[ohstopitu]

What sort of skills would come in use for such a position?

I'm a Software Engineer (graduated in 2016) and considering a full time MBA (2 yrs) next year. This sounds like something I'd enjoy - just wanted to get more info from someone in the field.

[UseofWeapons1]

At the pre-MBA level, interviews often just test for the right mindset and approach to problem-solving. Very little hard skills are expected prior, unless you're applying somewhere with strong expertise (life sciences comes to mind).

Post-MBA, they'll still hire from most industries and backgrounds, but take into account prior experience. The interviews will have case questions, where you'll walk through a small case with an interviewer (e.g. a multi-step case on a company, looking at their profit levels, expansion strategy, and similar). There really aren't that many hard skills required. However, the difficulty is in getting an interview. They generally recruit primarily from top 10 business schools, although the largest firms likely cast a wider net. I'm not entirely clear on the post-MBA recruitment process and what exactly they look for. I'd imagine coding skills would not be a negative, provided you could convince interviewers that you were actually interested in consulting, but I'm a little doubtful they would be seen as a strong positive either.