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Hi,

The average lifetime as a consultant is 2.5 years. Thre are multiple reasons:

• Up or out policy - you have to leave if the performance is below expectations
• Leaving for MBA and not coming back
• Hard lifestyle - not that many people can work 16 hours a day or travel 3 times a week. Partner life is not a dream one as well - depending on the region you'll have to travel almost every day doing mainly sales
• Better job alternatives coming earlier. There are more jobs for narrow specialists (e.g. product managers) than for generalist consultants who haven't seen the real problems
• Other industries (e.g. tech) paying comparable salaries with much better lifestyle
• In consulting you can't really grow as a leader. Your teams are motivated by high salaries and up or out policy. Many people are looking for "real-life challenges" and personal growth

Best!

Hi,

You can enter the consulting company at any stage. There might be many factors that might have influenced the decision when you were a graduate:

1. University brand
2. Internships you had before
3. The office you are applying to (Competition, Languages, work permit, etc)
4. Extracurricular activities:

• Launching your own venture and entrepreneurial activities (even failing them is fine)
• Grants / scholarships - even better if related to some research or entrepreneurial projects
• Projects for companies - you may consider doing a free project for the company or a startup or writing a case that future grads will use
• Volunteer / social activities. I would aim at the activities where you can have a leadership role. Organizing some club may work as well.
• Case Competitions-especially the ones organized by your target company
• Researches / articles published in well-known sources

Now, as far as I understand you still don't have that much of work experience so you will be assessed both by your graduate activities and by your career moves so far:

• Brand of the company
• Career growth and achievements
• Postgraduate extracurricular activities

It is hard to asses in detail without seeing your resume.

Best,

I would suggest to short-circuit and make more personal what suggested in other answer. I would encourage to first reach out to the MBB people you interfaced with (both recruiting and consulting staff) during the process last year. Tell them that after a year you are still excited about the opportunity to join MBB and if it's ok for you to apply and how you should do it.

This approach will ensure that no one on recruiting side is blindsided by the fact that you are talking to people/reaching out without talking to natural contacts you built last year.

One add, in terms of expectations, after only one year no additional tenure will likely be recognized (vs what you agreed a year ago) from role you covered at another tier two consultancy.

hope it helps

andrea