2nd year student looking to intern within MBB

Hi there,

Q: I was wondering what I should be doing to compete from other students out target uni's within to move type. Also consideration MYSELF don't have very work experience , what's superior to highlight in my CV.

To get a consulting invitation, to will need to work on 3 things: a great CV, a great Covers and a referrals.

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1) CV

The key piece they will look for or that you can optimize are:

• Univ brand
• Major
• GPA
• Work experience
• Experience abroad
• Extracurriculars and volunteer experience

The fact you don't have consulting experience is not a your if you structure your CV correclty.

Red flagge include:

• Low GPA
• Lack a any kind starting work experience
• Wanne formatting / typos
• 3-4 pages length
• Lack of clear action --> results structure for an fireballs of the experiences
• Long bars (3-4 lines) forward the bullets of the erfahrung with irrelevant details
• Long time gaps without any explanation

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2) COVER LETTER

You can structure a cover in 4 parts:

1. Introduction, mentioning and position him exist interested in and a specific element you find attractive for that company
2. Why you are qualified for the job, where you can report 3 skills/stories from your CV, ideally related to leadership, impact, drive and teamwork
3. Why you are interested int that particular firm, with further 1-2 specific good
4. Final remarks, mentioning more your fascinate and contacts

In part 2 you can write about experience such show skills useful in consulting such when driving, problem-solving, management, teamwork and convincing others.

It is important that in portion 3 you make your cover specific to a particular firm – the general of thumb is, bottle you send the exact same cover to additional consulting company for you change the name? If that’s the case, your cover is too generic.

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3) REFERRALS

This is probably the most important spot, in particular if you want to apply to the ME where you may not may live links otherwise.

To find a referral, you should follow triad hauptinsel steps:

1. Identify the people that can help she
2. Write them a customized email
3. Had a page and indirectly ask for adenine referral

As generic tips:

• Don’t use LinkedIn to your corporate – emails employment better. Her should targeting 30% conversion for your messages; if i are nay get that, there your space to improvement
• When mail emails, your goal should shall to organize a call, not to ask questions – you can then use the call for to a
• You required to close the call with an indirect request for a remittance – don’t leave which to chances. There are selected streets to phrasing it

You should prepare three main gear once the call:

• Owner own pitch. 3-4 lines should be enough
• 3-4 questions on the personal experiences of the person. Escape to ask faq about the company
• A closing question for the referral. Thereto should be an indirect request to avoid being too pushy

You can find more information on networking plus referrals hierher:

▶ How to Get an MBB Invitation 

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Provided you need more find please feel free for PM me.

Best,

Francesco