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am 16. März 2021
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Hi there,

It is difficult to judge without additional information.

You will probably need an MBA to switch to strategy consulting. You should be able to check if that’s the case looking at alumni of your company and if any of them managed to move to strategy without one.

Best,

Francesco

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am 15. März 2021
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Hi there,

You can do it, but it's a bit tough and requires networking. I brought in an old colleague of mine from my IT Consulting days and he successfully got into Platinion.

As you may note, he was hired in a specialist (IT/Tech) role, not as a generalist - this is generally what will occur if you go this route.

I took a slightly different route, which was pairing my Functional consultant role in IT with an MBA - this got me into a Generalist Strategy Consulting role.

Anonym
am 15. März 2021
Hi Ian. Thank you for your reply. I have a management degree and have done a management consulting project during my internship. Does it help?
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am 15. März 2021
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The information you provided in the comments are still not enough, as specific as possible please (geo, office location, length of your job etc, specific degree beyond saying it is management).

Generally speaking, it is possible but rather tough to make the transition. Those type of roles are not regarded as highly for unknown reasons to me. I d make sure to get the best possible strategy consulting internship where all that matters is name and reputation. This may open doors to full-time interviews.

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am 15. März 2021
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Hello!

Let me do the annoying thing of answering with other questions: 

  • Strategy consulting where? Is not the same to do MBB or others
  • Which Functional role, and where?

Cheers, 

Clara

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am 15. März 2021
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Hi - could you share further information on this. Do you mean a functional consultant role as in being a specialist within a consulting firm?

Anonym
am 15. März 2021
Hello Raj, by functional consultant I meant a consultant which coordinates between business and technical team. It is a role more common in IT project management.
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am 15. März 2021
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Hey, SR. Agree with Raj - some clarifications are needed here. Do you want to narrow down your specialisation to strategy consulting?

Gelöschter Nutzer
am 15. März 2021

A bit difficult to judge. It's definitely possible with an MBA in between. To judge for a direct switch you'd need to provide a bit more info on what that role is exactly and where you want to switch to.

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