Student looking for advice / mentorship.
Hey, I hope you’re all doing good
I grew up in the ME and speak the language, and I want to come back to the region (Intern and FT).
However, I haven’t been too fortunate with ME recruiting, so I would really appreciate some feedback on my resume / general advice.
Attached below is my resume, I do know that its a bit crowded, thats a WIP I promise.
Would love to chat with anyone, thank you!
Boston Consulting Group McKinsey & Company Bain & Company
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If you're getting to the interview stage and getting recruiter calls with MBB, I very much doubt the CV is the issue
ME startup is something I didn’t consider, thanks, you’re the best!
Also, very good point, I’ll add that, that isn’t something I thought of either, thank you!
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You went to hustlers, you’re already a CEO
This guy Tates.
I don’t think a 1430 SAT is 99th percentile
It was 99th when I took it (I checked my college-board recently too). I believe it was a combination of the curve + region I took it in.
From a first glance it looks like you have a very "techy" resume, so I would ask myself why you're interested specifically in consulting. Also and perhaps more importantly, why work in consulting when you've already founded all these startups?
I'd also consider just chopping down on the number of different lines you have and flesh out more bullet points.
And of course network like crazy, even if you don't have a clear relationship with the person you're reaching out to. Being a native arabic speaker from the US should get you some attention.
Yeah for sure, I appreciate you taking the time to write this!
I quite honestly am heavily burnt out of tech / coding, and have found a passion for figuring problems out at an enterprise level (this sounds very cheesy, I know). I love my startups, but I want to have a more structured workday, as I intend to settle down soon. This life decision would require stable income that entrepreneurship cannot provide me.
For sure, will be removing quite a few bullets, and the reason they’re shorter is that I tried to be as concise as possible.
And you are right, I need to get on networking, it has served me well in the past, thank you so much!
Can you transfer to a better school?
If you want to do ME MBB an oxbridge / LSE MA / MSc is the kind of postgrad qual you want. I wouldn’t be thinking about a deferred MBA or Law school. But before you get to that step look into transferring into a target next school year. Identify your blockers (money) and how you can get around them (loans).
I already want to hire you since you used latex for your resume
Haha thank you, I’ll take you up on it. I’ve been shilling latex for the longest, even got my parents on it haha. Its beautiful.
To clarify: Extreme non-target, no nepotism (I wish), 2025 grad but I can very easily graduate in 2024. Would really appreciate any referrals / resume pushes / chats.
Thank you for your time!
Will be tough. Might want to start at Big 4 or some other consulting boutique, get a few years experience, then either lateral or go to b school. I haven’t seen any “extremely non target” at any MBBs
Best of luck to you