Networking and UK Jobs: Advice From an LBS MiM Interviewer

Updated 2026/10/16

Jason’s Memo

A UK master’s lasts only one year, and recruiting can start as early as late August or early September. Andrew recommends doing these things before you arrive in the UK:

  1. Prepare templates: have your own CV and cover letter templates ready, and be clear about what kind of job you’re looking for.
  2. Ask people: start reaching out to connections in the field to learn how recruiting works and how to prepare for interviews.
  3. Track it in Excel: list 10 to 30 companies you want to apply to, and note each one’s hiring timeline, who you’ve contacted and where things stand.

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🎤 Guest: Andrew Lee
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In this episode:

📂 Using LinkedIn well and building a network
📂 How coffee chats and networking shape your career
📂 Studying for the LBS MiM in the UK
📂 MiM vs. MBA? What makes the MiM different
📂 Why study a master’s in management after a business undergrad?
📂 If you want to stay and work locally, how should you plan your job search during a UK master’s?
📂 Getting the most out of LinkedIn
📂 Takeaways for anyone about to start a master’s


J: I’m really happy to have Andrew back for a second episode! The first episode covered UK management consulting: how the industry works and how to apply. This time we’ll talk more generally about his education, what he did and built up during university, how he got into the LBS MiM, and how he handled the UK job search during his master’s. Andrew, could you introduce yourself again?

A: Sure. I’m Andrew, Jason’s high school classmate. After high school I went to the UK to study. I did my undergrad at King’s College London, majoring in Business Management, and after graduating in 2022 I went straight to the MiM at LBS and graduated in 2023, so I’m LBS MiM class of 2023. Now I work in the UK at a management and strategy consulting firm called Arthur D. Little.

J: Let’s start from the very beginning, with your bachelor’s in Business Management at KCL.

You went to school in Taiwan until university. How was your spoken English when you started, and what was your IELTS score?

I think it was 7.5, or maybe 7, when I started at KCL. You and I both graduated from Cheng Kung High School, a public school, so we didn’t take an international high school curriculum, and I didn’t sit the UK’s A-Levels either.

So I started at King’s with a one-year preparatory program called Foundation. After that year my English improved a lot. In the UK, the writing style, the language and what’s expected in assignments are quite different from what we learned in Taiwan, so I spent that year adjusting, and during my three years of undergrad I could handle the UK academic environment more comfortably.

Of course, Business Management isn’t that academically demanding, and the specialist knowledge doesn’t go very deep. It’s more about broad exposure to different areas of business, like Marketing, Finance, Accounting, etc. So the requirements are different from more academic, specialized subjects.

How do you step out of your comfort zone when studying abroad?

Jason: Whether it’s undergrad or grad school, a lot of Chinese-speaking or Taiwanese students don’t know how to fit in with local students and end up staying in a small Chinese-speaking circle. How do you think people can step out of their comfort zone, talk with locals and engage in their community?

Andrew: Whenever and at whatever stage you go abroad to study, you’ll have your own challenges to overcome and your own hard times, so I think having a comfort zone is very important. Whether it’s your closest group of friends or a place where you can relax and speak Chinese, having a comfort zone isn’t bad at all. It matters, because it relieves the pressure of living on your own and dealing with challenges abroad.

As for how to go beyond that comfort zone and experience different cultures and things, the biggest lesson from my own years there is to join different societies. Sports clubs, a local football team, tennis or squash. I joined the baseball and basketball teams myself. There are also academic societies and cultural societies. Students from every country have their own society, and I went to the Korean, Japanese and various European ones, as well as the Taiwanese Student Association. These different societies help you meet different people and widen your circle of friends.

But in the end, you still need to find a way that feels comfortable for you to relieve stress. Mental pressure when you’re abroad is a very serious issue, and you have to handle it carefully. So it’s really up to you to manage the balance between your comfort zone and everything outside it.

Like we talked about with consulting, you can also join societies outside your university. For example, I was a member of, and later helped run, a society called London Strategy Consulting, LSE for short. It was founded jointly by students from several London universities, and we did consulting on a volunteer basis, free of charge. We found a few partner companies, and every three months there was a new cycle where we recruited different students to work on the projects. That let them see what consulting work is like early on and gave them a chance to present to clients. So all these societies, inside or outside your school, help you meet different people, figure out your interests and learn about different cultures.

The fear of speaking English…

Jason: I also studied abroad at a British-system school, and the first few times I talked to foreigners, I’d get stuck, or I wasn’t sure I was using the right words, or sometimes I couldn’t think of how to say something or which word to use. Did you have that experience? How did you get over the fear and actually talk fluently with people in English?

Andrew: I believe everyone goes through it, and everyone learns at their own pace. Some people pick it up fast and some more slowly. I think it depends on where you choose to study. The more international the city, the more international the student body, and the higher the share of students who aren’t native English speakers. At a school like that, practicing your English feels easier, because the people around you may not be native speakers either. If you choose a school with lots of native speakers or a high share of local students, and you need to work hard on your English, it may take you less time to practice and become fluent.

It comes down to how you plan, how you think about your own progress, and which school you choose. Everyone has an adjustment period. But if you’re willing to join different societies, meet different people and speak up, then from what I’ve seen so far, no matter how rusty someone’s English is, people are willing to be patient and listen. Basic respect between classmates is still there, so I don’t think it’s a big problem for most people.

If you’re shy or don’t speak up much, you can start by talking with your teachers. In the UK, for example, we can book one-on-one meetings with teachers. Book 30 minutes and you can speak a lot of English. You’ve paid the tuition anyway, so why not book those 30 minutes? Talking with teachers is a basic first step, and I think it’s an important point in gradually building your confidence.

Looking for internships before your second year? Any tips?

Jason: We both studied business in undergrad. How did you start looking for internships so early? Any tips? You interned at two of Taiwan’s biggest VC firms, AppWorks and SparkLabs, in the summer after your first year. How did you find those internships?

Andrew: To be honest, everyone knows it’s harder to find an internship between your first and second years, and it really depends on opportunity. If an opportunity happens to come up and you can use your network to get to know these friends or partners, try to build good relationships with as many people as you can. An opportunity might come out of that.

For example, in my third year I interned at a VC firm in London. It had just started raising its fund and was very small, but it could give me work experience in London. What I did first was message the founder on LinkedIn, tell him about my previous VC experience and say I was very interested. The interview process was extremely simple: I talked in person with him and his co-founder for a bit over an hour, and they said yes.

At small companies, and for internships before a full-time job, a lot of opportunities come from networking and past relationships that slowly help you along. You never know when an opportunity will turn up, so build good relationships with everyone. I think that attitude is very important!

How should you manage your LinkedIn, and what should you focus on? How do you build a professional image?

I’d start with your connections and your own profile. Before you start connecting with people, make your profile complete. Put up your education and experience, and explain them clearly. If you worked at a smaller company or organization, you can briefly explain in the description what it does.

The same goes for your job titles. If your past titles are varied or unusual, explain what the role actually involved, so that people can look at your profile and quickly understand your background. Your profile photo matters too. At the very least, show your whole face.

Whether you need LinkedIn Premium depends on you. Quite a lot of our friends have bought LinkedIn Premium, Jason included, and using it to reach out to people you want to meet is a pretty efficient approach.

For people I really want to connect with, I always write a note saying why I want to connect, who I am and what I hope to get from the connection. If I want to learn from their expertise, for example, I’ll ask whether we could have a chat about their background and experience. I always send a personalized invitation like this, and I think it greatly increases your chances of making contact.

How often do coffee chat invitations get turned down?

I’ve never actually counted, but roughly 4 or 5 out of 10 reply. It depends a lot on my situation at the time, though. I’m not job hunting now, but I still set myself weekly goals, and I want to do at least five coffee chats a week. It goes back to building good relationships: talk with lots of different people, and they’ll each give you different ideas. Doing coffee chats regularly is the most important thing I’ve learned in the past year and a half.

The most important thing I learned from my peers is to do coffee chats regularly and slowly build up your connections! As for the rejection rate, I think it really depends on your situation. If you’re clearly looking for a job, or your goal is clear, the reply rate may be higher, because people know where they can and can’t help you. So it varies a lot. Not everyone gets turned down.

If you’re connecting with alumni from your school, the reply rate is also higher, because alumni are more willing to help each other. And if you connect with colleagues at the same company, they’ll almost always say yes. So regular coffee chats are a way to build your connections bit by bit.

Should you focus on the quality or the quantity of your connections?

It depends on what you need. Many people think quality matters more, but I think quantity matters too. The reason is that it shows people what you have in common: Mutual Connections!

Mutual connections come from quantity, and they make people more likely to accept you. Speaking for myself, if I can see that someone shares something with me or that we have friends in common, I’m more likely to accept their invitation.

So why are you doing a coffee chat? Do you simply want to get to know them, or learn about their work, or swap experiences? When I reach out for coffee chats now, I mainly want to learn about different backgrounds. Maybe they’ve switched from consulting to another field, or they’ve spent some time in consulting but in a different area, background or industry from mine. My starting point is always to understand their background, and I can share some of my own experience too. It’s maybe 70/30: they talk 70% of the time, I talk 30%.

But mostly it’s about keeping that person in your network. Maybe it’ll be useful in the future, or you’ll get a chance to keep in touch, or if I come to their city we can meet up. Building good relationships means you have friends all over the world.

Why did you apply for a master’s right after graduating?

Jason: You applied for a master’s right after your undergrad, to many different countries, including the UK, the US, Hong Kong and Singapore, and to many different programs like the MiM and MSBA. Why?

Andrew: My main reason was to give myself more time to prepare for the job search. In my third year, I knew that neither my internship experience nor my interview preparation was at the level I’d need to stay in London.

On internships, the important gap was that I had no local experience, so in my third year I found an internship in London. It all comes down to what you’re missing at that stage, and then deciding whether to do a master’s. At the time I felt I still needed a preparation period, time to build up gradually, get different experiences, and prepare for interviews. So I decided to do a master’s.

As for where to study, I put the school’s name ahead of the specific program. In my case, I was aiming for management consulting or other business jobs, where the school’s name counts for more than what exactly you studied, whether that’s BA or finance. So my rule was “school” over “program.” I focused on the UK, but I also really wanted to go to Singapore and Hong Kong.

So my plan was to get the offers first and then decide which school and program to attend. Every program is designed a bit differently, and some let you go on exchange elsewhere, which would give me experience in another country. Each program had something attractive about it, so my idea was: whatever happens, apply first.

I applied to the schools and programs I thought I had a chance at: all of the UK’s top G5, plus LBS, the top two in Singapore and the top two in Hong Kong. Then the offers came in, and only after that did I decide where to go.

What makes the MiM different?

Jason: On the program side, what exactly is the MiM degree? My own rough definition is a kind of mini MBA, though I’m not sure that’s accurate. And since you’d already studied business in undergrad, why do a master’s in management on top of that?

Andrew: Every school defines its MiM a bit differently, but your mini MBA definition is spot on! At LBS, the MiM is a mini MBA, an MBA for new graduates. The rule is clear: you can apply if you have less than two years of work experience after graduating. So the LBS MiM is a mini MBA, and the curriculum is basically the same. We also had lots of chances to take classes with the MBAs, so at LBS it really is a mini MBA.

Other schools are different. LSE, for example, has no MBA, so many students with work experience enroll in Management, and the class is more diverse. LSE also has several Management programs with different options to choose from. Cambridge’s management program is more academic, and it also restricts who can apply: if you studied at a business school, you can’t, because the program is meant for people without a management background, or for those who want to switch careers. So every school’s Management program has its own definition and its own idea of who it wants to admit.

So when applying for a master’s, I think it’s hard to fix your mind on “I’m applying for BA (business analytics)” or “Finance” or “Management.” Every school designs its programs differently. You might find a Management program with some BA and some Finance content that fits your career plans very well. Or a school’s BA program might not be what you imagined. The most efficient approach isn’t to insist on one particular subject. Instead, look at the school you want to attend, see what programs it offers, and choose the one you have the best chance of getting into that also fits your career
development best. I think that’s quite important!

Jason: I completely agree and want to echo that. You should understand your career path, or set your career goal, first and then choose a program.

Choosing a master’s program means weighing everything together

Andrew: A master’s is short. You’re done in a year or two. So I think it’s a decision where you weigh everything together, and where you study matters a lot. If you love exploring and traveling, the UK is a great fit because you can travel all over Europe, and anywhere in Europe works well too. It’s about what that year can give you: the experience, your career, the school’s name, location, culture, costs and budget, your future career path, and so on.

You have to weigh it all, because I think the experience of that year is very important. If it gives you something you’ve never had before, that might be worth even more than your future career. So it depends on how you prioritize these different factors in your own mind. Go through them, then decide which school suits you better.

Jason: I agree, and I think that’s an important point: understand your career goal first, then decide which program to study. For example, after your undergrad, you felt you were one step away from getting into consulting, and the LBS MiM was that step, so you applied to the MiM. In a case like mine, I wanted to build more work experience before gradually changing direction, so I’d work four or five years and then do an MBA. That’s where the difference in degree choice comes from.

Andrew: Or if you feel you lack specialist knowledge, Oxford, Cambridge or LSE might be better than LBS. It depends on what you think you need to strengthen and what you care about. I care a lot about experiences, so I chose LBS.

Jason: I’ve noticed that many younger students treat studying abroad as the finish line. They go straight to choosing where to go, but they don’t look further ahead and ask, “Why am I studying abroad at all?” or whether a given degree will help them reach that goal. Maybe after this episode they’ll have a better idea of which degrees to choose.

Andrew: I think the opinions of the people around you matter a lot, especially your parents. Whether it’s your parents or your partner, they’re the most important people supporting you in taking this step abroad. So after you’ve weighed these factors and thought it through yourself, it’s a good idea to bring them to those people and ask which factors they think matter. Then rank them and choose a school. The views of the people around you are important too.

If you want to work in the UK after your master’s, how should you plan your job search during the program?

My experience is mostly with the UK and the Middle East. UK master’s programs last one year, so if you didn’t study in the UK before your master’s, the most important thing is timing! In Jason’s article, I mentioned that UK recruiting starts as early as late August or early September at the very earliest. Every type of job has its own recruiting timeline, which is what I meant about knowing how the job search game is played.

Every industry has its own recruiting process and timeline, so before you even arrive in the UK, it’s very important to start preparing early! Have your own CV template and cover letter template, and most importantly, be clear about what kind of job you want. Once you know that, you can start reaching out to your connections to learn how the game works in that field and how to prepare for interviews. Before coming to the UK, you can already know: OK, there are 10, 20 or 30 companies I want to apply to.

Set up an Excel sheet to track each company’s hiring timeline and status, and who you’ve reached out to at each one, plus where you are with it. Among the people I know, those who did this preparation before coming to the UK found it easier to stay.

Is there anything to prepare in advance, or experience that makes it easier to work locally?

Jason: Especially since UK programs may last only a year, and some don’t include any internship at all.

Andrew: Right! Most programs don’t have internship opportunities, because they’re only a year long.

I think a lot of us value international, varied work experience. Anywhere in the world, as long as it isn’t your home market (for us Taiwanese, say, work experience outside Taipei), that matters a lot. If you want to work in an English-speaking market like New York or London, or a French-speaking market in France, having worked in that language goes a long way to proving that you can work in it, that someone was willing to hire you, and that you can get through those interview processes.

At LBS, where alumni are the interviewers, one question our alumni care about a lot is: “Given how prepared you are right now, how likely are you to land the offer you want?”

If the chances are good, I think everyone would see that candidate as having a lot of potential. If they seem underprepared, coming back next year might be the better choice. So whether you can get your ideal offer with your current level of preparation is something I think companies care about a lot too.

LBS MiM interview tips and early preparation

Jason: You mentioned what alumni interviewers or admissions officers look for and what qualities they want to see in a student’s interview. Employment numbers also affect a school’s ranking, so they may care about that too. When you applied for your master’s, what were the important points in your interviews? Was there anything in particular you wanted to get across?

Andrew: Many other schools don’t interview at all. In the UK especially, quite a few very good schools don’t necessarily have interviews. LBS is unusual in the UK because we use alumni interviews, much like American business schools. The alumni interview lasts an hour, and I think the qualities LBS looks for are very clear. There are a few boxes you need to tick.

Jason: Right! Because you’re an LBS interviewer now.

Andrew: There are a few qualities we clearly look for. Or put it another way: whether you’re the kind of person who fits LBS. One thing LBS does really well is bring together a group of people who are genuinely alike. I don’t know how they manage it, but they find people whose personalities, career goals and past experiences have the same chemistry, and bring them together.

There are a few boxes I think are important. One is your past teamwork experience, and whether your background is varied and international enough. The hard requirements, like GPA, school and GRE, are another box. Then there’s how much you value networking and connections and whether you understand LBS culture. And the last one, maybe the most important, is how mature your career plan and preparation are.

So whether we’re recommending an applicant or interviewing one, these are the qualities we look at. Schools without interviews look for the same qualities, just in other ways. And every school cares about different things. The points I just listed may be what LBS values, but at a more academically oriented school, you may need to show more of your analytical ability, your academic record and how you kept your GPA high. So every school has its own rules and priorities, and the simplest, most direct way to find out is to ask alumni or friends who got in. They can share their experience with you.

LBS has a very strong alumni culture! If you can find LBS alumni, they’ll almost always be willing to share. LBS also has a special practice: the alumni recommendation. We have an internal alumni recommendation system, and every alum has the right to recommend candidates they think deserve it. If you’re applying to LBS and you’re really interested in the school, we strongly recommend getting one or two recommendations when you apply, or even three, four or five. The more the better. Alumni recommendations can greatly increase your chances of getting an interview.

Jason: That sounds pretty unusual. Are you the only school that does this?

Andrew: As far as I know, it’s only us. I’m not sure whether any of the US M7 schools do it. When I applied, at least, current students there didn’t seem to have a recommendation mechanism. At LBS even current students can recommend people. Of course, a recommendation won’t decide the outcome of your application, but it definitely helps. Our most important and biggest asset is our alumni.

LBS MiM interview scoring and checklist

Jason: We just talked about what’s distinctive about the MBA and the MiM. The key point is that current students and alumni can serve as interviewers, and you’re now one of the LBS MiM interviewers. Could you share whatever you’re able to? For example, does the school give you a checklist or a scoring sheet with criteria students need to show, or do you just give an overall score and say recommend or don’t recommend?

Andrew: I’ll share what I think I can. Of course there’s a scoring sheet. We need it, and this is something I really admire about LBS’s interviewers and the school. They’re very rigorous about the process. After every interview, the interviewer has to write a very thorough report for the school. So as an interviewer, I really need to know our interview content well and take each interview seriously. The school reads those reports carefully and looks at what the interviewer wrote and the final recommendation.

The process goes like this: you apply to LBS and get notified about your interviewer. After the interview, it goes back to the evaluation committee, which reviews it again together with your profile. So an interviewer saying yes doesn’t guarantee you’ll get in, and an interviewer saying no doesn’t mean you definitely won’t. And the interviewer’s verdict isn’t a simple yes or no. There are different levels of yes and no.

Jason: So you have a very detailed scoring system?

Andrew: Exactly. That’s something I really admire about them: it’s rigorous, and it gives a fairly complete picture of the candidate and how they did in each area. (Jason: And interviewers like you aren’t paid? You’re truly volunteers, alumni who spend the time doing the interview and then write a report for them?) Yes, that’s right.

What makes the MBA and MiM special: the Hogwarts Sorting Hat

Jason: Last time I talked with Lin Hsiu-liang, he compared the MBA to a career fraternity, or something like the Sorting Hat at Hogwarts. Do you think what really sets the MBA and MiM apart is the culture? People are very proactive. When they talk about the alumni network, it isn’t just talk. The school may have shaped its whole culture this way, so you get a lot of help when you arrive, and after you graduate you’re willing to give back.

Andrew: Absolutely, exactly right. I think that’s why the qualities I mentioned earlier matter so much. You have to genuinely enjoy the value these connections bring you, be able to use them to reach your goals, and then give back selflessly to future students who could use the help. It’s about whether you can truly live by these values, enjoy them and carry them into the rest of your life.

My biggest feeling from this year at LBS is that I really made a group of like-minded friends for life, even though they’re now all over the world. So I think connections were the biggest asset and help this year gave me. Coming back to your question: maybe it does sort people, maybe it doesn’t, in the sense of whether it can place you where you fit. If you’re that kind of person and the program suits you, I’m sure you’ll get a lot out of it. If you’re not, but you want to become that kind of person or train yourself to be one, it also makes sense to go to an MBA or MiM and put yourself in that environment, push yourself to build a network, and become someone who enjoys networking and the process of building relationships.

Application essays and CVs: any tips for students heading to a MiM or planning to study abroad?

The biggest tip for essays is to find alumni, or friends who got into that school, and ask them to read and edit your essays. That matters more than anything. Beyond that, a lot of your essay material can be reused. When you apply to business schools around the world, much of your writing can be shared across applications, and your CV basically can be too. The key is whether you understand what the school you’re applying to cares about, what’s distinctive about the program and what only that program has. You need to write those things clearly into your essays.

For example, LBS has some very particular activities: club trips called TREKs, a weekly alumni networking event every Thursday called Sundowners, and a one-week program in the MiM where you travel to visit and learn somewhere in the world, called Global Experience. If you can mention these names specifically in your essays, readers can tell right away that you’ve done your research and talked to current students, because these names are unique to the school. We can see at a glance whether you’ve done your homework on LBS, or on any school. The main structure of your essays can be shared, no problem. But for these small terms and course names, you need to use the school’s own terminology precisely.

How do you find a job in another country while studying abroad? Do you need a visa?

Jason: When you were job hunting at LBS, you got a lot of offers, right? Including Amazon, UBS in finance, and consulting firms, and you even landed Roland Berger in Dubai from abroad. How did you find a job in another country? Did you need a visa, or did you have to prove anything?

Andrew: Visas are definitely an issue. In places where visas are harder to get, like the US, it’s harder to find a job from abroad without work authorization. But for us Asians, visas for Dubai and Hong Kong aren’t that hard to get, and there are a few cases in Europe where it works too. Of course you should first understand the visa situation there, but that’s really a minor issue. The most important thing is to prepare yourself properly, and once you’re fully prepared, apply. Whether they give you a visa is their decision. Just do your part well. If you’re good enough, they’ll be willing to sponsor you.

As for how to find a job in another country, a big part of it is networking. If you find out that a place has hired a lot of alumni from your school, that means you have a good chance of getting there, because they welcome and hire your alumni. Take Dubai: in management consulting, firms there hire a lot of INSEAD students and students from our school. Every year many students set their sights on jobs in the Middle East from the start, or on investment banking in Hong Kong. If you see your peers aiming somewhere, find out why. If your peers are all heading there, that’s where the opportunities are.

Jason: Let me ask: when you were job hunting and reading JDs, some companies said outright that applicants must already have a visa, or that they wouldn’t need to apply for one. In that situation, would you still apply?

Andrew: You still have to be honest, because lying gets you nowhere. If they can’t sponsor your visa, they can’t, and even if you get the offer you may end up empty-handed. So the key is not to lie. If you need a visa, say so; if you don’t, say you don’t. If the JD clearly says they don’t sponsor, there may really be no way. If you still really want to work at that company, you could network and ask whether there’s any chance, or see whether you could start as an intern.

In the UK, most students don’t need to worry much about visas. Students who come to study in the UK get a two-year visa after graduating to look for work, and for those two years you don’t need to think about visas. You can be unemployed, between jobs, or work anywhere that’s allowed. Most common jobs are fine, and visas aren’t a concern. Even if a company says it can’t sponsor, you already have a visa, so you don’t need sponsorship. You only need to think about it after two years. The bar for UK work visas has gone up recently, with higher salary thresholds, so it’s become harder. But the core point is not to lie. Basically, students studying in the UK have a visa and the right to work, so there’s not much to worry about.

Some takeaways for younger students who want to work abroad after studying

I wouldn’t call them takeaways. They’re just my own experience and thoughts built up over five or six years. That’s why coffee chats are the most important thing: in 30 minutes you can hear about someone’s 6, 10, 15 or 20 years of experience. It’s a very efficient, high-return use of your time. I really enjoy meeting people and building relationships, hearing about their experience and learning from it. Beyond that, maybe on the more serious side of work and life, enjoying different experiences matters. Right now I’m very open to wherever life takes me next. I don’t set limits, I keep an open mind, and I enjoy the present and the people around me, and make good memories. Experiences matter a lot to me.

Finally, when you face setbacks or problems, trust that it will all pass, and when you look back later, things will have turned around. It was only after I did badly on Taiwan’s college entrance exam that I got the chance to study in the UK, and that’s why I have the opportunities and experience I can share now. Setbacks bring different lessons and opportunities. When you run into problems, talk them over with the people around you, or come talk to me. Don’t miss any opportunity, and don’t regret any choice. Every one will take you somewhere new, and looking back, it will all be good. Feel free to connect and chat with me. I’m always happy to, and I hope my bit of experience gives you some ideas.

Jason: It definitely will. Thank you so much, Andrew. Across these two episodes he’s covered management consulting, case practice, studying in the UK, and his whole education and job search. We’ll put Andrew’s LinkedIn and Instagram links in the show notes. If you’d like to connect, add him, and message him the way he recommends messaging people on LinkedIn to build a connection.

Jason’s Takeaway

Andrew says doing coffee chats regularly is the most important thing he learned in the past year and a half. In 30 minutes you can hear years of someone’s experience.

Jason, admitted to Columbia Business School’s MBA at 22 and founder of OfferLand.cc

Next step: the next time you send a LinkedIn invitation, add a personalized message saying who you are, why you want to connect and what you hope to get from it.

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