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Has the MBA become Redundant for a Career in Consulting?

Tom Spencer

According to a New York Times article from 2000, more than half of the consultants at McKinsey & Company do not have an MBA. The breadth of different types of problem solving and ideas that clients need mean there are more opportunities than ever before for new graduates with different educational backgrounds. Conclusion.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Additionally, a lack of an advanced degree would not knock you off that path (like it would at McKinsey, BCG or Bain). Exit opportunities: Working for i-banks or the big guys (McKinsey and Bain) is a great way to launch into private equity , but Oliver Wyman is a close second.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Information Technology. Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) Transportation. The focus for FTI is on analysis to solve already-defined and highly-specific problems, whereas in contrast McKinsey or Deloitte may be hired to figure out what the problem is as well as what the solution should be. Construction. Environmental.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

These services focused on business management and information technology. In the mid-2000s at Bain, McKinsey and BCG, you couldn’t find a laptop that wasn’t IBM issued – it was a consultant trademark. Information Technology. 1992, IBM unveiled another service called IBM Consulting Group.

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Abt Associates Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Some of the first contracts the firm won, including elementary school educational games and national security, demonstrate how they started off in the same way they wanted to continue. Information Technology Applications. In 1967, Abt won its first contract with NASA, which would eventually turn into a long-term relationship.