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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

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While there are many 100s of great (and tons of crappy) options to choose from, we’ve hand-selected several must-reads for prospective consultants. If we had 1 week to learn about business basics and consulting, we would read: 1. The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy. The 2 Smartest Case Study Techniques.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

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A significant number of The Advisory Board Company alumni now hold positions in other top 20 consulting firms – at firms including PwC, Bain, Deloitte Consulting, and Boston Consulting Group. The case interview questions are straightforward and usually interviewer-led.

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 1)

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Around the November time period, I started gathering my resume and doing some applications. They only have a New York branch, and there are about 40 consultants. And then the other one is Boston Consulting Group. I’ve been organizing my resume, and I’ve been doing a lot of practice cases.