Looking for some advice! I got rejected from a Strategy& role within 20 minutes of applying. It seemed on paper like my resume was a perfect match to the job description. I have the right yoe, including prior consulting experience and a current industry role, and I also met most preferred qualifications. I imagine I was automatically filtered out based on how quickly the rejection came in… any suggestions as to what things could get me filtered out like this and how to avoid them in the future?

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Could come down to them having a filter on company experience (i.e., have you worked at X or Y company)

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Yea that's possible. I have a good friend that's worked at Twitter, Goldman, and Google in recruiting. He's a VP at a top tech company now and he said it was super common for competitive roles to filter by company or education (earlier career).

I don’t think S& is doing much hiring right now

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It is. Very little hiring and lots of firing!

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Would it be out of country/you have a work visa/need sponsorship? I’ve seen this happen a few tkmes

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S& focuses a lot on Harvard/Columbia for juniors. When I was hired into PwC, only one woman was assigned to S&, and she was Yale undergrad; plus later I found her Dad is friends with a S& partner.

You think every ivy grad that wants to go into consulting gets into MBB? There are a fair number at T2. It’s just a wider mix of schools than only ivy

Did you ask for a referral

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which would you choose here

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If anyone is interested in a referral to EY, I can help.

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TIA

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Hi,
I am Mahesh
Now ready to join immediately for Accounts Payable with 25 years experience in proper books keeping and accounting of manufacturing tower crane and civil engineering. I hope you are doing well for me.

Thanks for your support.


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