For 'Why consulting after my Master's?', connect your degree to a clear career decision rather than presenting consulting as a default next step.

Interviewers want to understand what you learned about your interests and why consulting uses those strengths better than reasonable alternatives. A generic answer about variety and learning is not enough.

You might connect a research-heavy degree to enjoying ambiguous business decisions, while acknowledging that consulting involves clients, communication and implementation beyond academic analysis.

Prepare a concise narrative: what drew you to the Master’s, what the experience taught you, and why consulting is the next logical step. This approach to answering “Why consulting?” as a Master’s student can help keep your explanation specific rather than generic.

My reason for doing the master's is clear to me. Connecting it to consulting without sounding scripted is the hard part.

I keep defaulting to "variety of projects". Anyone found a less generic way to explain it?