Hello and welcome. I'm Patrick Curtis, your host and Chief Monkey, and this is the Wall Street Oasis podcast. Join me as I talk to some of the community's most successful and inspirational members to gain valuable insight into different career paths and life in general.

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In this episode, learn how M. Stratt spent three years in a large consulting firm before making

the jump to an old market private equity firm. Learn about the recruiting process for consulting

out of undergrad, how he leveraged two internship offers

to get into the city and group he wanted, how to position yourself for private equity recruiting

coming from a consulting background, and what resources he used to land the offer. Hint, you might

have heard ofasis podcast.

Hey, thanks for having me, Patrick.

It would be great if you could just give listeners a quick summary of your bio.

Sure. I went to a Target school, top 25, studied math and economics.

From there, I interned my junior year at a big consulting company, think, you know,

Deloitte, Accenture, PWC, and I interned there that senior summer.

And then I came back for a full-time offer.

I've been there for about three and a half to four years.

It's been a great, great experience.

I've been working on cost restructurings, revenue growth, financial transactions.

So it's been a wild ride, but I've learned a lot.

I've looked at it as like a mini business school experience. Most recently, though, I've made

the transition to private equity. I've recently accepted an offer from a lower middle firm

and in base in New York City. And I'm looking to share that knowledge with the folks about

how I made that, you know, slightly difficult transition from management consulting to private

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