Which candidate profiles qualify best for an entry in management consulting? Is there a certain field of study you should attend or is it all about internships and stays abroad? And how does that change if we consider consulting at the interface between management and technology?​ Together with my colleague Hans, I have interviewed the majority of colleagues who have joined Strategy Engineers in the last couple of years. In this episode, we reflect on our experiences and expectations – and have some best practices to share for your application at a management consulting firm. Listen in!​ Do not forget to check out Hans’ Podcast “Perspectives Towards Sustainable Mobility” if you are interested in how mobility can become climate neutral in the future.

Management consultants get to travel the world, working with exciting customers. However, for many of us, this refers to the “typical consulting week” of four days at the client location and one in your office back at home. Or your home office. But what does it mean when you actually move to the location you are working at? In which ways is that different to working abroad and how does it change the perspective and experiences made? I follow up with my colleagues Asli from our U.S. office and Zac from our Chinese team to exchange vibrant stories from living abroad. Listen in!

Consultants love challenging assignments – which help them get up to speed on their learning curve. But what does this look like only two weeks into the new job? How cold is the water you jump into and what can you expect to achieve in that time? I catch up with Lars who just joined our team to reflect on his first two weeks as a Senior Consultant with Strategy Engineers. Listen in!

Many great talents around the world decide to become management consultants to start their career. What are their expectations and motivations for choosing that job? Why did we chose our jobs and what did we learn since we started? We review our shared experience from many job interviews and assess, how the reality on the job delivers on the objectives? I pick up with my colleague Dr. Ulrich Guddat, Partner at Strategy Engineers, to reflect on why people become management consultants. And which advice we have for them to stay in the long run. Listen in!

Working with the best clients across the world means that consultants get to travel the world working on their projects. But how does this "working abroad" usually look like and which challenges as well as opportunities does it hold? How does a typical consulting week abroad look like and when do we usually get up to pick our flights? And how much do you get to know a foreign culture from working? I pick up with my colleagues Asli from our US office and Zac from our Chinese team to exchange vibrant experiences and true challenges. Listen in!

Why is it that many students consider management consulting firms as the perfect start into a successful professional career? And what is there to be learnt beyond creating ever more slides? In my podcast “Next Slide, Please” I will take you on a journey into all things management consulting. I will be talking to guests about what a career in management consulting looks like, how to best enter this field, what to look out for, and what the day-to-day challenges are. And about when it might be time to move on. I am a Manager in management consulting myself – and I am looking forward to sharing both my experience and many different perspectives on success in the industry. Join in!