Career Stories: Emily Yu, MBA ’24 – Breaking Into Venture Capital: An Engineer’s Pathway

Embarking on a venture capital (VC) career, particularly from a non-traditional background, can often feel like deciphering a black box. However, with introspection, strategy, and leveraging your unique strengths, transitioning into this dynamic field is not just possible, but can …

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Career Successes: Elshan Gahramanov, MFin ’25 – Navigating the Art of Consulting Interviews with Limited Time

This past summer, Elshan Gahramanov, MFin ’25, received an interview for a consulting internship at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Consulting interviews are known to be intense, and Elshan got invited to the first interview with only two days to prepare. …

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Career Stories: Steve Burt, MBA ’15 – Top 10 Tips and Tools for Navigating a Career Transition from Consulting to Private Equity

After completing his MBA in 2015, Steve Burt, MBA ’15, pursued a career path in consulting, refining his skills and gaining valuable experience. Post-MBA Steve was a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton in Dubai, working with institutional financial clients, as …

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Career Successes: Nabeel A. Siddiqui, MSMS ‘10

As a Go-To-Market Strategy Leader at IBM, Nabeel A. Siddiqui, MIT Sloan, MSMS 2010, recently earned a verified achievement from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Generative AI Essentials (Business Partner Skill). This badge reflects Nabeel’s dedication to ongoing learning in …

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Where the Road Meets the Jungle: Advice on Pursuing Entrepreneurship While Securing Your Future | MBA Career Peers Series

By Ty Dewes, MBA ’24 | MBA Career Peers

Leaving the well-trodden path of Big Tech, I embarked on my MBA journey at MIT Sloan eager to explore and create impact in my area of interest, Education. I was exhilarated by …

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4 Insights I Wish I’d Known About the Dirt Road Internship Search | MBA Career Peers Series

By Teresita Baeza, MBA ‘24 | MBA Career Peers

Hi Sloanies! As a second-year student now looking back on my internship-seeking process, I realize there are a handful of things I wish I had known in advance. I want to take …

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Staying True to Yourself During Recruiting | MBA Career Peers Series

By Delaney Kerkhof, MBA ‘24 | MBA Career Peers

This blog post could save your life (or save you from countless hours of unnecessary coffee chats and interview prep) by preventing you from getting sucked into the consulting vortex!

I’ve jokingly …

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Writing the Code: DEI in Industry with Bain Capital, LEK Consulting, and Wellington Management – Panelists & Video

Thank you for joining us for Writing the Code: DEI in Industry with Bain Capital, LEK Consulting, and Wellington Management! And thank you to our panelists, from Bain Capital, Emily James and Ashley Castle, LEK, Katie Riley and Yara Desousa

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Utilizing the Power of Authenticity at Campus Career Events | MBA Career Peers Series

By Damola Pedro, MBA ’24 | MBA Career Peers

During my first year in the MBA program at MIT Sloan, I cultivated valuable professional relationships at campus career events. How did this happen? It all began with my innate curiosity. Discovering …

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35 Genius ChatGPT Prompts to Help You Prep for Job Interviews

Alyse Kalish | The Muse | 6/21/2023

Wouldn’t it be great if we all had a personal job search assistant? Someone we could turn to, anytime, for assistance in our careers?

Well, we may not have that at our disposal, but we do have …

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