Rejected from all Consulting clubs at target school - now what?
I'm a sophomore at a high/mid target school (one level below HYPS) and I just got rejected from all consulting clubs on campus, some after 2 rounds of interviews. I was wondering what I should do to best prepare myself for recruiting next year now that I know I won't have any on-campus consulting experience. I just want to feel prepared for MBB interviews and get networking opportunities. I'm on the committee of two tech-related clubs that I'm genuinely passionate about if that helps...
Just curious, are you on the west coast?
Chin up! I got rejected from all of my school’s consulting clubs as an undergrad way back in the day. When I applied to MBB ended up leaning into leadership roles I had in non-consulting orgs (arguably didn’t even have anything to do with business), and my genuine passion + non cookie-cutter experience got me through.
A ton of people get great jobs not in business clubs. It really isn’t a big deal and college students seem to think professionals care or that being president of your business frat matters when really it doesn’t matter at all. However, here is what you need to figure out: why did you get rejected?
I get this, but these consulting clubs are so selective it is sometimes just random. I don't think OP should read into it so much, especially if he got all the way to the second round of interviews.
IB or actual MBB consulting is more selective than the clubs. I started the post with—it doesn’t matter really for actual recruiting, but there usually is a reason someone got rejected and I stand by it’s often because someone interviews poorly, didn’t prepare, or some bizarre circumstance occurred. From my experience, college students weight undergrad clubs way heavier than they should. From an interviewers perspective, the only reason we liked to see clubs was it showed interest in finance. So no one cares about how selective the clubs are or how cool and exclusive finance hardos at your school make it seem.
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