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How to Succeed in the New Age of Interviews

Tom Spencer

The process of securing an internship at an investment bank is both a daunting and strenuous endeavour. Provide your grade transcript, CV, and cover letter. The cover letter is the most important of these initial documents. Reading your cover letter, I felt like I knew you.” Vary your sentence length.

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

CaseInterview.com

What you have to realize about this role of reading consulting resumes and cover letters is this. Out of 400 applications, I would say about 350 of them were clear and obvious mail merge cover letters. --. But the second time I saw a letter that sounded like it, I start to get suspicious. It is a judgment decision.

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LinkedIn Hacks for Management Consulting Applicants

Tom Spencer

A candidate might spend hours on their resume and cover letter but put little thought into their LinkedIn profile other than a profile picture and a cheesy blurb in the “about” section. LinkedIn is an often overlooked part of the management consulting application. Choose a background that works well with your profile photo.

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5 reasons to sign up for a Management Consulting Bootcamp (registration now open!)

Management Consulted

For the low price of $575, each participant receives a complete resume / cover letter edit ($350), the MC Book Bundle ($195) and 8 hours of group instruction (priceless). We also get you started on a resume and cover letter edit completed by the MC team before the date of the Bootcamp.

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From Bagging Groceries to $80k Consulting Offer

CaseInterview.com

I spent the last five months working in a grocery store after having turned down several job offers in finance and banking upon graduation last May. I knew early-on that I did not want my career to turn completely towards finance or banking and so I decided to wait and search for other options.

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Management Consulted

Management Consulting versus Investment Banking. I’ve been helping friends/colleagues looking to enter management consulting for years with their resumes, cover letters, interviews, and questions. Day in the Life of a Management Consultant (client version). Top 10 Resume Tips. Top 10 Interview Tips.

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Job Hub: Chick-Fil-A Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, finished assessments and other supporting documents, HR will typically respond to your application within a week or two. Your resume and cover letter has to impress the recruiters and you only have one chance to make an impression on a firm.

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