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Been a month in a Consulting company who works with construction claims and insurance companies. Absolutely got bombarded with imposter syndrome, low confidence and insecurity of being laid off since I am an international student here in USA. Thank You this video helps to know I am not the only one who would feel this way when they are just starting!
Wow, that’s such an awesome video, thank you for your insight! I’m a 20 y.o. sophomore who’s trying to figure out what to do with my life after school:) This video basically answered ALL the questions that’s been on my mind while I was researching consulting! I’m definitely an insecure overachiever with a pretty vague idea of what I want to do long term career vise and I see consulting as a way to get exposure to different areas of business & expertise for a couple years. We’ll see how it goes, I guess:)
I’m a current MBB consultant and you described my current situation exactly. The frequent feedback is amazing for development but also makes you feel like you suck at the job whenever you fall short of expectations. Combine that with an insecure overachiever mentality and it’s a recipe for burnout.
This is honestly such good advice and unfortunately it's one that so many people don't figure out until even much later in life (40's-50's). I feel grateful that I'm realizing this early in my life (20's) vs. having progressed an entire career to regret not having been there for myself, for my family, friends. I do feel guilt sometimes for saying "no," especially to a challenge I can't wait to work on more, or if there's pushback from other people. Then I remember Serena William's quote on "sustained greatness" - that rest is actually mandatory for growth, not optional!
This is likely good advice for somebody quite junior. I'm an associate partner at mck. You have to think about the business model of a firm. Most of the people we get in junior are terrible and don't really know anything. we work them to death in order to produce bullshit for the strategic goals of some Senior executive in some company to propel their career forward. The bar is actually incredibly low in terms of quality of work. Anything we actually build or produce is just garbage. The PowerPoints however, are amazing and we make up for it with that.
First of all, great video, thanks a lot! Secondly, if I reach out somebody from the firm via LinkedIn to a coffee chat, should I also give him my resume? I am not sure when or at which stage I should send it to my network..
Dude needs therapy. Very common this sort of thinking with people from Asian backgrounds, trying to find your value from external factors (honour cultures), rather than being true to who you are (dignity cultures).
Hey Neel, great video, thanks for the insights! I have a question regarding the type of projects in management consulting - how many of the projects are related to high level/c suite strategy compared to lower level problems where problem/scope may be more defined, for example in operational improvements?
Hi Neel and Rohit, before looking into the second case of entering a new market, should we not have clarified whether the client wants to investigate the decline in their current offerings (amounting to 25% of overall revenue)? like where does that question come in?
I’ve been in companies with major restructuring and never met an intelligent Consultant, the damage that many of these consultants have done is well documented. I have seen people from the top three destroy companies, again well documented online. Although many get graduates from top tier universities it is clear much of the advise given is generic and poor on the whole.
Likewise. I am a senior contractor (programme manager), and I have executed multiple MBB “strategies”. Some strategies are so poorly thought out it’s as if they just pluck a $ value and headcount number to reduce, with no clear rationale, business case, or consulting anyone other than ExCo. I’ve had them suggest reducing headcount by numbers greater than what is even available. Some consultants I’ve worked with are on grad schemes and advising CEO / ExCo in multi-billion $ companies. There are some good grads, but for the most part it is laughable.
Hi, what oportunity within thise jobs you see for a lawyer (2yers expirience) with MBA, who was founder and general manager in small consultancy start up for 2 years as well as worked in big corporation as credit controller for 2 years? What position in your opinion l could apply for?
Really great video. Thank you for the resource! One quick question. Is it okay to ask for a few seconds before giving insight on a chart or data? Or should I go straight into it and try stalling to get a full sense of the graph while reading out some of the nuance like the chart axis, etc?
Thank you so much Neel for being so honest about your experiences, as an undergrad in his final yr of not a Russle group uni, this was very helpful as I got an interview a week from now at a consulting firm in London. thanks for this and your Market problem videos. 😀
Bro, may god bless you for this video. I'm now one month in IT consulting, that changed my confidence extremely. I was a person who always said "if someone else can do it me can either". But in this month i cancelled it from my mind - thats not healthy. You opened my eyes.
Another EXTREMELY helpful video!! I'm a high school senior looking to get into management/life sciences consulting out of college. Any advice on college majors, internships during freshmen summer, and complementary skill sets? Thanks a million <3
Hey Neel, I just got an offer at Mckinsey and your videos helped me a ton with preparing (especially the Mckinsey-specific ones with your friend Gottfried). I appreciate it a lot. Some of the tips here are pretty helpful in getting mentally prepared for the role too 🤠
I got rejected for final round of Bain for ACI and it does sting a lot. However, I’m trying to go over my interview, write it down, and find places I can improve so I can apply for full time next year.
Great video!! I am an Indian Engineering undergrad who just went into 3rd year and am hoping to do summer internship 2024 in consulting in US. So what things to keep on my resume as I don't have professional work experience! Although I am quite active in college societies/clubs and hold leadership positions, and also have solid technical projects. So is it enough to break in?
It's better to look into MBB/ big 4 in India. I understand that there's a very limited chances in USA. It's less than 1% chance to get internship/ job in MBB in USA. Best wishes
Hi getting job in MBB USA is below 1%. What are the chances of getting summer internship while doing MBA & consultant job offer after MBA in all 3 MBB's USA. Do you know any one getting this type of offer in last 2-3 years.
