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What are the implications of this war on hiring operations?
Will firms freeze hiring or open more spots to cover for people leaving the region?

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Are you guys buying the dip?

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what a modern, pretty awesome state 🇦🇪

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Hope everyone is safe and sound. Prayers for safety all around. When yall say you are leaving. Are you thinking of leaving for good? Or just till the situation normalizes. Has this shifted your percep… more

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So shocking with the news and hope everyone take care - however - I have a final round MBB interview for ME office as experience hire and been prep for 6 plus months for it - anyone can share thought … more

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This is what’s going around, official source.

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Are any firms evacuating based on the latest US embassy urge to depart now?

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No feeling well with everything going on... Anyone else? What tips do you have to take care of mental health while still being productive enough at work

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Who’s leaving ? US DoS just issued DEPART NOW to all Americans in the Middle East. Makes you wonder if they are not confident of their own defenses.

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How’s the situation in Doha, Lebanon, and Dubai/Abu Dhabi? Hope everyone is safe. Some flights have resumed - do we think there is an agreement or an off-ramp in site (at least for the Gulf)?

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Does anyone have tips for landing a job in the GCC?
I work as a Data Scientist at one of MBB with 6+ year exp. Pursuing a master's at a top uni.

But my applications just never go to the next stage.

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Are people actively booking flights to get out (in hopes that limited airspace might open up this week / next week)?

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When do you guys think this will end? Doing anything to deal with the anxiety?

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What happens to projects ?
The regions spent so much time, effort and $$$$ on trying to diversify from oil and build its reputation as a safe haven and recently even tried the ‘tourism’ pitch. Will thi… more

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We are living in a very dangerous place my friends. I’m thinking about going back to uk.

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Ceasefire imminent

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@ consultants based in Riyadh, are you going to client? Any of you told to work from home for the next day or two?
Thanks !!

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Views on short and long term job market in UAE after these couple days?

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How is the mood? Is anyone actually working on the slides, excels whatever?

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65k all in monthly salary as fresh manager in riyadh (5 years of experience). How is the deal?

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Dubai isn't that safe after all :(

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Heard a loud bang in AD. Planes are circling around and not landing anywhere in the UAE. One more reason to move to Saudi I guess (I’d rather die)

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Update thread for any firms that have canceled travel for next week

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Hello everyone - Has anyone interviewed with Visa Inc. – Consulting and Analytics (VCA)? I’d appreciate any insights into the interview process. What are the case interviews like? Would be happy to DM… more

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Hello Everyone

Hope your week is going well

Anyone familiar with the work culture at Capgemini invent? Whats the growth like?
Anything I should be aware of?

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BCG X - AI Engineers - Middle East: How do the interviews look like for AI Engineer roles? Is it typical consulting style where you get tested on a business case and fit questions? Or is it more like tech style interviews where you get tested on your technical understanding and experience… more

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Have you played around with incorporating AI agents into your project workflows? What has been the best use case? Trying to learn while I’m unstaffed…

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I am interviewing with Revolut and currently doing the home task on the financial crime dataset. Should this be solved in SQL? Or have you worked around this in excel? Any tip would help, thank you

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Any insight for interview at Oliver Wyman Middle East?

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Really want to leave consulting but seems like industry roles are few and far between. Any have a similar experience in KSA especially within corp dev and strategy roles.

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Hi everyone anyone recommend any good personal storage units/places in dubai? Also what’s the best online platform to sell things (aside from dubizzle or FB)?

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Anyone any advice? I joined the corporate finance team around 2 years ago and feel very burned out. I have decided to leave but im unsure what kind of roles i should be looking for with a better WLB.
I… more

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How's BCG doing? Recruitment is still freezed? What about contracting?

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What is the latest news on KSA visas? How is your company managing team travel to KSA?

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Where does one get good quality bespoke suits in the region? Or is it just infinitely better to fly to London or Hong Kong and get one there?

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Fellow Europeans - after how long and how much savings you decided to go back to Europe?
Thinking about the long term impact of working in the region and trade off between short term gains vs long term… more

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Women who work in Riyadh. Can you recommend strength training (classes or trainers), pilates and yoga classes please? Evening during weekdays

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Hey guys, just wanna understand the PE scene in the region. Is there any meaningful PE work and which consulting firm does it most?

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mckinsey folks — what’s the new solve game? slightly confused given what’s online. i understand they dropped the ecosystem game and now use seawolf or red rock? can anyone who’s done it recently provi… more

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Hi all — I’m a Manager at a Big Four in London with 7 years’ experience in sustainable finance (banking, sustainability strategy & implementation).

I’m exploring the Dubai market and trying to unde… more

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