Hey fish, I’m coming up on a year post PhD and this job has drained a lot out of me. There’s not a lot I enjoy: overpromising partners, annoying clients, endless iterations (from either client or partner), poorly scoped KOL interviews, long hours… The only reason I haven’t quit is the US healthcare system’s reliance on employer provided insurance. Where can I go with ~1YOE post PhD? It feels like nearly every job requires a lot more and I just don’t have it in me to push through another 1-2y…

Hi Fishes, Great to connect. I've cleared my R1 of interview in PepsiCo for L04 Talent Acquisition. I've got an interview invite for R2. I've no clue what R2 will be based on. Can anyone please give me little insights how it's going to be so that i can prepare myself accordingly for the interview?

205k+ base. Happy with $. But unhappy with the work life balance.

I wonder whether $180k in industry @ 9 to 5 job is better route than chasing the elusive partnership role. Even if we get it eventually is the marginal return vs wlb cost worth it? Thoughts?

As a junior, how do you deal with the anxiety that the advice you provide to a partner based on your research (that is being sent to client without much supervision) could be wrong or incomplete?

Exploring the pivot to Sales Engineering and have been in touch with a few companies. What can I expect during the interview process? Any tips for success?

I have a partner who routinely ignores emails or responds to them several weeks later. He has to approve every single document sent to the client or the court, which means you have a physically go to his office to ask him to review something. Half of the time you go to meet with him in person, he’s either on a call or otherwise busy. I find that this basically creates more work and makes meeting deadlines extremely difficult. Is this normal?

Any advice applying to big banks? For law firms you can send them an email but how do bigger banks do things?

So I was supposed to have an in person interview. Right before the interview I noticed that The interviewer rejected the invite she sent me - I emailed to ask but no reply. I went anyway and am just waiting for her to show up... but she isn't showing up... what should I do lol

I recently interviewed for a job and they said they have more interviews and will let me know when the decision is made. It has been 2 weeks now. Is it safe to say they took a pass? Do you think it’s too soon to reach out and see what’s going on?

Hi fishes. I am currently working at a market research firm and have around 6 years of experience.
I want to upgrade my career path. Please let me know what to choose next. What courses do I need to take so I can switch to top consulting firms like PWC, Kantar, B&C.

Has anyone here gone from PM to Resource Management or vice versa? There seem to be a lot of resource management jobs out there, but they seem more monotonous than managing projects. What is the career trajectory for a RM?

Anybody have experience with the Jane Street Rotational development program interview process?

Have offers for AMEX and VISA at a Senior Manager Strategy role. Both offers are almost identical in base and annual bonus.

Which firm has faster growth to Director and better long term success?

#Amex #Visa

Hi Fishes ,

I am an FE with 7.1 yrs of exp looking for a change. So far I've seen the packages are boxed at 30lpa at my exp and Angular framework, I Have some exposure to AWS devOps as well. Can anyone guide if there is something missing in my profile or if I am not getting the right opportunity (excluding MANG from this discussion)

What is the interview process for Medtronics for QA position .

Hello recruiters, happy Monday!

I want to know why recruiters ask me in an interview if I am looking at other opportunities, or if I am interviewing at other companies. If I say yes they will ask at what stage I am.

I just want to know the reason behind it and if there is a right answer to this question!

Hi friends
I have been working with Oracle since four years in a sales role my total experience is six years
I am keen to change my career and move out of sales can someone suggest what all options are available after having been selling IT solutions
Your suggestions and advices or highly appreciated

What is expected of an associate in FDD? Especially when there is no senior on the team. Would I be acting senior? How can I better help the team with my limited experience? I just transferred from Audit to FDD.

The most interesting research topic you've come across....?

How many days in a week are you visiting office?

Any in house brand strategists out there?

How is the data practice team at coforge. They told client is an insurance company.
Can anyone share more . about it.

In the last PDM town hall, they said they were going to lower utilization targets for those that work on projects with capped hours. For those people, have you seen your utilization target lowered? I haven’t seen shit change for me.

Need 15 likes for DM. please help.

What is the compensation of PwC for a Senior 3 in tax? SoCal

Could I please get some DMs? 🙏🙏🙏

Anyone know why a SUMPRODUCT cell would return to zero?

The error said ‘inconsistent formula’... (cont’d)

Anyone else have AE’s that are fucking amazing creative directors, genius copy writers, excellent producers, diligent pm’s, even finance wizards but for some odd reason can’t manage the client?

How do you balance your social life with work? I feel like all my non-law friends are out doing shit every night and living it up on the weekends and I just can't. I'm either working or I'm tired from working. How can I set better boundaries about working outside of work, and where do y'all get the motivation to be outside after work 😭

I have started the process of looking for a new job, is this bad time to change companies? I have 3 phone interviews next week (1st step for all of them) but I feel maybe it’s not the right time?

Hey All, I am new to this bowl. I am interviewing for Client Consulting Analyst position for the NYC office. Can anyone kindly guide me what to expect in the interview rounds?
Thank you 🙏

Anyone have good books on private capital? Tradtional Private Equity, Venture, Growth, Search - even negotiating in the space. Just interested and looking for audiobooks. Thanks!

Its weird that EY is calling themselves providing exceptional experiences, but keep sending Return to Office email on Friday and ruin our mood. What leadership is gonna achieve by sacrificing employee flexibilities and spoiling their happiness, it can ultimately lead to resignation and loss of great talents.

I keep hearing that one of the pros of ClearView over other LS firms is “reputation” and “prestige” - I want to hear from the industry 🐠 about how important that really is?

Have you ever worked on pharma/healthcare projects that you personally disagree with (whether i.e how they do business, their political affiliation, their drug pricing, etc)? What was that project like and how did you deal with it?

What kinds of strategy projects would best prepare you to exit to a clinical stage pharma start-up and support their business strategy through clinical trials / an ipo?

What are current life science boutiques offering employees with 0-2 yoe out of undergrad? Trinity seems significantly behind market norm

Any thoughts on Strategy& and their life sciences team? How is the reputation in comparison to Life sciences focused places such as LEK, ClearView, ZS, IQVIA, etc? How is the WLB? And what is the compensation for a senior associate?

Looking to pivot out of a top pharma marketing/ad agency and into consulting. Ultimately want to leverage both experiences to move client side or to a healthcare start up.

What are the best firms for this type of transition and why?

Are there life science firms that allow fully remote work? Is there any disadvantage of being remote?

What are the most impressive innovations 💡 that you have seen in Life Sciences recently?

Boutique vs T2? All else equal

Onboarding new member today. He is a PhD so has lots of theoretical knowledge but knows nothing about the business at large. Any suggested reading materials I can forward to him to help ramp up?

I’m looking to apply to LEK soon and haven’t updated my resume since undergrad. I’m struggling on how to fit my ZS experience into just a few bullets and would greatly appreciate some tips. Would any one be willing to DM a resume that they used to lateral to LEK?

ZS 🐠 request for info. I have a prescreen call coming up for a Strategy and Insights manager role. What can I expect in terms of interview process? Behavioral, case etc? Any insights would help.

Hey fish, I started recently (within the last year) at post PhD level. I’m thinking about moving into pharma or biotech since I don’t think the ladder in consulting is right for me long term. How long do you need to stay in consulting for before making say 150-200k base in pharma/biotech?

Does anyone have experience moving to PE? Would love to pick your brain for some advice! For context, I have 2 YoE in LS consulting post PhD

Putnam UK WLB? Culture?

Anyone have any experience with Veeva Business Consulting? Any success negotiating a base salary and TC?

Hey all, 4 YoE strategy consultant looking for some exit options. Looking to jump ship from consulting into something in the life sciences field, but not particularly interested in working for big pharma. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Any folks with knowledge on clinical trial design? And understand the protocol requirements well? I have a couple of questions that I’d like to bounce off.