I am a recent grad(Finance), and my MBA school is not a named institute like Stanford. I would want to work for a consulting co. who is heavily involved in Finance. Can you help me create a roadmap from where should I start? What are top finance business consulting companies and how to get there? My undergrad was in science.

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Did you work at all between your UG and mba? If not you already screwed up. At this point you need a job and probably just apply with referrals

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Get your foot in the door where you can… network to get to the role you want.

All the big firms will have work you are interested in.

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A consulting co. Is vague - can you specify what companies you’re looking for?

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