For as stringent as the hiring requirements are in Consulting, it's surprising that there are so many incompetent people that work in it...

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Haha, it's FAR worse in industry. I hear you though

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There are some new hires that I know had the same interview as me and I just say to myself, "how the actual F did you get hired?"

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Preach

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What @D1 said. All things are relative - consulting does come with higher expectations than most businesses.

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@EY2: I personally know a number of experience hires who... weren't incompetent per se, but didn't make the cut.

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It's all distributions. Incompetent people in every organization.

Only stringent for people with experience. Campus hires are an unknown quantity.

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