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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. How is recruiting done at your school? Jeff : There are many advantages of campus recruiting at a target school.

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Management Consulting

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It could be evaluated by tracking sales, calculating savings on operational costs, or counting new customer acquisitions. It actually follows the career of Mitt Romney, who worked at BCG, Bain and Bain Capital, but it gives an insider’s view of these firms as they were just starting.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

As usual getting into McKinsey is tough, but it’s even tougher in NYC – with many target recruiting schools nearby and hundreds of aspirants swarming to locate in NY, it’s a highly competitive office. Bain & Company. Bain, one of the world’s most prestigious consulting firms, was founded in 1973.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

I seriously considered sales & trading (in fact, I spent a summer at Credit Suisse First Boston in NY), and was tempted to continue in that line of work post-graduation. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time. Interested in sales & trading? 5 EXIT OPPORTUNITIES.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

In reality, McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting Group are tied for first, so Booz & Company is a close 2 nd place. He began by helping firms recruit competent executives, acquire new customers, and establish conducive office space. We want you to nail it. In the U.S. This idea became a theory, and he developed a practice.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Marketing and Sales - utilizes in depth analysis and scientific experimentation to develop innovative ways to add significant value for leading firms. Additionally, a lack of an advanced degree would not knock you off that path (like it would at McKinsey, BCG or Bain). They look at tier 1 and some select tier 2 universities.

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The Deep Flaw in MBB Strategic Planning

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When I first started recruiting for consulting jobs, an interviewer at Bain shared a story (arguably a legend at this point) about how Bain (or it might have been McKinsey) was asked to advise Motorola on whether or not they should enter the mobile phone market. This would be a textbook strategy created by McKinsey, Bain or BCG.