We come across a good number of consulting prospects that are unsure of whether their profiles are suitable for this line of work. They don’t know if the skills they possess align with what recruiters at consulting firms are looking for, and what they can do to improve their chances. The primary int...

Karthik, Apologies for not being able to respond sooner. If you establish your own company/business (option 3), it is expected that it will take you some time to break even - you might need to make some investments, and revenue will flow in only after a while (weeks, months, or even years). Admissio...

Karthik, Whatever period of time you are going to take a break for, you will need to explain and reason it out with your future employers (and possibly even to bschools during the admissions process). In my line of work, it is quite common for people to take a 2-3 month break between jobs, the reaso...

You are welcome. Glad to have been of help.

-Amit.

Anupam, **//Will i get a call from any top Consulting firms for interview ,If I upload my resume directly on their website?//** If your resume has enough gold dust (coherent rounded story, skills, etc.), someone is going to pick it up if you upload it directly to consulting firms' websites. Another ...

Seba, Let me attempt to answer your last two queries ("summer internships" and "live projects"): "Summer-Internship selection is going to… What do companies look in for general management profiles?" Recruiting panel members from consulting companies look out for these t...

Anupam, Since consulting firms offer solutions to real world business problems, to arrive at a great solution, the problem needs to be looked at from as many facets as possible. That is possible only if consultants working on the problem bring in many different perspectives, and to ensure that that...