Tom Spencer

MARCH 4, 2017

So you’ve decided you want to be a management consultant? The first step is always the hardest and sadly the most important, so here’s my guide on how to tackle your first consultancy job application. What I did first was research what a consultant actually does and the skills required. Step 3: The CV and cover letter.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 11, 2022

So, you recently graduated high school, got into a top school, and now suddenly you are bombarded with talk about internships, clubs, top firms, consulting interviews, and more. Create a spreadsheet to detail your networking efforts, including who you have reached out to, their contact information, and the last time you contacted them.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 28, 2014

For our last major tour of the year, we started our crazy adventure in Philadelphia – joining all the wannabe consultants at Wharton’s annual Consulting Club Conference (featuring Jenny Rae as wannabe suitcase model). For those who are clueless, WUCC = Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Club.). consulting bootcamp'

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2020

Applications can be a stress inducing process when pursuing a consulting career or opportunities from consulting firms as a student. Especially when you are competing against your peers who offer a diverse pool of skills, experiences, and backgrounds for consulting firms to cherry pick from. Take initiative to engage with firms.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

For almost any professional job, applicants are required to provide a resume and cover letter to demonstrate their qualifications. In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

For almost any professional job, applicants are required to provide a resume and cover letter to demonstrate their qualifications. In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 18, 2015

ARE you an aspiring consultant with an interest in pursuing a career in the management consulting industry? Breaking into the management consulting industry is extremely difficult, and so with this in mind we have produced a number of free consulting resources to improve your chances of success. Template Cover Letter.

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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 Cover Letter That Will Get You the Interview. Understand What Consulting Firms Are Looking For.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 5, 2015

AS an aspiring consultant, the purpose of networking is to gain industry contacts, learn about your target firms, and obtain names that you can use in your application cover letter (e.g. “I There are various ways to gain contacts prior to sending out your consulting applications. (Source: Flickr ).

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 17, 2019

For almost any professional job, applicants are required to provide a resume and cover letter to demonstrate their qualifications. In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Management Consulting Networking Success Story: I just want to drop you one additional thank you e-mail, as I heavily relied on your preparation sources throughout my interviewing journey (and the corresponding case interview preparation). I went through workshops offered by these firms and talked to numerous recruiters and consultants.

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The Consultants Peer Group

DECEMBER 12, 2023

After talking to some of my consultant clients about the problems with proposals, I took a step to analyze ten websites that provide outline(s) for consulting proposals. At one level these outlines are helpful, particularly for the newer consultant; they can help them think through what might be required to submit a proposal.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 20, 2019

The following is a success story from a CaseInterview.com student who recently received an offer from Monitor Deloitte and his tips for consulting interview success. Two years later, decides being a consultant is a "great" PhD decision. Applies to firms online, sends more cover letters with every rejection. First Name *.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

If you want a small group setting to accelerate your case interview performance (like, 0-60 in a day) join us next weekend in San Francisco – September 21 for our last 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp in the U.S. this year (includes a full resume/cover letter edit and our MC Book Bundle). *. consulting clubs'

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 27, 2012

As fall approaches, many of you will be meeting consultants and recruiters for the first time at on-campus career fairs, company info sessions, and firm-sponsored recruiting events designed for your class. This may come as a surprise, but working with your career services staff is not the answer to a great consulting resume!

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 29, 2015

Are you keen on management consulting but have poor grades? If you have poor university grades, you may face an uphill battle getting an interview at a top consulting firm. You can highlight your most impressive work experience in your cover letter. But don’t despair just yet.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2015

Consulting. Consulting is a global management consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and analytical rigor to help clients solve their most critical business problems. This will be of particular interest for students and recent graduates who are looking to pursue a career in the management consulting industry.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Yesterday, I received an offer from my top choice consulting firm. While not as prestigious as Mckinsey or BCG, the firm is top in its field when it comes to [ Person's Favorite Industry ] consulting, and that focus was what I was looking for. Your advice on cover letters, resumes, and case interviews gave me the edge I needed.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Gather information about their mission, values, products, and recent achievements. Moreover, gather and organize any necessary documents, such as copies of your resume, cover letter, and reference letters. Plan your outfit in advance, and ensure that it reflects respect for the opportunity.

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Management Consulted

JULY 1, 2012

Here’s our first post about networking your way into consulting. Think of it as a 101 on consulting networking. Your asset file consists of the names of anyone and everyone who can help you – either directly or indirectly – get a job in management consulting. Now, let’s introduce some new vocab.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Whether you’re recruiting for consulting via a graduate program or going it alone, the process is extremely time-consuming and chaotic. Effectively managing the flood of information on companies, contacts, and case-prep is half the battle. Companies (Applications). Leverage the color coding and filters to target your efforts.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Founded in Boston, MA , and containing the heart and DNA of consulting industry giant Bain & Company, Bridgespan is the key non-profit consulting firm in today’s consulting industry. Bridgespan Employees: 15-60 Consultants. Their services emphasized analytical consulting. Strategy Consulting.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 20, 2015

I recently had the chance to talk with Stephanie Green, Manager of Talent Acquisition for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at IMS Consulting Group. If you have an interest in life sciences, either through your studies or previous work experience, then IMS Consulting Group could be the perfect place to enhance and grow your career.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Here area couple of success stories received from readers who used case interview preparation techniques for securing an offer outside of consulting. Just to mention, the business cases that I got were not for the consulting companies, but your approaches work genuinely well even for other types of business cases.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

First, we had an absolutely ridiculous time at our day-long Consulting Bootcamp at the Marriott Marquis in New York on Sunday. For those of you that missed it, we are holding another 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp in San Francisco on September 21. Just email us for more information, and we’ll get you on the calendar.

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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. Its not so much that consultant is that math driven. After the resume and cover letter review stage we move on to the rounds of interviews. Its important to remember that MBB firms.

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Management Consulted

JULY 10, 2016

For most aspiring consultants, McKinsey is the gold standard. 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 ). Non-MBA Master’s. Medical students. The ultimate prize.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

From a prestige factor, BCG is the better name to have on the consulting resume , particularly if you are early in your career and you do not have another big brand name employer preceding ATK or BCG. I don't know any permanently unemployed ex-BCG consultants. You still have the same problem transitioning to the U.S.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 10, 2012

(By the way…if you have any consulting-related inquiries, send them our way! I am now an MBA intern at IBM Strategy & Transformation as a consultant. But I do not want to stay in consulting forever. Take them out to lunch or get them on the phone for an informational interview. Just shoot us a note.).

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

So, after writing the perfect resume and cover letter, and preparing at least 6 Hero Stories, it’s time to face the music. In our Consulting Interview Bible, we go into the differences in great detail – but that’s not the point of this article. Consulting Math. The original market was $24M/year.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at T-Mobile. Power and Associates, a global marketing-information-services firm, as the highest in retail store satisfaction amongst its competitors consecutively for the the past four years and also the highest for customer care two years consecutively.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I wanted to get into consulting right out of undergrad 2 years ago, but because I had very little internship experience and went to a non-target school, I had difficulty getting responses from any of the 30+ firms I applied to - except [ a top 5 firm ], where I did great on 2 interviews and bombed on the 3rd.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 17, 2015

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Airbnb. After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, finished assessments and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days. What do you say?”

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I hadn't applied during the regular recruiting season as I was planning on going directly to an MBA program and trying to get into consulting afterwards. Before my interviews with both firms, I actually got rejected from non- management consulting jobs (even though they were both less prestigious firms and would have been backups for me).

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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. In the context of consulting, it is not easy.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

While I enjoyed receiving your insights, I will no longer need them as I have begun my new life as a consultant with McKinsey! Although I spent enormous time on my cover letter and CV I am sure that it would never be looked at or automatically filtered out (low GPA!) Success Story: Thanks for your emails. Additional Resources.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 10, 2019

Facing rejection from consulting firms is an emotional topic especially with the time and effort candidates put in preparing for the case interview. I recently received this question from a reader about being rejected from all of the consulting jobs they applied for, here is the question and my response to dealing with not getting the offer.

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