For a zoom interview is it better to have a virtual background or no background?

Anyone familiar with applying for Schengen tourist visas and how to get a long term one (2-3 year+)? They keep giving me ones for the duration of my stay and I’m racking up 200-300£ in visa fees each year…

Re-invited to interview at BCG but also want to cast a wide net and apply for Mck and Bain. However got rejected last year this time at the resume screen stage. I’ve changed firms since I last applied (to a well known boutique) - is this sufficient or am I still frozen?

If I’m reaching out cold for tech recruiting, would you rather receive an email or LinkedIn message?

Can you recruit via headhunter while in an MBA program?

I had my kind of hr round with TCS
They did not have a detailed discussion regarding the compensation .
But they told i will be getting link for uploading documents and then hr would be discussing for compensation.
Its been 2 days. No update. Can anyone guide. Why 2 hr rounds ? N how much time it takes?

I have 2.5 year experience in dot net technology. Now I am looking for change. My current ctc is 6lpa. how to prepare for dot net interview. Can anyone pls guide me Tata Consultancy Accenture India Capgemini Cognizant Mindtree GlobalLogic Nagarro . Thanks in advance

Is it common to offer signing bonuses for product managers? I've only worked in small companies and I'm currently interviewing at a much larger company. I am expecting an offer this week, but the salary isn't quite where I want it to be. A signing bonus of 5 or 10k would make me feel so much better (obviously) but it would put me right where I want to be for salary this year. I'm taking a cut in salary to consider this new job but I like the company and they actually offer benefits

What can I except a product manager role interview questions to be?

Have an interview with a company I really want to work for tomorrow. My last job I was laid off b/c of an acquisition&recently accepted a job at a diff company b/c I couldnt afford not to. I got this invite shortly after. The place I’m interviewing at the job wouldn’t start til next year. I dont want to seem like a job hopper. Do i tell them I’m at a new role or just not bring it up? The acquisition was public so they can see Im no longer employed with the most recent work history on my resume

When emailing someone for an interview for the first time do you address them by Mr/Mrs last name or by their first name?

For Machine learning engineer roles, what are the coding interview rounds like? Are they more ML algorithm based coding or DS/trees/graph related?

Those actively interviewing, where are you trying go?

In my notice period in TCS decided to hunt for interview in other company after one month, within 3 months i should able to get any offer letter from companies.m I doing the right thing,any openings please let me know guys.

Yet again I’m watching a client fuck up a nice spot so bad I can’t put it in my reel. Absolutely disheartening.

Is there any truth to the rumors that some verticals within Deals are having comp structure changed to align with the rest of the advisory practice?

My friend bought a nice condominium and his agent assured him that it had a garage. AFTER he signed the papers and moved in, the neighbors told him that the unit does not come with a garage. Can he sue the agent? He feels ripped off.

How many days a week do you manage to go out? Dinner, drinks or movie with friends etc.

Good hours, decent culture but shoddy deals. Where to go from here?

Hi All,
I am looking for a career switch to Business analyst role. Please let me know if any opening.
Recently completed MBA WX in Finance & Leadership and strategic Management from NMIMS, Mumbai.
Total experience in tech role : 4.5 yrs.

Anyone working in mRNA space? DM for a job

Hi sharks,
How to book cab for Capgemini return to office. Any app or portal?

Does anyone work at Airgas or have experience with this company (not available on Fishbowl)?

Hello

I've been interviewed by @Amazon on 8th July and even after multiple follow up emails, there's no update. Any suggestions?

Hi everyone,
Does the gap of one month will affect job opportunities or interview calls for IT jobs especially in current market scene?

Let's start a thread to highlight which industries and/or companies are doing right by their employees this holiday season. Share your job title and what kind of year-end bonus you are getting. (Feel free to share your company's name if you are comfortable doing that)

A partner just walked from his office. By passed 4 or 5 people who are generally more knowledgeable on our banking logistics straight to the only black support staff employee to@ask if today is a bank holiday.

So just found out my in-laws are having Thanksgiving ham and meatloaf and no turkey... do other people do this?

Just on boarding, who will evaluate your performance and how do they know how you performed if you are not working directly with them？ I assume we will work on different clients throughout the year instead of a fixed team？

Does FFO Analytics gets offshore opportunities??

Looking for a referral to KPMG AAS. Currently an S1 in audit

Hi Fishes,
It's over a month I had applied for a job post at career portal of accenture and still it is showing your application is under evaluation. My job CID no is C7183481. And now I am unable apply for other job openings too. Can anyone help me to apply for job post also and to know about the status of this applied position.

Hi everyone! I’m staring in an AE position to book demos with restaurants for their POS systems. How to prospect / have conversations and close the demos with them? I’m new to AE, used to be an interning SDR. Looking for tips and advice more towards the conversation factor. Thank you

Going to sound like a silly question, but my hotel smoke alarm chirped one time. No smoke in my room. Anything to be concerned about before bed? Travel a lot never had alarm beep.

enough with the fight..lets get back to GOT peeps

I have been tagged for this project that doesn’t start until June 10th. My utilization is going to drop significantly but at the same time the deployment team cannot present me elsewhere. Ugh!

Serious question: Sheraton cancelled my reservation and I was stranded for a night last night. Called CS and my useless ambassador and they cant help and “sorry”. How do I escalate this?

Shall I disclose reason for leaving a firm during my initial call with a recruiter from said firm, if I was laid off? Are they privy to that information. Ironically being recruited by that same firm

Best consulting firms to work for that will allow 100% remote work indefinitely regardless of what clients do?

Stopped working and Shut my Laptop on the flight cause a baby next to me couldn't fall asleep due to the screen glare ... Felt real good! 😇

Good consulting books? Not talking case prep but a fun read about the industry and what it takes to succeed, etc. Thank you!

My RL didn’t have a formal mid year pre CRT review with me. He just pinged me and said: I’ll represent you. Utilization = 75% and average snapshots. Am I at risk?

Just saw a dude walk into the bathroom and do his business all whilst holding on to his carry on.

Why Lester, why!

So since scatterplot aren't weighted should I just get as many plots I can if I know I'm excelling at a long term project instead of risking short term stuff dragging me down later?

It’s been 9 weeks since I had to go to bed on Sunday nights with 4AM alarms, one of my far and few happy moments in these uncertain times..

Walking up to the client site looking like Elle woods today. 💁🏼💗

Does anybody have good electric standing desk recommendations? Ideally in the $200-300 range.

anyone here do UX Design or Customer Success?

Does anyone have any book recommendations that have helped them become a better consultant ?

Ratings on three projects - 3,2,2. Utilization - 90%... Proposal hours - 15... Firm activities - 43 hrs... I then get a YE rating of 4 😕 ... How worried I should be regarding the layoffs???

Looking to switch into smaller consulting in Chicago. Currently working in SAP, but looking to get more into strategy. Which consulting firms should I look at? Hopefully better benefits, bonus, pay, etc.

This just in: Uncle Ernie telling us how shitty of a year we had and that they're stripping our firm-wide holidays so that we can be utilized more and reach our vision 2020 goals!