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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

Develop Strong Quantitative Analysis Skills Consultants are often called upon to solve complex problems, so having strong quantitative analysis skills is essential. For example, you could take classes in statistics, data analysis, or programming, or join a student consulting group or business club.

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Tour Recap – Day 6 (Harvard)

Management Consulted

this year (includes a full resume/cover letter edit and our MC Book Bundle). *. While most normal people were enjoying the fruit of their week’s worth of hard labor, we were pushing on – up at 8AM on Saturday to face the hordes of undergrads at the exceptionally-well-organized 4 th Annual Harvard Consulting Conference.

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Beating the odds: How to stick out from the crowd

Tom Spencer

The overwhelming majority of aspirants went to a few distinctly selective middle-schools, participated at the same conferences and essay competitions, joined hardly distinguishable societies, and completed their internships in akin roles at think tanks or law firms.

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Generalist vs Specialist Firm Interviews

Tom Spencer

There is a lot to think about when preparing for consulting interviews , and you may want to check out some of our other blog posts and guides for preparing your resume , creating your cover letter , and improving your network. As an advanced degree student, I will share my experiences applying for jobs with an engineering Ph.D.

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Conversation with IMS Consulting Group

Tom Spencer

Steph: Our work is split across all the centres of excellence: Brand & Commercial Strategy, Pricing & Market Access, Strategy & Portfolio Analysis and Competitive Intelligence. Analysts and Associate Consultants will do a lot of work over the phone and via conference calls.

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Conversation with Marakon

Tom Spencer

Delivering the project work means working with the senior associates and associates to plan the work, generate hypotheses, review analysis and focus on what is important from a client perspective. We also have periodic training which will cover more specific topics like business unit strategy, and client interviewing techniques.