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Alternatives to a Traditional Summer Internship

As an underclassman eager to gain professional experience, you may be curious where to begin. There are plenty of ways to gain experiential learning opportunities as a freshman and sophomore. Although these are not “traditional” business internships, these experiences can teach professional and leadership skills, and educate you about certain industries. In this article, I […]

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Maximizing Your Summer Internship

Stepping into an internship programme can seem like a nerve-wrecking challenge. But you should be excited about the opportunity to gain new knowledge, acquire great skills, and meet incredible people. The following article will help to maximize your internship before the program starts. 1. Before the Internship Evaluate Commitments Firstly, do your best to evaluate […]

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Why an Internship is Not a Step Back During Graduate School

There is a misconception in graduate school that participating in an internship is a waste of time and might prolong your schooling, but that could not be further from the truth. Now I am not talking about brief stays at national laboratories where you conduct your doctoral research, nor clinical rotations for course credit, nor […]

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How Soccer Helps You Prepare for Case Interviews

The biggest challenge of getting into a consultancy is the case interviews. Hardly any other job has such a challenging entry barrier. Fortunately, there are numerous resources to help you prepare for these case interviews. However, most of them are missing a crucial piece of information. One mistake that almost all applicants make during their interview […]

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Factors to consider when weighing internship offers

Applying for internships is a long process. You start with researching the companies you want to work for, followed by applying, conducting informational interviews, and going through multiple rounds of case interviews. If you do everything properly, with a little bit of luck, you will get an offer. If you really push forward, you might […]

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3 Tips for Your Consulting Internship

The biggest difference between an internship at a consultancy and a “normal” internship is that, at the end of a consulting internship, if you perform well, you can expect a job offer. Pretty awesome, right? However, whether or not you get an offer depends on various factors. Below, I list three important points of advice that […]

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Putting your best foot forward – how to approach summer jobs

For any student aspiring to a professional career, whether it be in management consulting or otherwise, the value of summer employment is often hugely underestimated. The benefits of a good summer job extend greatly beyond simply alleviating the financial pressures involved with studying. This article explains how taking the right approach to summer employment will […]

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Staying on top of your virtual internship

With virtual internships emerging as the new normal for the foreseeable future, it may be best to examine how to successfully stay on top of your virtual internship and complete it as if you were doing it physically. To make the most out of your virtual internship, it matters what you put in. Aspects such […]

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How to get a return offer from your internship

There’s a lot more to being a great intern than being intelligent and producing high-quality work. It can be summed up in one word — professionalism. Professionalism is an ambiguous concept. It was only a few years ago that I began to realize its importance. To have a decent chance of receiving a return offer, […]

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The Intern Guide

Insights from 2 years of Successes and Failures in Internships During university I had the opportunity to do five different 4-month co-ops (internships) in capital markets, management consulting, and strategy. Let me begin by saying that I was not a superstar intern. I made mistakes and always had room for improvement. I was constantly learning, […]

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So You Didn’t Do a Consulting Internship

Hypothetically, the fastest way to secure a consulting role after higher education is to do a consulting internship and then get a full time offer, or transition into another consulting offer with the ability to demonstrate you know what consulting is about. Yet, just because you didn’t do a consulting internship this past summer doesn’t […]

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The Smart Intern – Practicing Self Observant Leadership

‘I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.’ — Elon Musk, founder of PayPal, Tesla, […]

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The Smart Intern – Seeking feedback

In the previous article on ‘The Smart Intern’, we broadly talked about seeking feedback and working on it fast as the time available during your internship is limited. We also discussed the fine balance that one needs to strike between improving fast and not nagging for feedback. In this article, we will explore how to […]

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Three things I wish I knew going into my summer internship

As an undergrad embarking on my first management consulting internship, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. On campus, I was involved in a consulting organisation where we did project work for clients, but I questioned if the skills I gained would be transferrable and applicable. It didn’t feel “real” enough. Upperclassmen who had done […]

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The Smart Intern – Networking for a full-time job offer

In the previous article on ‘The Smart Intern’, we explored the reasons for networking during the internship including to pursue the goals of understanding the full-time hiring process, achieving visibility, and creating advocacy within the organisation for your full-time hire. In this article, we will take a deep-dive into this goal-based networking process, explore other […]

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The Smart Intern – 9 Tips for a Successful MBA Internship

If you think that you can relax after getting that fabulous MBA internship offer from your dream company, then you are partly right. While it’s important to relax after your internship hunt marathon, the smartness doesn’t lie in dealing with things as they come. It lies in planning in advance and dealing with deviations from […]

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From Internship To Full-Time Job: The Best Way Into Consulting

If you are in your final year at university or you have recently finished your degree, there is a chance you are looking at jobs in management consulting. It is an incredibly interesting and challenging profession, which offers a great starting salary and many job opportunities going forward. Moreover, it is a convenient way to […]

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5 Steps To Securing a Consulting Internship

Few internship schemes are as competitive as those offered by top management consulting firms – for many good reasons. Instead of making coffee, you will work on challenging projects as part of a team. Your salary will be more than decent. And even if you find out that consulting is not for you, the knowledge […]