Talking to the Interns
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The MBA program at the NUS Business School is renowned for its practical approach towards academics. Like the leading business schools, NUS relies heavily on the case method to develop sound analytical, persuasive and business skills, and develop capability to deal with incomplete knowledge in the participants. But is that all it takes to make a successful career in the Strategy/Management consulting world? Who else could answer this better than the peers/seniors who have been exposed to this challenging world through internships and prior experience?The Consulting Club-Intern talk at NUS Business school was the first event to give the new entrants to the MBA program a good flavor of what it takes to make it to the demanding world of management consulting. Organized on the 15th Sep 2009, the event was an amazing success in terms of participation and the experiences shared by the students who have had opportunity to
work at the leading Management consulting firms. The list of firms included the who’s who is the consulting world namely, McKinsey, PricewaterHouse Coopers, E&Y, KPMG and IMaCS. The diverse background coupled to the colorful experiences of the participants made the session very interesting and useful. The attendees were an equally diverse and receptive bunch of medical practitioners, engineers, IT specialists, investment bankers, consultants and marketeers.The seniors shared their experiences that stretched from long drawn out preparations for the extensive interviewing with management consulting firms to actual experiences at work. They advised serious introspection and understanding oneself before plunging into the internship hunt. One must know one's passions and career goals. If one can answer these questions in advance, the ensuing confidence shall be a great help in the entire process.They emphasized that "practice" is the key to success in tackling management consulting interviews. In addition, they also underlined the importance of improving analytical, communication and networking skills to make it click at management consulting. Through real life experiences the seniors ensured that the ideas were communicated effectively and were of use to the attendees. The Q&A session, that followed, was a reflection of the interest and curiosity that the seniors had managed to unleash. The thought provoking replies and assurances to assist the new entrants ensured that the next few events of the consulting club are headed to be livelier and even more useful.
The discussions and Q&A continued to the delicious snacks waiting outside. This provided a nice opportunity to go one-on-one with the seniors and deliberate with them on specifics of ones career and path ahead.
We are sure that the participants and the attendees had a great time interacting and the events of the Consulting Club shall continue to be even more informative and useful. So, please be on the lookout for the next one.
- Michelle Sung and Karunesh Pandey
Class of 2011
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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