From Silence to a $145K Deloitte Role
Fatima, an OPT candidate with strong AI and data experience, struggled to get consulting interviews despite solid credentials. After reframing her résumé around business impact, aligning her LinkedIn to consulting roles, and using a focused referral strategy, she secured three interviews and two offers, including a $145K remote role at Deloitte.
Client outcome
- Total compensation$145K+40% vs. previous role
- Competing offers2Both above target band
- Interview loops3Opened after repositioning
- Days to signed offer80From strategy call to signed offer
Where it started
Fatima, an OPT candidate with strong AI and data experience, struggled to get consulting interviews despite solid credentials. After reframing her résumé around business impact, aligning her LinkedIn to consulting roles, and using a focused referral strategy, she secured three interviews and two offers, including a $145K remote role at Deloitte.
What we changed
- Rewrote the resume around measurable impact so Fatima's experience led, not the noise recruiters were stuck on.
- Rebuilt LinkedIn for the keywords hiring managers actually search for in ai consulting roles.
- Replaced volume applications with targeted outreach to teams researched in advance.
- Ran mock interview loops until the narrative matched the level of the roles being pursued.
How the search ran
- Week 1Positioning reset
Resume and LinkedIn rebuilt around impact, not chronology.
- Week 3Targeted outreach
Warm messages to pre-researched teams instead of mass applying.
- Week 6Loops open
3 interview loops running in parallel.
- Week 11Offers, one signed
Landed at Deloitte at $145K.
