Management Consulting & Student Life at Insead with Massine Bouzerar ’19J

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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:
Introducing Massine Bouzerar (0:00)
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.
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Great podcast. Many 1 year programs are pretty intense as I am myself doing one at a top business school and want to switch into consulting also. I resonated so much with Massine's every point.