How do you answer or show that why do you want to work in strategy? Like, what would your reasons be to state in, say, an interview or a cover letter? Thanks.
Ps: Except the “i love moneyyyy” reason ofc

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this may be a bit romanticized and far from the actual day-to-day work, but pure strategy requires a mix of creative and critical thinking with a sprinkle of competition that I think is very attractive to some people. May want to base your letter off that

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High impact work and type of work I guess

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Yep, except that one as well.

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I think strategy work by big 4 is pure BS. It's just common sense stuff presented very nicely on amazing looking PPTs. In my experience in working on strategy projects, I never saw something identified that client already didn't know. I have always wondered why the clients even hire consultants for strategy work. But that's my thing. Other people can see a lot of value in it.

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I think you’re on to something….

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You’re gonna wanna go with “ayeeee must be the monayyyyy” 💵

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Come on, we dont do truth and honesty in consulting 🤷‍♂️ who would hire us if we ever did that, huh? 🌚

I read the beginning, knew what my response was going to be, and then I saw the last line 😤

Lets be fair, that would be the real reason for 99.99% of the majority lmao

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You like problem solving and big impact. Just Google "why strategy consulting" and pick something. The question is not seriously evaluated and is mostly something to pass time fir the interviewer to scan your resume or pull up case info. Anything halfway decent is fine.

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