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What type of certificates can one get to increase chances of acceptance into MBB? Same way finance has CFA certification

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Vlad
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on Mar 19, 2019
McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi,

It's more about achievements:

  1. Launching your own venture and entrepreneurial activities (even failing them is fine)
  2. Grants / scholarships - even better if related to some research or entrepreneurial projects
  3. 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
  4. Volunteer / social activities. I would aim at the activities where you can have a leadership role. Organizing some club may work as well.
  5. Case Competitions-especially the ones organized by your target company
  6. Researches / articles published in well-known sources

I would try to go deep rather than broad. It's good to have something that you can put as a part-time job in your resume rather than just a bullet point. It will also give you great stories for the FIT part of the interview.

Best,

Deleted
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on Mar 21, 2019
95% practise, 5% theory. We can make 2-3 real cases in a session or split the time 50:50 between case study and general background

None really,

Most important for CV is to have some work for brand name (including Big 4 for example) but mainly have some real achievements like:

- Projects for business or non-profits

- Achievements at standard jobs (like establishing something or preparing a big complex thing)

- University competitions

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