Trying to break into Deloitte BTA Consulting Program, need help

Interesting stuff dude. Sorry for no insight though.

You seem to have a very interesting background/profile - and you seem very qualified to be a BTA. Deloitte Consulting is HUGE on networking - and that's how you can get an interview. Go on LinkedIn and find Managers/Principals/Directors in one or two of your top choice offices ----> schedule informational interviews with them ----> Impress them ----> Tell them about your situation and pass them your resume. I definitely know people from non-targets who got into the BTA program that way.

Also, it might help if you let them know you're interested in SAP/Sys Integration etc. (which tend to be less popualr than say - Deloitte Digital or Emerging Solutions)

Agree with consultingboi. I just accepted an offer to be a summer BA for their S&O practice, and networking played a huge part in helping me land the role. They only recruit one intern each year from my school, and there are a lot of people with stellar resumes who apply for the position.

If you want to break in, get to know the recruiter (because they'll make the decision on who gets interviews) and show him/her that you know a lot about the company. They held an info. session at my school, and after the session I went up to the recruiter and asked about the company's strategic positioning, their recent acquisition of Monitor, what plans are for the future, etc.

Once you land the interview, it's like any other interview. Be yourself, know your stuff, and try to make it a conversation. They're very collegiate, and I found the environment in their interviews to be slightly less formal than other places, so keep that in mind.

To add to what Zzari said - every office has a recruiting team (mostly analysts and some some managers) - and their opinion is also very important when it comes to choosing who gets the interview. If your school is near a target, try to ask the recruiter if you can go to their recruiting event at the other school and/or an office visit. Deloitte is HUGE on fit - more so than BCG, McKinsey, Bain - and really any other firm I applied to, so be social at the events - and keep in touch with people who you gel with.

Thanks for the advice! I guess I should get on LinkedIn and see if I can contact a manager. Do you think I could possibly be a fit for S&O as well? From reading these forums it seem as as if that is the premier branch of Deloitte consulting.

I have an interview Monday with Deloitte AERS for their summer mentorship program in NYC and their national leadership program in Texas.Would I be out of line to ask them if they could connect me with consulting at the interview? Also I was considering asking my AERS recruiter straight up if they can possibly see if I could be a candidate for the BTA program. But I don't want to make it seem like I think their department is inferior.

Is there a significant difference in compensation between a technology consultant and an S&O consultant at Deloitte at the same level? I am really interested in strategy actually, but I guess how IT and strategy work together.

Like everyone has already stated, networking is huge in Deloitte. I recently accepted an offer to start in the 2013 New York BTA class starting in July. Even though I was from a non-target school where Deloitte doesn't even recruit for BTAs I networked with the people who did attend my university's career fairs and workshops that were from Deloitte's other branches (FAS, audit, etc). By doing so they put me in contact with the right people and I secured my first round interview.

If you need tips on interview questions or how to prepare for case studies let me know.

JMeister: the compensation for S&O and Tech are matched. After the first year, though, compensation can of course change (since salary adjustments vary by a variety of factors). I'm starting as a BTA this summer, and my friends who are starting in S&O and HC have the very same salaries (and bonuses)