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post #31 of 35
6/5/10 at 3:31am
But seriously, I don't know why firms do stupid shit like this. If they say business casual, does that mean "we're doing some jedi mind trick and you should really wear business formal?" Perhaps that's not why I got dinged, but I'm sure it played a part. But I totally agree with you (at least in 2007 when I was interviewing), you should do the most dick move you have available to screw said company over.

Johnnie blue, no ice, double. Gracias.

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The proper response is to flag down the waitress and order a double of whatever nice scotch they have. Have the beer too. Shortly after eating and drinking, excuse yourself to go to the bathroom and then just leave.
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post #32 of 35
6/5/10 at 4:46am
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inspired by the engineering hall rant thread

currently studying my mechanical engineering degree right now and the description in the engineering hall rant thread is spot on with what ive experienced. i have worked with 2 fortune 100 companies and a govt agency for internships and the feeling i get is that most of my fellow engineering interns/coworkers is that they dont lead very engaging lives and are socially inept, and a hollister button up or short sleeve button up is considered dressy. i cant really stand it...so instead of switching out of my major, im thinking of entering the management consulting field and getting my mba afterwards and enter some project management position. how doable is getting in a top 3 firm with my major and an average gpa (~3.3 from gatech) any consultants here want to give me some insight on the work they do? i heard its stressful and turnaround is very high. did you enjoy your work or do you get tired of it quickly?

From my observations in Australia, you would want to have at least 5-8 years of solid engineering experience, plus the MBA to be considered credible for any project management role with a consultancy.

An MBA is fine in theory (I'm considering one in a few years), but without proper experience it doesn't count much.

Without that industry experience, and the solid knowledge of actual engineering work and processes (so you can demonstrate you know your stuff and are ready to step up to the management level), you may be regarded as someone who couldn't hack it on the technical side, and not taken seriously.

Sounds crap, but its happened all too often with friends/associates of mine which have chosen the same path as you are considering.
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post #33 of 35
6/5/10 at 5:24am
This is probably relevant, but I couldn't tell you how common his experience is from here: http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N18/dubai.html
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post #34 of 35
6/5/10 at 10:27am
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From my observations in Australia, you would want to have at least 5-8 years of solid engineering experience, plus the MBA to be considered credible for any project management role with a consultancy.

An MBA is fine in theory (I'm considering one in a few years), but without proper experience it doesn't count much.

Without that industry experience, and the solid knowledge of actual engineering work and processes (so you can demonstrate you know your stuff and are ready to step up to the management level), you may be regarded as someone who couldn't hack it on the technical side, and not taken seriously.

Sounds crap, but its happened all too often with friends/associates of mine which have chosen the same path as you are considering.

I agree with a lot of this. During my MBA, there were a bunch of "engineers" that couldn't do anything of value to save their lives. They struggled with the math in courses like finance, they had no idea about products and value, etc that you would expect from an engineer. A large group of them had gone into "consulting" right after undergrad, and it was clear that they never developed any skills of value. To this day I'm not sure why any business would pay good money to have someone like that come tell them what the problem is and how to fix it.

Then there was the group of engineers where it was obvious they got the big picture because they designed products, built them, and understood why people wanted/needed those products. Most of them were looking more for operations / project management type roles. Working with them was always good.

But, that is my anecdotal experience.
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post #35 of 35
10/2/11 at 12:35pm
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Anecdotally, a colleague was interviewing with 4 guys who took him out to lunch. At lunch they all ordered a beer, at which point my colleague did the same. They all then changed their orders to diet cokes. At that point he got up, said, thanks for your time...
The proper response is to flag down the waitress and order a double of whatever nice scotch they have. Have the beer too. Shortly after eating and drinking, excuse yourself to go to the bathroom and then just leave.

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This is probably relevant, but I couldn't tell you how common his experience is from here: http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N18/dubai.html

haaa, fuckers
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