[quote style=”3″]“Push aside the FOMO, enjoy the moment while you’re there, and know that it’s not actually 10 months, but a lifelong experience that you’ll get with your class.”[/quote]
Around half of Insead MBA graduates end up working in consulting each year. Darren invites Massine Bouzerar, Insead MBA ’19J, to share how he landed a job with Bain & Company AND made the most of his ten months at Insead’s Fontainebleau campus.
Questions
- Massine’s overview of management consulting recruiting at Insead (4:35)
- Differentiating yourself from thousands of other MBA students applying to consulting firms (7:55)
- How Massine’s career plans evolved at Insead (10:30)
- Work visas in Europe for non-Europeans (12:35)
- How Massine explored consulting offices worldwide (14:46)
- What helped Massine prepare for recruiting in management consulting (18:00)
- The culture of recruiting at Insead (20:55)
- Student clubs and recruiting (24:10)
- Recruiting for non-consulting jobs (26:00)
- Dealing with FOMO in a 1-year program (29:20)
- Making connections at Insead (31:40)
- Academics at Insead (32:55)
- Massine’s takeaways from his MBA experience (40:23)
- Outsead, Insead’s LGBTQ+ student club (44:20)
- Dating at Insead (47:56)
- Massine’s final thoughts (51:00)
About Massine
Massine Bouzerar worked as a product manager and e-commerce strategist in Canada before attending the Insead MBA. Massine served as President of Outsead, Insead’s LGBT+ student club, and as the academic representative for his section. He currently is an Associate for Bain & Company in Brussels.
Show Notes
- Massine Bouzerar on LinkedIn
- #128 How I Got into Insead
- Massine’s blog post: Bringing Your Whole Self to Insead
- Insead’s Outsead Club
- Reaching Out MBA’s “Romba” Conference
- Insead’s Technology Media & Telecom (TMT) Club
- Insead’s Consulting Club
- Insead MBA Employment Report
- Bain & Company
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