Rejected from all 3 MBB in final round (I’m sure they tell this to everyone but each firm told me stay close, practice more and reapply) strategy consulting is what I really want to do - what do I do while I wait to reapply ? Boutique consulting? I don’t really want to specialise yet thought

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So my takeaway is that you say you really wanted to do this, but did not prepare like one should. Did you really want it? Or you just want it now that the door is closed for this time?

I would just keep in your job and try again next year.

Ps- they always say you're really close and they were debating about you.

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I’ve been asking myself the same thing. And honestly I felt kinda relieved getting my last rejection. I think I’ve realised over the past couple of weeks that I don’t actually want to move back to the US/the city I was interviewing with (even though I think it would be better for my career, I think I’m homesick and want to move back to smaller market where my family is) so that might be an element of it.

I also kind of feel like I’ve been ejected from this machine. I was going through formal recruiting process along with dozens of my peers and it’s all that’s been talked about for weeks, and there was this weird competitive tension in the air and a part of me felt guilty and undeserving of all these invitations to interview (esp relative to some of my friends) so maybe there was an element of self sabotage. I also hadn’t put much effort into recruiting before the invitations came out (my cover letters were done at the last minute without any proof reads) and so maybe receiving all the interviews gave me a false confidence that I didn’t need to work hard or like validated my hands off, low effort approach. While prepping for interviews, I realised that I don’t have any failure story (and I feel some kind of guilt/bad that I’ve always played it safe and life has been too easy) so maybe there’s a part of me that’s relieved to have failed? I know I need a therapy 🙃

It’s definitely not a door closed thing and I’m not deluded about my competitiveness, I actually find it quite energising and it now feels so close / like it’s actually possible (I went into interviews thinking I wasn’t MBB material but I’m now confident that it is for me and I can do it)

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Apply for Oliver Wyman, Kearney, Accenture, etc.

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I just wonder if I should try something other than consulting if I think I’ll ultimately still get the consulting experience?

Getting to final rounds is no small feat! you got this next year!

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Agree to try OW and Kearney. There’s decent amount of randomness in the process, so wouldn’t overthink your reaction too much.

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What did McKinsey find as the major reason for rejection? Lack of prep?

Lol those were the exact words my interview used when she called with rejection

Apply OW, LEK, Kearney. I know Kearney is hiring like crazy

You already applied for kearney?

You could try S&. We need people.

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