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Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Management Consulted

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don’t want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter’s mid-afternoon horseplay because you’ve bored them to death. That’s why we’re giving you some guidelines on key resume errors to avoid and things you can do to make it past the first round of reviews.

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How Taekwon-Do Prepared Me for Consulting Interviews

Tom Spencer

I have been training for over seventeen years now. It turns out that preparing for case interviews is fairly similar to preparing for Taekwon-Do Competitions. This goal setting with subtasks resembles the application and interview process, which also is a once-a-year opportunity. Learning Frameworks. Setting Goals.

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Black Belt Supreme 2017 Closes May 31st!

Management Consulted

For the last 4 years we’ve been running our popular Black Belt interview training courses – with tremendous success. On average, they do 40 cases with practice partners, 10 with us, and hours of personal reflection, preparation and planning for both fit and case interviews. How can we do even more to get ready?

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Black Belt Supreme 2015 closes May 31 (or when capacity is reached)!

Management Consulted

For the last 2 years, we’ve been running our popular Black Belt interview training courses – with tremendous success. On average, they do 30-50 cases with peer partners, 10 with us, and hours of personal reflection, preparation and planning for both fit and case interviews. I have lots of case practice.

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Advanced Consulting Fit Interviews – Video Overview

Management Consulted

You’ve done all your homework on the firm, networked your butt off, and crafted the pristine consulting resume and cover letter. Then you receive a call saying you’ve passed the first round and they want you to come in for an interview. Here they are: Walk Me Through Your Resume. ” you might ask.

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7 People who NEED to apply to McKinsey in the next 8 days

Management Consulted

*We’re starting this article off assuming that you’ve already knocked some socks off during networking (see here ) and created a masterful resume and cover letter (see here ). Once you’ve passed the resume screen, you’ll be invited in to a local office for a first round interview.

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Management Consulted Goes to London (and Beyond)

Management Consulted

As if traveling across the ocean on the plane wasn’t enough, we felt it necessary to use as many forms of transportation as necessary…so we took a train up to Durham University. Many questions were asked about resumes, cover letters and the importance of inserting a cover letter with their applications.