Engineer graduating Ivy
Hey all,
I'm an engineer at an Ivy studying CS, turns out I am able to graduate in 3 years (graduating in 2023). Doing so will save a lot in tuition money, so I really want to do it. In addition, I want to go to graduate school in the fall of 2024, so I have one free year. I am looking to work as a consultant in that free year.
Job experience wise, I have 1 strategy internship at a startup and a board position at a business and a finance club . I can probably scrape together an internship for this summer, looking at some venture capital firms. Note I have no big-name consulting internships.
Since I am graduating in 2023, I have to start full time recruiting for consulting this falI. I have a few questions.
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What can I do to improve my chances at the big firms (MBB, Deloitte, etc.)? I'm gonna apply to them and shoot my best shot regardless. But am I in somewhat OK shape right now?
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I have heard that the firms recruit engineers and in general people without a business background or even much business experience. If this is the case, given my background, how do I market myself to them? An engineer with strong technical skills and experience in entrepreneurship looking to get into business?
Hi monk11114, the silence is deafening, sorry about that.... Any of the threads below helpful?
More suggestions...
You're welcome.
Becoming a consultant at an MBB is far harder than anything from Deloitte and unlike in IB at a BB, you have to pass some tests/interviews which are not so easy, so even with all the right credentials, it's not a guarantee.
I'd say to try to get an internship at a FAANG and then apply for the analyst positions in the digital area at MCK or at the similar ones at the Bain,BCG... you'll have a big big plus unlike most of the candidates, it probably doesn't get any better than FAANG experience for their digital consulting domain(most tech experts work at FAANG/startups and have no interest in MBB) nor does it get any better for someone who studies CS.
As a bonus, it's also highly paid and you may enjoy it.
The alternative if you don't get in the 1st time is to continue at FAANG and then focus on going to a top MBA(you can work part-time in IT, unlike in other domains) and then transition.
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