Strong consulting background at H/S. Applied for MBB NYC internship and got only 1 interview invite (failed to convert final round). Both career center and ex-MBB classmates are shocked. Any insights why others got more interviews than me?

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Can you elaborate on your background?

Was it a networking thing? From my understanding BB care a lot about networking and fit during the recruiting process whereas M cares most about the resume. Got all interviews for a t2 city but I know some friends who struck out at one or two and some friends who got all 3 for nyc, and for them it was all about the networking (at W)

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