would never do this and have always tried be friendly, create a pleasant, open door atmosphere at work. I’m available for questions and never really comment even if it’s a really stupid question that I’ve explained multiple times. But of late, I’m noticing that many of the interns who start are extremely entitled and don’t really care about feedback or the work. I understand that audit is an industry that demands a lot, but that is the choice you made when you signed up. And frankly most of my peers and I try to make sure that the interns don’t work on multiple projects or have to work after hours unless it’s really bang in the middle of busy season. It feels like some of them don’t even want to use their brains. I worked with this one intern to whom I taught how to use a hard paste short cut at least 20 times and still comes by to ask me - this is fine I’m happy to teach as long as it takes. But when I asked the same intern to pick up the review notes on one of his , extremely mediocre, work paper on operating expenses sample testing that he spent 10x more time than planned leaving me and another senior to pick up all his work- he responds ‘ Well I’m not booked on your client anymore so I don’t think I have the space l!’ What? Do other managers or AMs face this with the new interns ?

I absolutely admire how they stand up for themselves, and are conscious of work life balance - something I really wish I prioritised as well. But it just feels very entitled and disrespectful at some point.

Dealing with a bunch of these interns on one of my clients with a short deadline and I’m at my wits end. A lot of the managers who I work with are struggling similarly. So just here to rant and see if there are others who experience this!