Why Middle East candidates lose consulting offers

A strong profile gets you into the process. It does not carry you through it. The less obvious reasons strong regional candidates get rejected:

• Generic CV that does not signal consulting potential
• No networking; applying and hoping
• Targeting too few firms, usually MBB only
• Starting case prep after the invitation arrives
• Weak fit stories told without structure
• Cookie-cutter frameworks instead of real thinking
• Treating McKinsey, BCG and Bain as interchangeable
• Failing to explain why the Middle East

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