Sample cover letter for Internship position at Roland Berger

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to submit my application for a consultant position in Shanghai office. I am currently a student at XX University majoring in XX. It is with enthusiasm that I ask to contribute my training and experience to this exciting new position.

Consultants here are strong and creative personalities from a variety of backgrounds and I am eager to communicate with different but ambitious people. Besides, I like project’s diversity since I can get in touch with different industries. And I will be exposed to great opportunities to work with best in class companies and help them solve their most pressing problems. It’s exciting, ever changing and challenging. Also, your pursuit of excellence is an ideal match with my interests.

I am in the top 5% of my class last semester and I was elected Excellent Cadres in my university. In and out of the classroom, I have consistently demonstrated my capacity to make a positive impact regardless of the situation. My analytical and personal skills are ideally suited to management consulting. The following qualifications align with your requirements and should be of great interest to you:

• ØEntrepreneurship and leadership: To help students form good habits of getting up early, I founded You Can You Up program. I led my team to make a detailed analysis on the demands of students and formulated the activity. I assigned tasks to team members. When it came to the crunch, I organized our team to brainstorm and took initiative to solve the problem. In addition, as indicated on my enclosed resume, I was elected as director for Academic Center in Student Union and debating team leader for School of Finance and Economics.

• ØBusiness sense and learning ability: My experience working in Roland Berger Strategy Consultant Firm as an intern has truly made me attuned to business analysis framework and interview outline design. I contributed to a team that worked on MRO-feasibility study for a CGO based joint venture by HNCA , Henan Airport Group and Cargolux. I followed the project from kickoff meeting, SteerCo to final results.

• ØIntellectual curiosity and creativity: I eager for changes and challenges. I independently applied for the exchange program in Tunisia, Africa. I hoped to go out of my comfort zone and to see the big world. I lived and worked with 50 people from over 20 countries and made research about Tunisia in 2 months.

I look forward to hearing from you soon and welcome the opportunity for an interview. Please do not hesitate to contact me if anything is needed in the meanwhile. Thank you so much for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,