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Network. Also for MBA hires the easiest way is to get in through campus recruiting…

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Didn’t quite work out through campus recruiting. Only interviewed with Mck for FT and didn’t make it.

Can you apply your skills to support non-profits on the side? Not necessarily typical volunteer work, but more so pro-bono consulting.

I’d really focus your extracurriculars on things you actually enjoy doing/care about - even if it’s something like what I said above. Work is endless and there’s no point taking more on outside of your job if you don’t value it personally for the sake of getting into a top tier firm. At the very least, it’s much harder to fake enthusiasm in an interview if this isn’t the case

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Seems tough to join a nonprofit board though if you don’t have much experience

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