Finally after months of interviewing, I accepted an offer with FAANG. During the process got rejected by over 10 companies for one or the other reason. This community has been really helpful to me and I would like to help anyway I can. So ASK ME ANYTHING and I will answer as much as possible.

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How did you change your consultant experience into a tech job for FAANG?

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Which company?

Do you have an MBA? Is that needed?

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Reply to ad 1- did executive mba at 36 from top 25 schools. Can’t say how much it helped.. but I do feel confident after getting the mba degree. I feel that I can talk to anyone about anything ... There’s a saying in consulting that applies to people like me.. “Mile wife inch deep”

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“Mile wide inch deep”

Congratulations!! What a way to end 2020. If you were to restart the process, what would you do differently?

Thanks for sharing! Congrats again!

That’s awesome! What’s your background? How many years in consulting?

My background is a mix.. started with sales, then recruiting, then inside sales, then tech sales, then account management, then pm and then people manager. 15 yoe, 10 years in consulting industry but not all of it is as consultant.

Trickiest question in the interview process?

They asked me about the most impactful work / project I have done in my career. It was tricky because most of my work is in tech implementation so it’s not like we r curing cancer. But I talked about a project that I did which impacted the professional life of over a 1000 people... it’s not about $$ - it’s about how my project impacted people. I was a fluffy answer in my view.

Did you do anything differently in the successful interview versus the ten rejected ones?

Nothing different but I was more prepared for the is one. I spent a lot of time in preparing and did lot of practice questions.

How did you prepare for the interviews?

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