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Question

Hi, I will soon be applying to consulting firms in London, UK. I am studying in Europe at the moment. I recently re-did my CV to make it more minimal, considering that recruiters will just glance at it. Could anyone provide some feedback?

Answer 1

Three comments:

Add extracurricular activities that display ambition, drive, persistence
Shorten your text a bit, aim for 1-2 lines of text per bullet, never 3
If that is not present in the undisguised version, add a phone number - annoying for the interviewer if they want to tell you that you passed to the next round and they don't find your phone number on the CV ;)

Answer 2

Quick question in addition: any extra-curricular activities you can refer too? Especially the leadership component is lacking from a quick glance looking at your document, on top of what Clara already mentioned.

Hope that helps - if so, please be so kind to give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote button below!

Robert

Answer 3

Ah! A fellow resident of Melbourne....great city :) (Though hope the 12-week lockdown hasn't been too rough on you mate).

My thoughts:

Format looks good. Content isn't particularly compelling.
Experience bullets a bit too wordy (you can be more succinct. You can also take out articles in most cases...i.e. "Engineered internal automated solution" instead of "Engineered an xx"
Move the dates from LHS to RHS (above the city/country). This will give you a lot more space for your experience bullets
Not sure what it is exactly, but the experiences don't seem that impressive/impactful. You need to work on making them sound more significant...you're missing a) What you actually did (technical, managerial, etc) and b) Better impact statements
1. It feels like you haven't done a whole lot (though I imagine you have). I would dig deep to really make sure you're including all of your impactful work

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Hello!

The thing that catches my eye is that you are missing KPIs and quantifications in the most recent positions you have (hence the most relevant ones), while you have them in the experiences that happened years ago.

That is a key component of a successful MBB CV, and you should work in incorporating them.

Everything else looks good! Try to add the official language exams if you have them to certify your level.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara