Are consultant skills desirable in industry especially if you're a generalist? I'm having trouble marketing myself because I am a jack of all trades, master of none and the few roles that ask for consulting experience are really competitive... I'm at a Tier 3-4 consulting firm and can't get any interviews.

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Sorry to hijack OP.
I have a Similar question, generalist with 3.5 YOE (experience in operations Analytics). But have been playing associate equivalent roles for operations (retail procurement, program management) etc. What roles in FAANG would this profile be suitable for?

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Might be easier to make this a separate post

What types of roles are you going for in industry?

I'd say you need to know something well enough to be known as the expert / go to for that topic. At G, we expect everyone to be able to pivot into new roles as needed so being a generalist is a necessary but not sufficient condition.

Can I ask what's prevented you from going deeper into a particular area and your YOE?

Honestly, it's the paradox of choice for me. I have too many things I'm interested in and I want to experience them all vs. pigeon holing myself. But it's made it quite hard to qualify for various positions except for broad roles (e.g. project or program management) mainly because competing candidates just have more experience.

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