Applying to McKinsey- Need Resume Advice!!!
I plan to apply to McKinsey. Would like an honest review of my resume, and chances of a first round interview.
I plan to apply to McKinsey. Would like an honest review of my resume, and chances of a first round interview.
+16 | Tear my resume to shreds | 5 | 2w | |
+14 | Pick Apart My IB Resume Like a Hostile Takeover - No Mercy | 7 | 4w | |
+14 | Roast my resume | 2 | 3w | |
+14 | Including Major Gpa and leaving off cumulative GPA off resume? | 6 | 2w | |
+12 | Personal Summary on Resume | 2 | 4w | |
+9 | Should I include GPA on my CV? | 2 | 13h | |
+9 | idk how to delete this | 1 | 1w | |
+9 | Resume Advice | 1 | 1w | |
+9 | Resume Question | 1 | 3w | |
+7 | "Interests/Hobbies" Resume Section Tier List | 5 | 1w |
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I think you can add more bullets to your work/research experiences... Also, please cut down to 1/4 of that stuff under the personal section. No one is going to read all of that.
1% chance of first round interview.
Less Education, More Work Experience, Cut Personal to 2 Lines or--have it as "leadership" and you can have more lines.
http://www.mit.edu/~career/guide/star.html
More cowbell. It needs more cowbell.
Your GRE is pitiful, I'm assuming it's an awful PhD program if they let you in with below 700 math. I'd actually say more like .2% chance of any looking at it for more than 2 seconds, PhD, uh... GRE... trash.
Also what font/ size are you using for your text, looks really small.
I'm no expert but your format is very uneasy on the eyes. I start reading the top and it's hard to want to continue because it so packed with information. This is especially true with Personal section as it seems to be two big ass paragraphs.
Would it be better to leave out my GRE scores? The university is actually quite good- I was accepted based on other qualifications- its good enough that McKinsey is recruiting PhD's on campus- The GRE was more than 8 years ago for me and I didn't prepare for it when I took it...
I don't care if you were half drunk and it was in Chinese when you took it, 650 on math is inexcusable get rid of it. You do realize this is McKinsey you're talking about.. 3.1 GPA undergrad, inflated 3.4 PhD and a 1150 GRE, get real.
Spot on. The fact that you left those GRE scores on your resume in the first place is disturbing.
OK so even though they specifically ask for standardized test scores, I should leave it off and hope that it doesn't come up in the resume review? If I leave the GRE score off the resume- how does the rest look?
Still quite bad to be honest, I wouldn't put too much hope in getting an interview at McKinsey (or any of the top 7-8 consulting firms)
Assuming you learned a bit of math in your PhD program, why not retake the GRE?
I doubt any of the posters above are PhDs or McKinsey consultants.
You are not hopeless- you just need to dramatically restructure your resume. The current structure and wordiness detracts from the fact that you've had some incredible experiences/ achievements
Just look at some sample resumes from business schools.
The test scores might be a problem, but given (what I assume is) the rigor of your academic programmes, the GPAs are probably less so. Most ppl here are speaking from the ugrad/bschool perspective, where you would need really high grades to prove intellect
Good luck.
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