If you are a consultant and you apply to another firm and they don’t offer you an interview does that mean I’m not fit to be a consultant at all?

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Basically. Tours over OP.

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I guess I’m trying to figure out what I need to do to switch.

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No - if you apply to multiple firms, many times some of them will want to interview you and others won't - it all depends on how your skill set fits with their growth strategy.

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Are you suggesting that because you didn’t get into MBB you are t consultant material? Not even for a tier 3?

Aren’t*

Yes

Part of being a consultant is asking the right questions

No. Do what you want. You will find the right cultural fit.

Dude/ette, I’m a bit of a worst case scenarioer too. Lots of reasons why they wouldn’t pick you, including you many not have the skill set they’re looking to grow at their firm (most likely a local and not global issue with you as a fit). If you’re a terrible fit, you won’t last a year in this biz. If you’re not sure if this is your career path for life, learn about yourself and continually write things down. Ask peers who you work with about your strengths and weaknesses. Take a Meyers Briggs - incredibly illuminating for me. Ultimately, time and a lot of introspection will uncover what you should point your life before. I let my faith help guide the discussion as well, but you may be at a different place in terms of faith.

No, of course it doesn't. Think of all the other factors that could come into play.

Consulting firms seem like college applications: they throw out anyone who doesn't meet minimum qualifications and then they narrow the pool further by RNG. Don't take it personally, there's a thousand things they could have been looking for this round that they won't be looking for in six months

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