Alright fish, so I'm from a non-target school for consulting, for reference my school typically sends a couple to the Big 4 federal practices and FDD but definitely no MBB front office. Is there any way in hell I can break into some type of non-strategy role at a Big 4 firm with a B4 audit background and industry experience?
Like I'm trying to get a feel for if it's a waste of time for me to be applying. I've been hitting finance transformation advisory roles pretty hard with out much luck.

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I came from a non target. Went into industry and busted my ass to break into consulting only to find myself doing tech implementation. I eventually got a break and made it to a t2. It’s possible but it doesn’t happen overnight. Took me 4 years to do that without losing sight of what I wanted.

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How'd you go about networking? Networking is admittedly not one of my strong suits but it's something I've been trying to work on.

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The target school concept normally only matter for campus hires. F&A experience in industry (such as at Abbott) or audit should qualify you for experienced hires in Big 4 advisory. The lack of demand you’re experiencing is likely new grads (with <9 months work experience) applying and not able to distinguish themselves from campus hires that are slated to start early summer through fall

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Working on it! I was thinking more so if I could make some type of progression before that.

Network, network, network

Came from a school that is never targeted by mbb,t2,b4… probably the only person working at a t2 from my school

Worked in industry out of college, got brought into b4 as a staff consultant through referral, networked my ass and proved my worth so a partner vouched for my transfer to a t2 (think pwc-> s&/ ey-> eyp) My educational background sticks out like a sore thumb but with a bit of luck it is possible (took ~3.5 years tho)

Went from non target school undergrad in B4 audit to B4 consulting with no mba. Mostly had to do with how I could spin my story.

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