CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The following field report is from a McKinsey new hire from a Top 200 U.S. While McKinsey and the other top firms are heavily represented by graduates of Ivy League universities (and their international counterparts), it is not staffed exclusively this way. I really didn't even understand what interviewer-led was. university.

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Management Consulted

JULY 10, 2016

The following 7 categories of people have 8 days left to apply at McKinsey for a full-time position (provided they finish their programs in 2017/2018): PhDs. For most aspiring consultants, McKinsey is the gold standard. Once you’ve passed the resume screen, you’ll be invited in to a local office for a first round interview.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2016

Do you need to have an MBA to break into McKinsey? The short answer is no – you do not have to have an MBA to break into McKinsey. Didn’t Michael Wolf, former Director of McKinsey’s Global Media & Entertainment Practice, do it with a BA in international politics from Columbia? 1) You’re making it easy for recruiters.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. I had never heard of firms like McKinsey or BCG, not to mention the term ‘management consulting’. How is recruiting done at your school?

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Using your frameworks and guidelines, I was able to recently secure offers from Oliver Wyman and McKinsey (I accepted the McKinsey offer). My school is a non-target and I am not sure if anybody from my school has received a non-MBA position at McKinsey in the past 10 years.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

By far, the most valuable thing (for me) was the insight into the mindset of consultants and interviewers, which is what your emails provided. It affords a real sense of perspective for a candidate like me, so when I walked into the interview, there was nothing intimidating about the guy or girl in front of me. based resources.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

October was the peak of full-time recruiting, and it shows! You’ve bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives to consulting when you don’t make the cut. Q: I’m interviewing with BCG and McKinsey.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 10, 2019

I was recently asked by a reader what the average applicant success rate is at each round in the case interview process. The first step in the application process where cuts are made would be the Consulting Resume and Cover Letter Screen. get an awful lot of resumes out of the blue -- but historically they. recruiting sources.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

I am often asked by readers if networking will really help them obtain a consulting interview or if it could affect them negatively. I suggest you network with anyone within a management consulting firm regardless of whether they are involved in recruiting or consulting resume screening. Very hard to predict.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Close to a year ago, I was unsuccessful with my applications for internships with consulting firms, getting only one interview and failing that too. As the full time recruitment season in Autumn 2010 approached, I returned to your site and subscribed to your mailing list too. which I have been very keen on working at.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The following success stories come from readers who have successfully landed offers with international McKinsey firms. I did get an incredible job at a McKinsey subsidiary which specializes in one industry in particular, and finally got extended a job offer. I passed the McKinsey and Bain selection exams. Thank you very much!

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

So maybe you’ve gotten to the second round, maybe you’re still waiting to hear back, or maybe you’re hoping to interview again in the next recruitment cycle. Regardless of whichever bucket you fall into, it always helps to see things from the interviewers’ perspective. Here are the top three things they’re looking for: 1.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 20, 2019

The following is a success story from a CaseInterview.com student who recently received an offer from Monitor Deloitte and his tips for consulting interview success. Success Story: Here is the short and sweet version of my story (longer version below): Doctoral student applies for McKinsey APD -- rejected.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn how to market yourself through your resume and cover letter so that you will get the interview. Topics Covered: How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. How to Write a Cover Letter That Will Get You the Interview. How to Network Your Way to an Interview.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

It is because of the resources you have made available online that I was able to secure an offer from McKinsey as a Business Analyst. It was my achievements during my first two years [ there ] that I think caught McKinsey's attention, and prompted them to reach out and ask me to apply. I had to learn how to do a case interview.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2013

MBA grads join as a Consultant and work their way up to a Managing Consultant role (the equivalent level to a McKinsey Engagement Manager). CAPGEMINI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & RECRUITING. Capgemini Consulting’s interview process is fairly straightforward and slightly easier than those of other top firms.

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Management Consulting Prep

MARCH 27, 2020

Management Consulting Resume Cover Letter for Management Consulting: The Complete Writing Guide and Examples Every year, big 3 consulting firms McKinsey, BCG, and Bain (MBB) receive a million applications and reject more than 80% of them even before interviews. CV and cover letters are your only chance to impress recruiters.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 15, 2019

As a former consulting resume and cover letter reader for McKinsey, and someone who has reviewed thousands of applications, I have noticed an interesting trend. Most cover letters stink, and many resumes emphasize the wrong things. Most people obsess over resume format -- what font size, margins, etc.

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Management Consulted

JULY 12, 2015

To position yourself for MBB, except perhaps for a very specific practice area at McKinsey or Deloitte’s Federal Consulting practice, it makes more sense to focus on commercial or private-sector opportunities. ABT ASSOCIATES INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Diversity Programs . Abt Communities and Housing Newsletters.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Learn more about the interview preparation course and guide that helped land offers at BCG, Accenture, and McKinsey. Master fit questions, conquer case studies, and become the smartest interviewer in the room. Over 50 fit questions that you’re guaranteed to hear in consulting interviews.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 12, 2016

In contrast to the MBB firms, you’ll be working with Fortune 1000 companies, whereas McKinsey, Bain and BCG generally work more with Fortune 100 and 500 firms. PARTHENON-EY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Be prepared for 2-3 rounds of interviews, the first of which may consist of connecting with a recruiter for a phone screen.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Many that serve clients with strategy come from organizations (like Bain or McKinsey) that offer excellent toolkit and skills training pre-Bridgespan; the training at Bridgespan is there, but not as thorough. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . KEY STATS FOR BRIDGESPAN.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Hans-Dieter Kleinhueckelskoten, who both worked at McKinsey. An office opened in Paris in 1989 and another opened in Rotterdam in 1992, founded respectively by Philippe Kaas and Pieter Witteveen, both previously Partners in the local McKinsey offices. Target Schools .

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 9, 2019

Between a resume and cover letter , most job applicants will tell you that the resume is more important. While your resume provides a more complete summary of your education, skills, and experiences, the cover letter also plays a very important role during the application process. Interviewing candidates is not a cheap process.

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Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

ARCHSTONE CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Let’s start from the top: the recruiting process is straightforward and the firm is good about answering all of your questions through the process. Be prepared for 3-4 rounds of interviews, the first of which may consist of connecting with a recruiter for a phone screen.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Your videos are by far the clearest and the most helpful in aceing the case interviews. I definitely think it is a personality/cultural fit with the firm as I wasn't even called for the first round at McKinsey. I got a slight edge in the McKinsey recruiting process by accident. My Reply: Congratulations!

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

This success story comes from a McKinsey new hire from a non-target school who gives tips on getting an interview, and explains how to use the 80/20 rule in case interview preparation. Coming from a school which McKinsey did not recruit at, I had to reach out to many people to seek referral.

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CaseInterview.com

JANUARY 29, 2020

For example, recruiters will look at two identical resumes — one with a man’s name at the top, and another with a woman’s — and the male's resume will get more interviews. It has everything to do with the difference in gravitas of a minimum wage employee versus mighty “McKinsey.”. Is it true? Absolutely.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Here area couple of success stories received from readers who used case interview preparation techniques for securing an offer outside of consulting. Success Story: I would like to share my positive experience of a business case interview, thanks to your website! Thank you once again for the great work you are doing!

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

has been helpful in leading me towards receiving multiple job offers - eventually accepting an offer from McKinsey Milan, Italy. In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. VC: I think this person is referring to an issue tree. ].

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Before starting your application journey, the very first thing is to understand the recruitment process and selection criteria of those management consulting firms. During this first step, you will need to provide materials like your Cover Letter, Resume and Transcripts/Test scores (GMAT, GRE, etc.). With some tier one firms like M.B.B,

Case Interview 79

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Management Consulted

MAY 5, 2015

What started off as an informal blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. The case interview is the great equalizer. And after all that, even with 1.5M Who is it for?

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

In May, we launched the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online. But today, we’re putting all of that activity on pause because we’ve completed a huge undertaking – the launch of the Consulting Fit Interview Bootcamp – Online. You have told us – over and over again – that you loved it.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Interviewing with NERA Economic Consulting? They post available internships during the winter months on Marsh & McLennan’s recruiting website. . M&M companies are traditionally excellent pioneers of diversity and inclusion culture – check out the below under Interviews & Recruiting. .

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

These firms offer great learning experiences that help you build great hero stories for future fit interviews. What they are thinking is that they will just have to un-teach you what you learned and then teach you the “McKinsey Way” – or more generally, the way things are done at their firm.

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Management Consulted

JULY 1, 2012

Before we get started, check out our core post on networking the “normal way” – at info sessions and through target school types of recruiting opportunities. Bill’s dad, Gerald, plays golf with Lou, a consultant at McKinsey. You’ll use your asset file to gain access to recruiters, consultants, etc.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. FTI’s Summer Internship program has met with great success for the company and is fast becoming their main source for full-time recruitment. FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. First round FTI Consulting interviews are generally straight forward. Internships.

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