Female with no business background what to expect
So my GF decided to change her career and is a diversity candidate for a business analyst at McK. She is a big law associate with strong resume but with no business backround whatsoever.
She has been prepping for some time and felt confident about all that. Now, she has her first round in three weeks and had had this case (labelled as advanced) with some tryhard MBA guy who told her she wasn't ready at all and better to postpone the interview far into future, bla bla. She took the bullshit at face value and is now even ready to resign as this guy destroyed her confidence.
Now my question is, how are women with no finance background perceived and how difficult of an interview she may expect? I have no fucking idea about MBB recruitment and stuff so I have a hard time judging this. She has been working on this everyday and literally does nothing else besides job + prep, but I can see at times she still struggles with math there (and sometimes with good ideas).
Will she get more guidance during the case and could expect to get a less math-extensive case to begin with?
Thanks
consulting companies like hiring people from different backgrounds. it is not like she never went to college, she is an excellent legal professional and this knowledge is something many people won't have at a consultancy. The lawyers I met exited into various roles in finance/banking or other corporate jobs and they are all fine.
can't say anything about interviews at McK, never worked for them
I just got an offer from McK with no business background at the assoc level though. Happy to practice a case with her and give some actually useful feedback and resources unlike the other person she practiced with. DM me and we can set something up.
The cases will not be any different based on the background. However, people with no business training have done well in them; she can too. Including people from law, medicine, chemistry, biology, engineering, and more. In the interview, she will get guidance (as anyone else would) if she doesn't get it the first time without prompting. I had technical issues in an interview, which messed me up as I was rushing through some of the math, and the interviewer gave me hints/re-explained the question after which I got back on track. I passed that round and had no major areas of improvement between rounds.
Why is she not going for the associate position? As an advanced degree graduate, which includes JD, PhD, MD, and others, she is eligible for the post-MBA role in North America.
It's not the main topic of this, but your comment here is pretty stupid:
When someone who seems to know better tells me I'm not very good, I tend to listen to what they have to say. A biz analyst starting at McK in a few weeks had the same thing happen to her; this asshole MBA guy told her she wouldn't make it because she was "too bubbly" and she took it to heart. She went in and killed the interviews, and who knows where he is now.
I can't understand men. Why are some men, like this tryhard MBA, such assholes that they would put someone down like this? Why are some men so overconfident/arrogant in the face of proof that they're mediocre at best? Eff that "women are so confusing" bullshit; this is the most predictable response to someone telling you that you don't know what you're doing. Blame the shitty guy, not her reaction.
hes tryna take your girl
Haha I'm a woman happily engaged to my male fiancé! But I'm sure she's a great person. OP seems to care about her a lot.
Worst case she could cast a broader net and apply for spots at a Big 4, and T2 boutique's. She may just be excessively keen on MBB for prestige..
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