If you are clear in your own mind that you want to leave engineering then you are right to consider an exit strategy in advance. My response is also based on the assumption that you are reading up on the consulting industry, researching specific firms to apply to, and getting ready to prepare for interview questions etc. What you might think about is how you position yourself in the minds of consulting employers. You should offer your engineering experience as 2 years of solid industry experience that might be of value to a consultancy (afterall Samsung is a respected brand in the engineering/technology industry). If you think of this experience as a bridge into consulting, you would then be able to gain consulting exposure to other industries as your career progresses. If you apply to firms that are solely engineering industry consultants (I can't think of any but they are probably out there!) then you will not be fulfilling your objective. If you apply to firms that do not offer consulting to engineering/technology clients then you will have less to offer a potential employer in consulting. Most consulting firms, particularly in strategy consulting are in several industry sectors, so if you find those with a presence in the engineering sector you will offer them something extra (e.g. over and above the next graduate applicant). In return if you get offered a consulting role you can then start to gain immediate consulting experience on a horizontal service line (you indicate a preference for strategy consulting) plus in terms of vertical industries you can start off using your experience in engineering but indicate an interest to get involved in other sectors too, subject to their requirements. You will probably still get asked questions about switching roles. You could point out that there simply weren't many graduate roles in consulting 2+ years ago compared to now (you could even try and get hold of some graduate consulting recruitment figures to emphasise the point). Also whilst you do not want to be a career engineer you have gained 2 years engineering experience and have more to offer the world of consulting now, than before. But...whilst it is excellent to aim high you might find that strategy consulting is still not easy to get into...my advice then would be to consider other areas of consulting (for example, you might find it easier to get into IT consulting/systems integration from engineering, but I appreciate that you might feel that you were compromising more by doing this). Good luck.
