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Going Above and Beyond with Behavioral Interviews

Tom Spencer

Recruiters are assessing your background, your project experience, and your ability to fit into the company. This could include personal communications, presentations, developing deliverables, brainstorming, managing people, or implementing policies. Some factors to describe may include the organization, team, or stage of development.

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Alternatives to a Traditional Summer Internship

Tom Spencer

Developing the Right Mindset. By articulating the problems you solved in your resume and during future interviews, recruiters will be better able to understand your professional skillset. The product may solve a problem you’ve personally faced, making the work you do even more exciting. Startups and Early-Stage Projects.

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Why an Internship is Not a Step Back During Graduate School

Tom Spencer

Computer science and computer engineering students might take a break from developing algorithms and instead develop code for a technology firm. Humanities and social science majors might want to develop new skills serving as an administration intern for government or academia. If you are pursuing a Ph.D. Build Your Network.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. But for the most part, recruiters aren’t calling. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive. You’re searching for a new job.

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Dinged From MBB Consulting Firms – Now What?

Management Consulted

If you interview and fail first rounds, don’t expect to re-interview during full-time recruiting. For example, working for 1-3 years in business development or corporate strategy at Coca-Cola will give you great experience and make you an attractive candidate to MBB firms. What about Entrepreneurship?

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Get a head start through pro-bono consulting

Tom Spencer

Before the recruiting process begins candidates work hard to polish their resumes, prepare for case interviews, gain professional experience, and participate in extracurricular activities to distinguish themselves from the rest. All you need is commitment and passion for the work to make a positive social impact in the community.

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You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?

Management Consulted

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? Practice will only help for future interviews or next year’s recruiting cycle. If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask.

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