Q&A: Big 4 Audit to Strategy Consulting

Hi Everyone, I'm currently a management consulting within the strategy arm of a T2 firm that transitioned previously from audit. I am posting here to see if there is any questions people may have in terms of how I made the transition that I may be able to answer or any other business related questions.

I've received a lot of help from this forum so just looking to give back a little and also introduce myself.


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Hi Frank-Li, thank you for doing this. I have a few questions: 

1) How did you network in order to make the jump from audit to strategy? Cold emailing, LinkedIn messaging, networking internally at your firm, or something else?

2) I'm sure you faced a lot of criticism that your background did not align with strategy, how did you overcome these objections and gain referrals for interviews / prove you were capable in interviews?

3) How did you prepare for case interviews? I know the most common ways are via Crafting Cases, Case In Point, etc. but what in particular helped you the most? 

Thank you for the help! 

 
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