To those that have already made the jump from consulting, how many companies did you get rejected from before finding your current role / how many times did you apply to your current company?

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Got to final interviews with 3 companies, rejected from 3. Applied to multiple roles at some but was pretty selective in role, company and location.

10+ years of experience, 3 in consulting, MBA.

Funny enough, not happy where I am and I'm planning to go through another round next year. The problem is that I was stressed in consulting, I didn't have it in me to go through another round of interviewing earlier this year. Lesson learned.

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