I just got the call from McKinsey…

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…and they dissed me too. It looks like I’m back at Square One in this recruiting process. The guy who called me was one of my interviewers and he said that they “strongly encourage” me to reapply again for a full-time position in the Fall. Overall, I was very impressed with the internship recruiting process at McKinsey, so I do plan on trying again with them in the Fall.

Making it to the second rounds at companies is a great feeling, but getting turned down by all of the second rounds you get is rough.… Read the rest

I just got the call from BCG…

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…and it wasn’t good news. They decided to take a pass on me for this summer. The NYC recruiting coordinator gave me some good feedback, but some of the things that he stated as problems with my approach were things that I’d picked up as a result of feedback from other companies. Also, he said that I should have concentrated on talking about the actually software engineering work that I’d done more, but just about everyone else I talked to advised me to focus on my leadership stuff, which really didn’t come out at all in my actual project work.… Read the rest