Overview
The route from your MBA to a consulting role is a popular one – consulting firms hire MBAs from many different industry and function backgrounds.
Consultancy firms look for people who can thrive in being part of a high-performance team and understand the importance of team goals and objectives.
There are also some desirable skills and traits that all consultancy firms look for, and this is how we advise Cambridge MBAs to present themselves as they network, apply and interview for their target consulting roles.
While it is a popular choice for many MBA students, recruiting experience at Cambridge has shown it’s a highly achievable target for people with a range of different backgrounds, with the right preparation and work, and with engagement with our Business School Career team and resources.
of recent graduates transitioned into consulting
Statistics shown are from the most recent Cambridge MBA employment report.
From the Cambridge MBA to a consulting career
As we publish the Cambridge MBA employment report 2024, we explore the career outcomes for some of our most recent graduates.
From Bain to BCG, we meet three consultants who found their passion and achieved a global consulting role during their MBA year in Cambridge.
Hear from Ananya Velamakanni
Ananya Velamakanni, the Netherlands, was looking to pivot from finance into strategy consulting. She particularly enjoyed and has found useful in her career, the practical learning on the MBA, such as the client interface during her Global Consulting Project at Porsche Consulting.
Hear from Jordan Kho
Hear from Jordan Kho, Malaysia, who was looking to pivot into consulting through an MBA. He tailored his curriculum choices through his electives and a concentration in Marketing to give him the well-rounded business fundamentals that he would need in his career.
This year’s employment report
Our MBA employment report captures employment data for the Cambridge MBA class of 2022/23 – our most recently graduated class.
These results confirm the variety of options available to Cambridge MBAs after their studies, and also the established appeal of the versatile Cambridge Master of Business Administration (MBA) graduates to a wide range of international employers.
We have provided pre-employment data to illustrate the transformative career pathways our students often take.
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