Hello there!

No second thoughts, definitely YES!:)

It's a really great experience from which I'm sure you gained much experience useful in consulting like leadership, negotiations, project management skills and so on.

Do you need any further help?

GB

Hello,

Feel free to send me a message to discuss it together.

I also started as an aerospace engineer before joining McK.

Best,

Antonello

Hi Marco, feel free to send it

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Antonello

I would not add this information. It is mosly irrelevant for your application, so you can better use the real estate for something that actually strengthens your profile. Having said that, it also doesn't do any harm.

Hey there,

In general referral > no referral (stating the obvious), however, if your profile is strong + you are applying at the beginning of the year (fewer slots filled), you should be fine even without.

With the introduction of the Imbellus, McKinsey has started to widen the funnel a bit and get more people into the process because they can administer the test at no additional cost.

Go for it :-)

Cheers,

Florian

Hi there,

Feel free to send it my way. Happy to take a look.

Cheers,

Emily

Hey there,

There is no hard cap, however, 1-pagers are preferred.

How to deal with this?

My experience shows almost all candidates can keep the same level of information, however, can trim the content down significantly to fit on one page.

• Go over your CV with a critical perspective and get rid of every sentence, phrase, word that does not add value
• Stick to the core information and prioritize experience based on the impact on your resume and adjust the space it takes on the CV accordingly (for instance: 3 years of top-tier university > 1-week leadership experience)
• Think about reformatting (font size, margins, alignment, moving pieces of information to the same level, etc.)

Happy to help you here. Reach out if you are interested.

Cheers,

Florian

Hi there,

My first observation is that you need significant rework on your actual experience bullet points. First, there need to be more (it's quite sparse). Second, you don't describe your work in a way that has "punch"...i.e. shows clear activites/responsibilites/skills and impact.

This can be improved but requires live, verbal, editing!

Some other quick observations:

• Remove High School
• Don't include coursework
• Include city/country on the RHS
• Need experience bullet points for all work experience
• Condense certs & achievements - i.e. can do 1 row for Tech/IT skills, 1 spot for languages, etc.

Certainly more to update/change but this is the quick and dirty review!

Hi there,

Both could work well. M&A may have some more transferable skills, but the answer also depends on:

1. Brand of the two firms
2. What exactly you are going to do in market research
3. Possibility to show skills required in consulting with the two experiences (eg teamwork, problem-solving, opportunity to interact with top management)

In the end, I would also consider the general fit you find with the companies and which experience would genuinely interest you the most.

Hope this helps,

Francesco

Hi Marc,

It depends on whether such courses compliment your current education background and working experience or not. If you have no business/management background or experience so far, then putting those courses could be a plus point, as it shows you have real interest and is willing to pay the extra effort to develop yourself.

Of course the courses should be from a credible organization.

Hope it helps,

Emily

Hello!

First of all, it´s good that you look at this with time. Furthermore, don´t you worry too much when it does not work in the 1st try, is the normal thing to happen! There is a lot of insights gained by trying.

This said, it´s not so much about the sector/industry but about the:

• Skillset developed
• Scope
• Exposure

Of course, there are some places where this is clarly met:

• Big 4 consulting
• Boutique consulting
• Big tech (product management, project management, etc.)
• IB/PE

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

Just share your sanitized document in this blog post and you will receive some comments on that!

Hope that helps - if so, please be so kind to give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote button below!

Robert

Hello Sandro,
Sure, send it to me and I will review it.
I hope that helps.
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N

Hey there,

Here are a few in no particular order:

• Long, unqualified blank timeframes
• Excessive grammatical / syntax errors or typos / no structure or care // non-polished document
• Lack of employment experience (even if it's just 1-3 good internships missing)
• Excessive time needed for a degree (e.g. 6 years instead of 3) unless it can be explained by some activity that was running in parallel (e.g. started a company)
• No degree at all / missing education section
• Completely out of line GPA (from top 30th percentile upward)
• Non-target university (only applicable for super competitive offices)
• Language skills don't match the office requirement
• Objectively identifiable lying

Cheers,

Florian

Hi,

Feel free to include them in your resume. But be ready that the BCG interviewer will ask Why BCG and not McKinsey and vise versa

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Hey there,

So I am always of the view that you must give your best in every situation. You then gracefully accept whatever the outcome but knowing you gave your best.

I suggest you check with HR if sending a refreshed CV would make any difference. If yes, send it. If not, then focus on the final interview. The interview feedback from earlier stages matters more. They shortlisted your CV anyway so clearly its good.

Have your new CV handy for the partner interview anyway and should any questions arise, offer to send him your new CV.

Hey Luis,

My comments as follows:

1. Profile statement: This should summarise your professional background and bring out key industry, functional skills and personal qualities. Yours is very generic at the moment
2. Education
   • CEMS and Nova School of Business as seprate entries is confusing. Combine these into one and provide details in no more than 3 easy to read bullets
   • No need to mention A best F worst- everyone knows that :)
   • GPA: Just say 3.83/5
   • HEC Montreal- I assume this was exchange semster while you were at Los Andes? If yes, combine it
   • Your education section should have 2 entries with 3 bullets each- thats it!
3. Work Experience
   • Volaris Airline: its very vague and needs to be speficic and impactful. Which georgphic region did you do the analysis for? Which business units were looked at? What insights did you create? Did you work in a team/manage a team/or were individual contributor? What was the tangible outcome of your work?
   • BNamerica: Advised C-suite- REALLY? Make it specific and believable. Same comments as above
   • For consistency use two bullets per work experience entry

Feel free to post version 2 again or send to me via personal message. Also wait for other coaches to reply :).

Good luck!

Hello!

Congrats, I believe you have a great shot an MBB. However, as always, getting a referral will smoothen everthing for you.

Best,

Clara

Hi,

I've been working with startups for a while and MD role is not a clear one, especially at the early stage. Usually, startups have clear employee roles (Sales, Product, Marketing, Ops), and founder titles. MD sounds unclear to me.

Several things to keep in mind:

1. The risks are very high. 75% of startups die at each round of financing. If your startup dies - will look not that strong in the resume.
2. Make sure you demonstrate the results in the startup (i.e. growth) - its all about the story you tell.
3. The industry is important. E.g. doing fintech is interesting and transferable, doing blockchain can be perceived as a scam
4. Again, the functional role is important. Working on product / data science is much more relevant for consulting than doing ops
5. You'll have to explain why you are jumping into a startup environment and then back to corporate. You'll definitely be asked why you decided to move from entrepreneurship to consulting, so make sure you have a great answer

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