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A resume screening process can end in one of two results. You will be hired, or you will not be hired. Sometimes, if you are not hired, you will get some feedback regarding why this decision was made; however, it is usually fairly general. “Needs work experience.” is a common reason.

Here we will present some valuable information regarding the review process used by consultants to sort through resumes. Additionally, we will provide some insight into the difference between a finance review and a consulting review.

You may wonder who is the head of the process.

For resume review, there is usually a team that consists of associates, analysts, and managers. There are a few things that will always stay the same:

First of all, the team will be made up of three to five people. Each one will have a look at your resume individually and then they will review it as a group.

Second, undergraduates, graduates, and MBAs from your school will comprise the team.

3. The committee will make the final decision.

Initially, senior members of the group will not be involved. Nor will finance. They will come into the process for interviewing and to make offers. While it may seem that this indicates these folks trust the junior team members, it is more likely that this situation is just a matter of budgeting both money and time.

Click here for more on differences between consulting and i-banking.

The most respected input regarding your resume will come from someone who has a background similar to yours. If you are an undergrad in engineering from Columbia, then a fellow engineering undergrad from Columbia who happens to be a member of the review team will answer questions about your student group involvement, GPA, and other matters of interest.

What are the steps that make up the process?

Each team member will receive a packet that could contain as few as fifty or as many as three hundred resumes each. The consulting letters will probably have been removed, so applicants who have taken care to present the best resume possible will have that much more edge.

Consultants will spend a lot more time the resumes than bankers. Finance might give a resume thirty seconds, but consulting will give it at least a full minute.

After the initial review, the consultants will meet as a group to review the resumes, discuss them, compare notes, and make some decisions.

Here is what they are looking for and why you might not get an interview.

You may remember from the article on tips for creating a consulting resume that items like work experience, leadership, and academic success can make or break a resume.

Click here for more on how to create a management consulting resume.