I'm sucking gas here gents. Earned my MBA in May from a top 40 program and just can't stick any roles in Strategy consulting. What am I doing wrong?

Currently at Accenture doing implementation work an 8 yoe oil and gas industry experience. Sgt USMC OIF I, II, &III.

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To build off what EYP1 said, strategy firms don’t go to schools much out of the top 15-20. You’ll need to network your way in. Easier bet is going to a management consulting firm. It’s not a commentary on your backdown it’s more about your school. Companies all have target schools to recruit from. They use that list as an initial pass for weeding out candidates.

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What exactly does Top 40 mean? Are you getting referrals to the roles you’re applying to? Happy to refer to Deloitte if you find a role

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MBA program ranked between 31 and 40

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Its hard bud. I went to UF for my MBA (~35 ranked at the time) and I was the first UF MBA that BCG had ever hired. There are only a couple more since, and that was 7 years ago, so it is really hard to get past the school bias.
I would do my best to leverage military connections at those firms. That is how I got interviews to McKinsey and BCG but ZERO other firms. I got rejected by all of the Big 4, tier 2, Bain, etc. It was connections with people that I knew at McK that got me the interview there, and a random parter (USMC) that was a friend of a friend who heard my story and took a chance on interviewing me at BCG.
One thing that helped me was that I went to USNA for undergrad (and they had several USNA grads at all top firms) and had over 700 GMAT and did my MBA on active duty so I had a good reason why I didn't go to a top tier program.

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I'd totally do ops work if my experience aligns!

gotta be connecting with the good ol' boys club if you want to get in. Doesn't matter how much education you have or what you've done. They'll protect their own.

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