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Transition from Consulting to PE - What has been your experience with that?

consulting drop out experience Private Equity

Most recent answer on Nov 16, 2019

Anonymous gave the best answer on Nov 16, 2019

Agree that it gets a bit more challenging when you become more senior in consulting. So move earlier if you can. In additional, if you know PE is the place you want to go, esp the investment team, then try to be sele ... (read entire answer)

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Can I join BCG as a former drop out?

BCG consulting CV drop out gap

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Hi Anonymous, as for the initial selection, assuming the rest of your CV is solid, that should not be a concern for your application; however, I would definitely try to get a referral to minimize the risk. As for th ... (read entire answer)

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