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UndergraduatesCurrently, Booz Allen is not actively recruiting undergraduates into itscommercial-sector unit. But according to one recruiting insider, “Universityrecruiting is not a large percentage of the recruiting we do for the governmentbusiness, but we still hire a large number of undergraduates.” Expect severalrounds of interviews. Undergraduates with engineering, computer science,business, and public policy degrees are likely to attract the most interest. Besure to highlight any government, national security, or defense industryinternships on your resume as well.“We look for a candidate,” says one WTB recruiter. “We don’t look for aposition per se, but we look for the best talent. In an interview I try to probetheir analytical thinking process. A typical interview question I’d ask of acollege hire: Give me an example of a project you had, the problems youencountered, and how you solved them.” Insiders also emphasize that communicationand writing skills are important. Says one recruiter, “We’re lookingfor someone who can communicate their thought processes. Interpersonalskills and analytical thinking are probably the top two criteria, then obviouslyrelevant experience. I like to tell people to come prepared with three thingsthat they’ve built and white papers. We like to have writing samples. I want tomake sure these people can write. We’re doing analytical work, but we have tocommunicate that to our client.”Getting HiredOnce you’re in, Booz Allen will help you move ahead. “We do hire a lot ofjunior staff coming right out of school. A lot of them go back to school aspart of their work with us, and we support that.” says a recruiter. Where theWTB side used to encourage only technical degrees, it now promotes thepursuit of MBAs for some of its employees. “The firm gives $5,000 per yeartoward tuition,” an insider reports. “We try to encourage folks to go to more ofa state school, where they can take more classes [for that money].”66
MBAsThe best way to get your foot in the door is to sign up for the on-campusinterviewing program at your school. “I was asked many case questions in myinterviews,” says one insider hired out of B-school. “I know that interviewersderive many questions from cases they’ve been staffed on. They want to seehow you can establish a framework, step by step, to arrive at a logical solution.”Midcareer CandidatesBooz Allen hires midcareer people from other consulting firms and fromindustry. Contact the Booz Allen location of your choice. The governmentsectorside of the firm in particular brings in large numbers of experiencedhires. Like college hires, midcareer candidates must survive several rounds ofinterviews that include case questions. WTB seeks candidates with governmentexperience; candidates with security clearances are especially attractive to thefirm right now. One WTB insider says it looks for “individuals leaving governmentor military service with consulting experience and especially those withsecurity clearances.” Says another, “People with high-level security clearancesare extremely precious and few and far between. It can take up to 18 monthsto get a security clearance.”Getting Hired67
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At a Glance“We look for good stru
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At a Glance Compensation, 2003-04Un
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OverviewThe FirmFounded in 1914 by
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Competitive StrategyThe FirmBooz Al
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