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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Even for such a high travel firm, which we’ll discuss below, they all seem to be so gosh darn chummy with each other. Travel – Now don’t get us wrong, warning a prospective consultant about travel is a bit like warning trainee surgeon that they may see blood once in a while. ALIXPARTNERS INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING .

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

While you will be working side by side with the firm’s top guns and while you will be working on some very interesting projects, Alvarez & Marsal offers very little in terms of formal training. While you can and should expect to travel a lot, they do try to keep travel regional, so you won’t be crossing time zones every 4 days.

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Case Practice. Excelling in the Interview. If you happen to attend a non-target school then the next best thing would be to attend a virtual recruiting and case interview workshop. MD or PhD), is whether to pursue residency training for newly minted physicians or a post-doctoral research fellowship for PhDs.

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Conversation with Marakon

Tom Spencer

To date, a lot of our work in financial services has been focused on insurance and wealth management. That being said, the travel model will vary depending on the needs of the client. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at Marakon? How many interview rounds are there?

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MC Coach Interview: My First Year at McKinsey

Management Consulted

Because of this, we sat down with consulting veteran Lisa Bright (who is now part of the MC interview coaching team!) The school I was at isn’t one of McKinsey’s core schools, so I had to do a lot of reading online to prepare for the interview, get accustomed to case interviews and stuff like that. That was rough.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. The firm has made up for its youth, however, by growing rapidly through innovation, famous cases and a lot of acquisitions. the consulting firm started off like a lot of American startups do – in a small, forgettable warehouse somewhere on the outskirts of town (in this case, in Annapolis, MD).