MBA to Consulting Game Plan: From First Coffee Chat to Offer
Built for MBA students and incoming admits who want a consulting offer, especially career switchers. We work through the full recruiting arc together, at your pace across 5 live sessions. Session 1: Recruiting strategy. Target firm list, offices, timeline, and an honest read on where your profile is strong and where it needs work. Session 2: Story and resume. Turn a nonlinear background into a clear "why consulting" narrative and a consulting ready resume. Session 3: Networking. Coffee chat approach, outreach templates, and how to turn conversations into advocates. Session 4: Case foundations. Hypothesis driven structure, case math, and how to drive a case instead of following it. Session 5: Fit and final round readiness. PEI and behavioral stories, plus a mock interview with direct feedback. Between sessions you can message me with questions as they come up.
What's included
- A target firm list and week by week recruiting plan built around your timeline
- A consulting ready resume and a "why consulting" story that makes your path an advantage
- A repeatable case approach and 3 to 4 polished fit stories, tested in a live mock interview
Meet your expert
Aboira I.
Nonlinear résumé to consulting offer | MBA to consulting recruiting
Nobody looked at my résumé a few years ago and saw a McKinsey consultant. I was running paid media for retailers and auto dealers, with a real estate operations job before that, and no consultants in my family to ask for advice. Then I went to Kelley on a full tuition merit fellowship, recruited into consulting, and earned a full time offer from McKinsey. That path taught me what most coaches who took the straight line never had to learn: how to make an unusual background read as an advantage instead of a question mark. Your story isn't a liability. Told well, it's the reason they remember you. Today I'm a McKinsey trained strategy consultant in Chicago, working with Fortune 500 leaders across CPG, retail, technology, and staffing, and leading enterprise generative AI adoption work. At Kelley, I screened candidates for the consulting club and led student consulting teams. Over the years I've coached 50+ friends, colleagues, and classmates through MBA and consulting recruiting.