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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. You did it! However, you have multiple months before you begin.

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How to avoid being blacklisted from consulting (or any other) recruiting

Tom Spencer

Offer to Buy Coffee in an Informational Interview. Send a Resume in the Cold Email. There are differing opinions on this, but the benefit of flipping a resume over as part of the initial communication (or including your LinkedIn in the signature) exceeds the risk. Research and Prepare in Advance of the Interview.

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An Unconventional Path: One Medical Student’s Journey Into Consulting

Tom Spencer

standardized test, personal statement, shadowing, research, etc.). Going through the interview process, I became convinced, more than ever before, that I was going to stay in academia. And as you can imagine, I was using every tool at my disposal to find case partners; some were even in other countries.

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How to Build Chemistry with the Interviewer

Tom Spencer

You can generally tell whether you did well in an interview based on the connection you built with the interviewer. You have probably been in situations where an interview felt uneasy and awkward because of a lack of chemistry with the interviewer. The interview process is not a perfect system. Talk about them.

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Analysis Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The firm’s ethos, as evidenced by their bent toward advanced degrees, is a blend of academia and business litigation through economic research. Having Analysis Group on your resume communicates a brand that conveys intelligence and a driven, high-performing nature. ANALYSIS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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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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The Consulting Myth

Tom Spencer

On the first day of orientation, we were told that we should start applying yesterday, especially if we wanted to get into consulting – but not to put all our eggs in one basket because it was so competitive – and so we all polished our resumes and contrived our cover letters and sent them out left and right to anyone with an inbox.