If I’ve been rejected at the first round for 6 case interviews, should I give up on management consulting? The firms were LEK, Bain, Capgemini Invent, ZS, CMA, and Transom. Well, ZS only had one round. I’ve only gotten one final-round interview in strategy consulting and that was with an LS boutique. I just feel like everyone else is so much better at cases and that I suck, hard, at them, even after practicing.

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Never give up, no matter what keep applying. Now that's not to say don't have back up plans. Apply to a myriad of different roles as well.

Congratulations on getting 6 interviews. That's puts you ahead of a lot of people.

undergrad casing is not a test of ability. these cases are so canned at this point it has become a test of how well you've prepped. If you don't make it through, you're not prepped enough, and you're not practicing live casing enough with others. Either do that or aim for a lower barrier of entry consultancy with looser casing requirements

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