How many firms gave you an interview when you graduated and found your first consulting job?

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Only applied to MBB, got interviews from 2/3

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6 or 7, withdrew from most after I received an offer

Applied to 30, interviewed at 5(final round for 3), got 1 offer. Non target school

Something like 32 lol. I dropped out of the rest soon after I got the consulting offer I wanted.

Probably 40. Yeah I was making sure I had a job leaving my MBA.

I horrifically failed at getting an internship (20+ interviews with no offers) and interned for some friends that had an asset management startup.

Just one gave me interview invite.

Applied to a ton, 0 interviews

Nice, congratulations:) I have an interview with EYP coming up

Switched from industry. All big 4

On campus recruiting and interviews with Deloitte, IBM, Accenture, Oracle, BAH, and then companies including Unilever, UPS, P&G, US Steel, J&J, American Airlines, and BD.

Applied to 0. Landed Bain.

Applied to 400-500 jobs. Got zero consulting offers but 4 months into a tech role I was able to transition to IBM after getting some certs.

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