Hello,

My advice would be as follows:

• Be prepared to talk about anything on your CV and cover letter
• Have answers ready for common questions like “Why consulting?”, “Why X firm?”, “Tell me about yourself”, etc.
• Come up with a few questions for the person you are going to be talking to - these should be things you cannot easily google or find on the company website. If this person is a consultant (rather than an HR representative), this will be a great chance to ask them about their personal experiences and day-to-day work
• Try to build a personal rapport with them! Be friendly and personable. You want them to come away from the call thinking “this is a person I really see at our firm"

Best of luck!

Hi there,

Make sure you're ready to talk about yourself. Make sure you're familiar with your entire resume/background and are ready to speak about any of those points. Additionally, make sure you have a clear story as to why you are interested in that firm + office. Also make sure you're ready with some questions.

Essentially, you want to show them you are a “regular” human being, that they think you'll be a good team member/employee and that you know what you're getting into (you want the job).

Make sure to pratice with someone out loud. It really helps!

Hi there, 

Yes, I've written a guide on this that I'm sharing below. 

But if there's one thing that you need to focus on, is to connect with them. Try to have a good conversation, where you are interested in what they're saying and you ask genuine questions instead of trying to impress them. 

• Your Guide to Consulting Coffee Chats

Best,
Cristian

Be ready to have your pitch, but don't make this a “sales call”. What you want to do is to ask how you can be successful in your application and then highlight 2-3 good things you did, and ask how to present those / if these are the things they are looking for.

Basically ask for their help on how to make a successful application.