Jasmine Ako (Yale SOM, ‘19) entered business school with a desire to pivot into a career in management consulting. Now a management consultant, Ako took some time to share with us her journey to management consulting, what the first-year management consulting recruiting process is like, and her advice to incoming and soon to be MBA students who are interested in careers in management consulting. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify today
Show Notes
- 2:25 – Jasmine shares her background and why she chose to go to business school
- 4:24 – Jasmine talks about how she decided on management consulting
- 7:20 – Jasmine shares what she thinks incoming students should know before entering management consulting recruiting in their first year
- 11:03 – Jasmine gives an overview of the first few months of business school and what consulting recruiting is like during that time
- 15:30 – Jasmine talks about what she would have done differently with the consulting recruiting process
- 17:55 – Jasmine talks about a challenging moment during the consulting recruiting process
- 19:30 – Jasmine shares what she advises incoming MBA students do who are interested in management consulting
- 24:25 – Jasmine shares her advice for students interested in management consulting
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