Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

MBA consulting recruiting season starts every fall. For a few falls now, in my capacity as a volunteer career advisor, I have had to uncomfortably tell incredibly intelligent MBA students from highly respected schools that they are utterly ill-informed about entering the consulting profession. The Consulting Career Landscape.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 21, 2022

While there are multiple blogs on networking tips and tricks to help you build your late-stage network (right before applying to jobs), there are steps you can take early in college that will ease the networking process. If your great uncle twice removed is a consultant at BCG, then obviously he might be able to help you land an internship.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Wanted to let people know that I’ll be taking a (very) short blogging break from today through Monday, as I am traveling and making it way home for the holidays. I offer a personalized consultation service – from re-writing your resume to simulated interviews/case studies to thorough Q&A.

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask. Here are some possible criteria for resume rejections. Focus on upcoming interviews.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

If you are less than a year away from applying for jobs you may be better off building a surface level understanding of the core consulting skills and then trying to identify places where you have already applied these tools in your life. consulting, VC, and PE) who are hosting classes. How relevant is the content to consulting.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 1, 2009

I wanted to take this time to welcome new readers, share a few of my favorite consulting-specific reads from around the web, and answer a few reader questions. International Management Consulting 101 – we discuss what it’s like to work in an overseas management consulting office. Favorite recent posts.

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Consultant Ninja

MAY 7, 2009

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Posted by Consultant Ninja. This blog post is kinda long. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Consulting. (88).

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

As one could imagine, medical school doesn’t really train you to be a life sciences consultant. it doesn’t provide you with business acumen and healthcare policy fundamentals, nor does it prepare you for case and behavioral interviews, or teach you how to properly format a business style resume.

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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. Why did you decide to pursue management consulting? In consulting, you’ll have to challenge yourself and regularly interact with clients.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 20, 2019

In my last blog post I wrote about how new grads can navigate interview season when they finally receive a consulting interview they’re excited about. This blog is dedicated to ‘fit’ questions, and how to and how perhaps not to, answer them. Tell me something about you that’s not listed on your resume. So, let’s begin!

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 2, 2019

I recently sat down with my friend, Jesse, over a cup of coffee to learn more about his experience as a Deloitte consultant over the past 5 years. Jesse had many interesting speaking points, which I personally found useful, and which I will share with you today in this blog post. Aneta: Why did you choose consulting as a career?

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2018

The consulting industry is a very competitive field with an abundance of highly educated professionals with proven track records of success. In order to succeed and stay relevant in such a competitive field, consultants have to keep their knowledge up to date and continuously hone their skills. Start a Blog. Online Courses.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

You received an interview with a consulting firm! Management consulting interviews generally have two types of assessments, behavioral and casing. This blog will help shed some light on what to expect and how to prepare for behavioral assessments. Congratulations! Structuring Your Response: The STAR Method.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 27, 2008

Thanks to Marquis first and foremost, who is both a fellow Stanford grad and fellow ex-McKinsey consultant. He regularly blogs about management consulting and MBA issues and has sensible, smart advice for just about everything career-related. Check out his blog here. Management Consulting versus Investment Banking.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 6, 2020

I receive 2-3 LinkedIn messages per day asking to schedule a call so that I can share my personal experience in consulting, answer recruiting-related questions, and sometimes even review a resume on the spot. Fellow Mathematics Student interested in Consulting” is far better than “Great to meet you.”.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

In May, we launched the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online. In June, we launched BBS – our once-a-year program for aspiring consultants to work together, as a group, to be the best that we can be. Last year, 55% of our Black Belts got jobs at top consulting firms. And after all that, even with 1.5M

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Management Consulted

MAY 5, 2015

In our free time, we dream up new ways to effectively equip prospective consultants so they ace the process and get their dream job. Today, we’re pleased to announce the arrival of our Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online , a revolutionary new tool for people who want to break into consulting. Who is it for?

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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 Resume That Will Get You the Interview. Your resume needs to show all of these skills. Academic Performance.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Each week, I get approached by a handful of university students and young professionals seeking my advice on how they can kick-start their careers in crisis management. This blog post answers the questions I get asked most frequently, along with some added comments and insights. So, you wanna be a crisis management professional?

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Salesforce. The company specializes in enterprise cloud computing applications, particularly customer relationships management (CRM), allowing companies to automate their sales and customer service processes. Be Prepared – Don’t be late.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From this noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of Booz Allen Hamilton’s finest moments from the early years was in the 1950s when Time Magazine dubbed it “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm.” Management Consulting.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

I have aimed to enter the consulting industry as my career goal, and I have tried it once with a emerging consultancy, I got the chance to do my second case, but due to my lack of practice and the time limit of my preparation (I am now in my military service), I didn't get to the next round. Read Our Privacy Policy. No, Thanks!

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 10, 2019

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. When I was at McKinsey , the preference was to have alumni of a particular institution screen resumes and CV's from those institutions.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 10, 2012

(By the way…if you have any consulting-related inquiries, send them our way! Q: Your blog has been valuable and I am a big fan of your work. I am now an MBA intern at IBM Strategy & Transformation as a consultant. But I do not want to stay in consulting forever. We offer resume editing and interview prep.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

If most other resources are like giving a fishing rod to a hungry man (or giving frameworks to a desperate consultant-to-be), yours is like teaching someone how to make his own fishing rod. I especially enjoy the section about "consultant's mindset". It was that useful. This kind of stuff helps. It's just human nature.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Much of the non-consulting advice I share with you comes from these “unschooled” people. (By What is the X factor that not only compensates for any perceived resume shortfalls, it in many cases makes your resume irrelevant? Check out our privacy policy for details on how we protect and manage your submitted data!

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

From this innovative and noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of their finest moments in the early years was when Time magazine dubbed the firm, “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm”, at the end of the 1950s. Management Consulting.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In case you would be so kind as to give me some recommendations personally, here is my background: I have a bachelor degree in Management from Graduate School of Business Administration - a faculty of [ XXXX ], one of the top universities in [ writer's country ]. You can find more information on this at: caseinterview.com/consulting-resume.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 18, 2019

At consulting firms like McKinsey, you will receive a personal experience interview (or McKinsey PEI). Despite the emphasis I and others places on the case interview, it is important that you be prepared for the more general interview questions that are based on your consulting resume. First, let's step back for a moment.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. D ecision-Making Rationale. E nd-Result.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 15, 2018

When it comes to recruiting the three big criteria are: networking, application package (cover letter, resume, and transcript), and interview. She turned out to be a superstar and now works at one of the top consulting firms. Analyst vs. Management. DO smile as it gives me a friendly and warm impression of your personality.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 23, 2019

Another good resource on the Accenture site that you should read prior to interviewing is this recruiting and careers blog: [link]. The achievements and experiences that you had to edit or condense in your resume you now can discuss at greater length. You should know all this cold by the time you are interviewed. No, Thanks!

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Here's my speaking bio, in specific lines, so you can see how I use that template: Johanna, known as the Pragmatic Manager, offers frank advice for your product development challenges. As a consultant, she’s led hundreds of workshops, delivered talks and keynotes around the world, and dipped her toes into Pecha Kuchas.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

If you're not already familiar with LinkedIn , it began, basically, as a place to post your online business profile/resume and connect with others in your field to grow your network using a "six degrees of separation" model. She states that this is true, not just of LinkedIn's new service, but of all board matching programs.

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Emerson Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

That would only send them slipping out the door with updated resumes in search of positions more secure elsewhere. C-Level Community: This innovative online subscriber service provides resources, blogs, webinars, an Expert of the Week Q&A, etc. for CEOs who don’t wish to leave their offices!

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Confessions of a Consultant

AUGUST 20, 2017

Customer Service: When the market tipped the scales at circa 50% of the former business volume, consultants came to understand who pays the bills. The consultants who survived morphed into ‘resultants’. The priest joke (last blog) might have been a bit too close to the edge for some readers. PPS: Lighter Moment.

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