The McBain Consulting Group!

Thats the name one of my classmates plans to assign to a Consulting firm he will set up as soon as he graduates. And I tell you, he finds quite a few backers amongst his brethren!

Confused? Allow me...The idea is essentially borne out of a deep sense of frustration that several of the current student body feel after being denied interviews by some of the world's top consulting firms. Hence, the idea is to form one of your own and name it by combining parts of names of the big '3'.

"We'll take them on at their game and bring their world crashing down...in the process showing them what they rejected". Hmmm...lofty thoughts indeed, but ones well understandable under the circumstances.

I interviewed with Google today and it was an interview of a kind. Having been informed to 'strictly' not arrive in a suit, I proceeded to have more of a barroom chat than an interview...we were in the guy's hotel room, eating chocolate cake through it all!

On another note, half of this period is over and I just realised how little I have focused on my classes so far. The job-search takes so much time...some real, some perceived. Which is a pity because I am taking a course that has probably been the best in terms of the quality of class and content. Industrial and Competitive Advantage is a Strategy course that essentially talks about how firms need to first analyse the profitability of the industry they operate in and then go about creating a competitive advantage for themselves in their chosen industry.

The basic topics were covered in a previous course, but the prof is doing an excellent job of illustrating these concepts and how they are repeatedly (mis)applied in the real world. Brilliant! This is exactly what I came to INSEAD to learn and it feels good to finally be there.

Now only if this growing itch of gainful employment would sort itself out...