Hi fishes! Staring at an MBB soon! Understand this question has been raised before but I’d love to hear experiences people had with specific online courses for excel and PowerPoint and how relevant they turned out to be once you’ve started the job (eg Wall Street Prep / breaking into Wall Street has been brought up before but is it not “consulting” enough?) TIA!

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Just relax for now and do the training when you start the your new Firm

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likely not this year due to pandemic

We have our own modeling and presentation courses

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Nah just relax until you start

Love the mass of Deloitters infiltrating MBB lately

Gotcha. It seems like a good time to explore it, especially with the high demand. A couple people in my network has left the firm to join them. Good luck.

Which MBB and just chill enjoy the time off

Ya definitely wait it out until you join us :) Welcome!

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