Rocketblocks for big tech StratOps interviews - ya or nah?

Anyone working as a 2 years + lawyer for Fragomen in Canada can share their salaries and working advantages? (holidays, billable hours etc). Got an interview coming up and want to make sure not to under-sale my profile!

Hey There,
Currently working as Electrical engineer in medical device company. Been applying to few battery and electrical engineering jobs at amazon in seattle and california locations. If anyone could provide referral for the job, that would be very helpful.

Thank you FB family. After a two year hunt for the right opportunity, I am happy to announce that I have accepted an offer at FAANG (TC - 280) . The road wasn’t easy especially the last 2 months. I took the interview overseas (basically 2am - 3 am calls), was recovering from a surgery and finally contracted covid. I got some good advice from folks over here CONTD...

Hello. I have a job interview coming up. When asked the question by the interviewer, “Why do you want to leave your current employer for us?” What is the best answer?

I've a question on what sections to put on a regular resume. I see some people are using consulting style resume for outside companies as well. Do you think it's a good idea to devide work experience by projets? Or is it better to have "projects highlights" separate from work experience.. something like: intro>functional expertise> project highlights>work experience>education?

Anyone who’s moved from consulting to VC, what are some of the ways you’ve made your application stand out? How much of securing the role was down to networking?

Anyone here working at West Monroe’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practice? Would like to connect about culture and experience. Interested in applying, but not too familiar with the firm. Please and thank you!

Hi Fishers,

I have appeared for the HCL Devops position and after clearing the 1st round they have sent the mail for the Client Interview.
Can anyone please suggest how it would be !!

Had a great job interview. C-suite liked you & your ideas & seemed like they would offer. A day later, they change the job posting to show less experience is needed & took off $125k salary. Thoughts?

Job offers. Got an offer from Parker hannifin within 2 weeks of application. Still going through interview process with Rockwell automation, 3 interviews and over a month. Operation manager said I will be hearing from Hr soon on next steps. Leverage offer with Parker or take the job?

ZS fish, possible to come in and work 50-55 hours a week? Or should I expect 60+? Interested in firm & work but just can’t keep working from 9-10 every day anymore. Wondering if I should apply or just hang up the hat and go to industry

I'm interested in applying for a Senior Program Manager role at Splunk. Does anyone have insights into that specific role there? Culture, balance, career path? Thanks!

Hi I’m currently an audit senior at a big 4 and I’ve interviewed a few times for a job at CFGI. I’m curious about the pay structure and how overtime works. Can anyone that works there elaborate on that?

Best leadership or professional “self help” book you’ve ever read and how applying its logic helped you?

When doing profitability calculation or NPV, do interviewers usually ask candidates to come up with their own estimates/assumptions for costs, both one-time and recurring?

Interviewing with a startup and they’d like me to do a presentation on some of the financial processes I am working/ worked on. What is the best way to present this info that I usually do in excel? Would a PowerPoint deck be the best approach with the info or a google Sheet?

Just watched office space again and realized it’s actually about the FIRE movement (without explicitly saying it)

Anyone using Darwinbox HRMS? What is your experience in terms of user friendly?

Life is a joke. Maybe it’s all a simulation

Working with a Junior AD who’s too opinionated & doesn’t respond to my feedback well. He’ll just show ideas that I’ve already debunked/scripts that aren’t very good, which makes me look bad. Advice?

For those who didn't grow up golfing - how did you get into it, and where did you start?

Hi Fishes

I am applying for a BA role at Globallogic. Can anyone help with a referral?

5/28 Thread (General):

What’s the normal pay increase from SWE 1 to SWE 2. Not a FAANG company, but Fortune 500.

Is an “innovation program lead” a PgM level 5? Do you guys like working for GCP?

Sheesh, this humidity is driving me crazy!

Hello,

I got selected for S&P platts, can someone please give review about that?

To the guys in Lloyds: your pillar 3 report is nowhere to be found, any reason why?

Is there any way to get around the coinbase fee when buying crypto?

After nearly 20 years in the military serving in T&E and HR roles, I’m considering moving on and have been conducting lots of research into consulting. BS, MA, and SPHR cert - no MBA. I’m looking for suggestions or advise about transitioning. DC Metro area is likely landing spot.

Anyone from EY Singapore?

POV: you're an AD* looking for a copy (me) to build our portfolio together and work in... London?

DM:
1) if your seniority is mid/senior or you won an award (Lions, D&AD, One Show..)
2) 3 fav Cannes Lions 2022 campaigns*
3) 3 creatives you love
We create 3 campaigns before XMas and maybe in 2023 we'll start dream big!
Let's make 3 our magic number

* I ask just because if your work is focused on editorial design, that is a different field. I wish you like strategic thinking. Thank you, bye!

Many people want to exit to tech for pay but say the career growth is slow. Which industries l provide opportunity for accelerated career trajectory?

Anyone exited from Clinical Pharmacy (hospital) into industry or Health Economics consulting? My partner is looking to leave and I want to help them pursue consulting if they want it, but I'm sceptical that it is their best option (vs pharma company role).

What are good pharma exits?

Interested in eventually exiting into wellness tech.... what are the best consulting firms to start at?

So stressed! Not getting any calls- any good referrals for resume services, probably need to refresh my resume- or any other tips is much appreciated! 11 yoe experience in data and Analytics and have stayed in same firm. First time going out and looking for job.

Advice needed - final interview last Friday at one place, heading into final interview at other place next week. If I get an offer at one before final travel interview at other, any suggestions Cont'

Typical / best exit opps from Strategy consulting in FS sector?

Interviewing at so many places and often get dinged at final rounds. Hoping and praying for the right one to work out.

How far in advance of when you want to leave should you start talking to recruiters?

D gave me a retention bonus just big enough to cover my sign-on, it’s like they’re encouraging me to go on a job search 🤣

PE operations: What’s the story on Vista Equity Partners’ internal consulting group?

How much do they just run their “best practices” playbook, vs. work on unique value-creation initiatives?

Amazon…vacation time. 2 weeks, seriously! How do you negotiate for more? I currently get 5 weeks plus 2 company weeks off; summer and winter break plus several holidays.

Is a 5k sign on bonus to low? Offer received from PWC and I feel like the sign on is low compared to what I’ve seen on this app.

Hi Fishes,

I will we interviewing with Salesforce for the position for Customer Intelligence Analyst position. Could anyone please guide me with the interview process and difficulty level.

I've become really jaded about consulting. I find all so often you need to tell the client what they want to hear to keep their business and I feel like so much of the what I recommend doesn't actually get implemented. I'm looking to make a career switch so I can both create and execute on my strategies. A product management path seems very promising for this.

Does anyone who switched from consulting to product management have any recommendations of h helpful PM books, courses, or programs?

Anyone interview at Robinhood and have an insight on their process? Was told I received 1 strong yes and 2 yeses from my interviewers—just want to get a sense if I got it or not. Never know anymore.

Upcoming interview with large tech company for biz ops go-to-market role. Any book recommendations to learn about go-to-market / sales op strategies for tech?

During interviews, how do you talk about the “result” or “impact” of a consulting project you were on? I know how to talk about the problem/recommendation portion of a sample project but the result/impact, I mean, as consultants we don’t see recommendations executed and actually generating results. So how do you talk about it?

How can I get an interview opportunity at google? I’m currently an SAP consultant with some project management skills