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Servando Jordan's avatar

Hi Michael, thanks for sharing. I'm from Chile and I just want to ask you what made you decide Consulting over Investment Banking. I'm experiencing the same doubts you did and so far I've no idea what to do haha. Thanks!

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Michael Riley's avatar

there's a bunch of reasons, but I think the skillset is more well rounded and dynamic. also you can go into all types of industries afterwards

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Maanav Khaitan's avatar

Hi Michael, thanks for sharing, this sounds amazing! I just wanted to ask what you feel are some effective ways to learn about/understand an industry or company?

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Michael Riley's avatar

google! haha for industries, there are a bunch of market research reports and for companies you'd want to look at their website and annual filings if they are public

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Maanav Khaitan's avatar

thanks!

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Funmilayo Oyekanmi's avatar

Your internship seems to be going great, thanks for sharing Michael! I never thought they'd be so many people working on an engagement! I look forward to your mails in the coming weeks!

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Jai Joshi's avatar

Super interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing, Michael. While reading, I began to wonder how your role varies from the roles of your other colleagues working on the case with you. Would be awesome if you could get back to me about that. Thanks again.

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Michael Riley's avatar

in short - we all focus on a specific piece of what becomes a puzzle. the more tenured consultants manage the team and make sure things are moving forward and build the relationship with the client

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Darren Wang's avatar

Very interesting, thanks for sharing Michael! I didn't expect the 150 powerpoint slides (wow!).

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Michael Riley's avatar

you'd be surprised how good you get at skimming and picking out the most relevant information!

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Michael Riley's avatar

we learn most of that on the job! I didn't do any training beforehand

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