Most firms will filter you out if you have this grade on your CV at the first filter stage. Some may pay more attention to the experience you have. Your best bet is to network with consultants that then want you to come into their firm regardless of that grade. If you have to apply via the standard process through firm's HR websites then (in good consulting style) you have a number of options with associated risks: - Don't disclose it. If pushed, lie. If you have to produce the actual certificate for the HR drone to photocopy then they probably won't read it anyway and it'll sit on file for 10 years proving how much fun you had but not actually affecting your ability to do your job. Of course there is a risk that they will actually read your certificate AND check the application tie up, in which case you will get fired. - To avoid this you could fake the certificate. The chances that they will check the university (and the university can be bothered to check their historic results) are slim. Again the risk is you get fired. - You could buy an online degree or even go back to university and study for a degree now to get grades that match the profile. You will need to hope they don't check the dates tie up or you will get asked questions and then fired. - Or you could be honest.From previous experience with other clients I can assure you that all are valid options that have worked, however I would have to recommend the last option as the best course due to the relationship of trust an employee should enter into with an employer, and professional conduct being a core competency for a consultant (in a written paper). However the informal dinner / pub chat would be to try the first option.
