In this episode, we are speaking Zach Schmid, a Senior Consultant from West Monroe in the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) practice.  During our conversation, we talk about the following:

1. His career from Purdue to Deloitte to West Monroe
2. What consulting work in the M&A space looks like
3. His own tips and tricks  for people who want to work in consulting

In this unscripted and extended episode, we are joined in coversation by Zoe Jordan, who is a Senior Analyst at Accenture. We discuss a wide varitey of topics, from her career's start at Accenture and her heavy use of technical skills to the firm's overall culture and some of her project experiences.

In this first episode of Season 2, the podcast's new interview series, I interview Trystan Manning. He is a Strategy Analyst at Deloitte and we talk primarily talk about his Deloitte experiences, the firm's culture and structure, and his personal insights into consulting.

In this episode, I talked about rejection in consulting and how briefly deal with it in the following 3 ways:

1) Keeping in touch with the recruiters

2) Picking an alternative role/industry that allows you to develop your consulting skills

3) Staying positive

This is episode, I talk about the pros and cons about working at a big firm vs a small firm. 

In this episode, I briefly talk about what the case interview is and the best way I think any consulting prospect should prepare for it:

1) Read Case Interview Secrets by Victor Cheng

2) Do practice cases as well as use other free matierials

3) Do 15-20 live cases with a colleague in consulting before your actual case.

In this episode, I talk about five academic myths that every college student attempting to break into the industry should know. They are the following:

1. You need a cumulative 3.5 GPA (or higher) to get a role in consulting.

2. You need to have super demanding leadership roles to get noticed by firms

3. You can't put classes or coursework on your resume when applying to firms

4. You need to intern at multiple brand name companies to get noticed by firms

5. You need to have multiple majors and minors to get noticed by firms

In this episode, I briefly talk about the defintion of consulting as well the following most common sectors of consulting that students start their careers in: Management Consulting, Strategy Consulting, & Accounting, Finance and Tech Consulting.