Fellow King and Queen fishies, I come for guidance.

Big dream to get into a Big 4 for just a few years for experience and then jump back into industry. I got referred to KPMG, rejected to two job postings without a phone screen within a day of applying (this was after working on my resume with the director for several hours). Others have encouraged me to still try for the other 3 but I’m really conflicted. Also wondering if boutique firm is my future instead.

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I don't have sufficient experience to advise but I would like to offer some encouragement. I applied to 150+ job openings in the past 2 years, from consulting to finance. All whilst practising case interviews and brushing up on my CV as I collected more experiences (volunteering and pro bono work while finishing final year in university). Finally, I landed on an offer in consulting. Keep improving and keep going!

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Thank you! Congratulations on your offer!

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Background: BS in Management from CA state school (2017). 1.5 YOE in Food&Ag R&D (2018-2019). Minor gap in resume bc I thought I wanted to be a teacher, short lived (late 2019-March 2020). Pandemic hit, went to b-school focusing on finance and strategy (mid 2020- 2021). Stayed unemployed but was vice president of our inaugural student govt board from January 2021-June 2022. I know this sounds not worthy, but we were the first board and built the whole foundation for a program that went from 80 students to 550 in one year. It was a lot of work and quite honestly, difficult. Lastly, I earned my PMP this month.

I’m located in San Francisco Bay Area. Not looking to move anywhere.

Any thoughts on what’s feasible for me? I’m 26 and feeling like a complete failure.

Thank you! I appreciate your advice on this :)

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