Executive Director Discussions
Interviews

Been asked to present my current client’s plan and PCA in second interview for a role. Am I being over cautious by not feeling comfortable with this?

Got a rejection email from EYP but looking to apply again. Is there a certain timeframe for re-applying?

Does gpa matter once you have the interview at consulting firms or do they ask for it as a formality? ~2 years out of UG if that changes things.

What's the typical amount of time between the first interview and getting an offer?

What would you wear to an interview where the environment is business casual and stresses no suits? Female here.

What would a 30 minute interview for a F500 Corp dev role entail? Any modeling or would the assumption be mainly behavioral questions ?

I'm a budding UX Designer with no exp in the field besides one client project and some school ones. However, for 5+ years I've been a part of User Testing groups and have participated in user research interviews for different companies like Lions Gate, the Canadian Government, Pinterest, etc. I did it to make a little bit of pocket change, but it ended up teaching me about how user researchers collect data and what types of questions they ask.
Would it be valuable experience to put on my resume?

Interviewing at google for the Account Strategist SMB positions, anyone have an advice or idea how the process is like?

Need some encouragement. Left consulting a few months ago to go to a startup. Took a major pay cut, only to be included in some layoffs last month. I’ve been applying for jobs well within or below my expertise/leveling and can’t even get a call back. But I’m in the offer stage for another Startup, I don’t even want to entertain the offer because of this experience at a startup.

I had a second round interview for an industry job this week and it went well. I am hopeful I might get an offer from them. However, i am currently starting a large client audit starting next week and I’m the only senior on the job. Do you think it would be bad to leave as this new client is starting?

What’s your take on interviewing for roles that are in the proposal stage (not funded)? Do you go through the interview process? I come across so many of these positions, Idk if they’re just trying to use good resumes to win bids or whatnot...

Thinking about moving to Seattle in the future. As a financial consultant for the government now, what are some good places in Seattle to look into applying to before I move?

Do you guys make fully tailored cover letters when applying for senior analyst / junior associate positions? I just don't have the time

Anyone hear further for Havas's internship application? Was suppose to "receive more info for an interview call from the creative team early this week" and poof nada

Need some advice - Currently a Manager in Big4 Valuations and want to move to Corp Dev. No prior IB experience. I have an offer for Corporate Strategy Manager position at a large Multinational and a few CD interviews lined up. Have to get back to the Strategy offer. Is it possible to move from CS to CD later?

What are other routes for a senior manager who is not considered partner track and still wants to stay with the firm? Is managing director the only opportunity? What about executive director? And what is difference between managing director vs executive director? Any other options within the firm besides these 2?

Went to two different state for around 3 weeks combined. The projects didn’t materialize immediately and I wasn’t staffed on them. However, I have line items on my paycheck for tax withholding. CONT

Was able to book 6 nights at the St Regis Maldives, Overwater Villa. 140K SPG points (so 420K New Marriott points)

Are the only options available public accounting and industry?

I had an amniocentesis today unexpectedly. We were referred to the MFM after our anatomy scan last week but OB didn’t give us any heads up as to what to expect so we were hit with a lot. The only thing we know for sure is that she will most likely have clubbed feet - everything else we just have to wait 10-14 days until results come back. NIPT all negative for everything though. Still processing and trying not to Google too much. Please send a quick good thought / prayer our way if you can 💕

Have any other cities besides Boston ordered a construction shutdown?

How hard is it to go in-house once you're a partner? I'm up for evaluation this winter at a smaller BigLaw firm, but I'm questioning whether that's the route I want to go long term. There are plenty of remote jobs in my practice area (patents/IP, computer science focus). Making matters more difficult is that my wife and I will be starting IVF in Jan., and I know parental leave/benefits don't kick in for a bit. If I go through the shareholder process, will it be hard to go in-house?

Can you guys suggest me a standing desk or table ?

I’m fearful that I have ADHD but I don’t really want to be medicated. I used to take adderall and hated the way it would make me feel (loss of appetite and trouble falling asleep). I’m going to be drastically cutting down my alcohol consumption and increasing my exercise. Has anyone else gone through this without being medicated and any other tips to deal with it?

How much money would I need to make to have the same quality of life in SF as making 200k in Austin? Cost of living calculators say 400k, but is that actually true?

Bar study help: I am taking the FL bar exam as a 2nd bar. Because I am working, I am now cramming the FL portion into this last week. If I take the subject outlines posted by the Bar Examiners and fill in the information, will I have enough info to pass? I am so stressed out trying to figure put how to condense and still know enough.

At this point if a client likes my idea I tend to think that means it sucks.

When should you update LinkedIn after you started a new job?

Time for a king size bed. Any recommendation for mattress? We want to return to a more cushy traditional box spring and mattress set not memory foam that I’ve had on a platform last 10 years.

Anyone else realize that the only reason people put up with the business model of public accounting is that we all worked together and could complain together, stay up late together all while forgetting that we are working 80+ hours in addition to a commute. Then when the pandemic hit, we opened up our eyes to the actual work itself and how much time we spent at work and getting to and from work? This is the reason why all firms want staff back in the office so they can create that again?

529 NY question. I want to setup an account for my daughter. Planning to contribute $10K to maximize the tax deduction as a married couple.
(1) Should my wife and I setup two accounts for our daughter with $5K each? Or ok to setup a single account under one of our names?
(2) Understand $10K is below the annual gift tax but 529 is considered a gift. Is it good practise to document this in some shape/form? Like a one page doc that my wife and I sign stating we gifted to a 529 $10K in 2022.
Thanks

Anyone work at a consultancy? If so whats it like compared to an agency? What are some of the best ones around currently?