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Experienced Hire Recruiting in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Experienced hire recruitment can be a puzzling, confusing environment. Compared to on-campus recruits (undergraduates and MBA students), experienced hires confront much more irregular processes, prolonged timelines, and unclear standards. Experienced hires are anyone in the recruitment pipeline that are already in the workforce.

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Coronavirus COVID 19 – What’s next for Management Consulting recruitment?

Management Consulting Prep

Unfortunately, the management consulting industry is also under this crossfire. As a consultant-to-be, one can't help but wonder “How big will the impact be on the recruiting process of the major firms like McKinsey, Bain, BCG,” The short answer is: Yes, they are going to be affected.

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Bain Case Interview Preparation Tips from an Industry Hire

CaseInterview.com

Below is a success story and case interview preparation tips I received from a new Bain consultant who was recruited as an industry hire. After celebrating the Bain offer, I am finally debriefing you on my recruiting prep. My recruiting process was very traditional regarding case interview formats.

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Fireside Chat – Consulting Recruiting at Target and Non-Target Universities

Tom Spencer

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. However, you’ll grow your knowledge base much faster than most industry jobs. How is recruiting done at your school?

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

Management consulting is an industry that offers assistance with this kind of high-level decision-making and problem-solving. Consultants also have extensive knowledge in particular industries or topics. There’s an article in Bloomberg Business Week that outlines how the strategy consulting industry began.

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For Beginners: A Roadmap into the Consulting Industry

Tom Spencer

The management consulting industry is far from being a big mono chunk. A whole value chain exists in this industry. McKinsey, Bain, BCG), and tier two firms like Strategy&, AT Kearney, L.E.K, More importantly, each firm has a very different culture, industry focus, as well as ways of recruiting talent.

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From Case Interview Mistakes to Bain Offer

CaseInterview.com

I think that these resources played a large part in me securing an offer at Bain. By the time of the Bain final round I think I would have done around 50 'live' practice cases with a partner and read through many many more by myself. My Reply: Congratulations on your offer from Bain. It is a wonderful company. but not out loud).