Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From this noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of Booz Allen Hamilton’s finest moments from the early years was in the 1950s when Time Magazine dubbed it “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm.” Management Consulting. Consultant.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Close to a year ago, I was unsuccessful with my applications for internships with consulting firms, getting only one interview and failing that too. I would like to thank you for all the success stories that you shared, the many advice that you have given, and your honest perspective on the good and bad of consulting work.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 21, 2013

Andy had failed a case interview with one firm but had a confirmed chance with McKinsey London, and he didn’t want to walk away without the offer. It also represents an exciting new moment for us – the first in a series of video interviews we’ll be posting on the site. Jenny Rae: Hi Andy, how are you?

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 15, 2019

Interview with Rachelle Stone. I’m super excited to have an opportunity to interview Rachelle Stone, one of my favorite Consultant Institute members, almost graduate. What made you decide to leave your corporate job and start your own consulting business? You are a consultant that also coaches.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 29, 2019

Case Interview.com Resources: Definitive Guide to the McKinsey Problem Solving Test. McKinsey Personal Experience Interview. McKinsey Personal Experience Interview. McKinsey Interview. McKinsey Interview. McKinsey Interviewer-Led Format. McKinsey Interview Format. McKinsey Interview.

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Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

As a self-employed consultant do you really need a website? I’m asked this a lot, particularly if a consultant gets most business from referrals or they contract through agencies or boutique firms. Indeed, I know dozens of independent consultants making six-figure incomes without one. If you don’t, keep reading!

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Management Consulted

JUNE 26, 2016

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And so when I ask questions during an interview, I can ask “What’s the size of your firm?

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: I have been following your blog at CaseInterview.com and using your video for my case interview practice. You mentioned in a couple of posts that better consultants are those who are hyper-analytical/linear thinkers. My Reply: This is an interesting question and is an advanced topic that I did not cover in my videos.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 17, 2019

Below is a success story from a CaseInterview.com that just receive a BCG offer where he shares tips on how to handle a BCG consulting interview. Here is a bit more on my experience and the BCG interview process. You start building momentum and confidence as interviews go by. Basic 5Cs, 4Ps sufficed for the most part.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I have purchased the LOMS program, and I must thank you, for the videos have been immensely useful. I have been practising case interviews for over two months now, however, I always get a little tense when I am doing the cases. First, let me explain why the nervousness thing is a legitimate criterion for the interview.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Personally, I found the best case interviews [ in LOMS ] to be the most helpful. I can best equate this to your "consulting is not the end all, be all" message. This understanding gave me confidence and peace during the interview process. There are a number of consulting firms out there, and they are not all the same.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Everything you produced about consulting (video tutorials, emails, etc.) In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. It made me much more confident about dealing with the non-case part of the interview.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Headquarters: Chicago, IL Employees: 3,200 Locations: 58 offices, 40 countries Chief Executive: Johan Aurik, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Revenue: $1B Consulting Engagement Cost: $400K.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2017

For the last 4 years we’ve been running our popular Black Belt interview training courses – with tremendous success. Compared to a 3% acceptance rate at top consulting firms, 55% of our Black Belt Supreme participants have received 1 or more offers from top 10 firms. Definitely. How can we do even more to get ready?

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

What follows is our exchange and my advice on how to prepare for second chance interviews after a rejection. Readers Email: I have a question pertaining to second chance interviews and case interview preparation. I interviewed with McKinsey for the second round and did not make it past that. I'm a Ph.D.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Definitions. in Management Consulting. WE wanted to share the above video because it made us smile. Consulting firms are often associated with ivory tower elitism or faceless prestige. We weren’t paid to share this video and, as it happens, Nous Group are not in need of good publicity. Case Interviews.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. So welcome. Dave Saliaris: Well hi Betsy. And that's where I've landed. Betsy Jordyn: Wow!

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 16, 2019

Below is a success story from a student who was an experienced hire who passed five BCG interviews. This story offers insight into the recruiting process for experienced hires as well as tips for success in the interview. This is a summary of my experience going through BCG interviews as an experienced hire. Success Story.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Case Interview Dress Code. I often get questions about the dress code in a case interview. I cannot thank you enough for providing: The free case interview preparation videos on your blog. your frequent "insightful" emails sharing interview experience of other candidates. Question 1: I hope you are doing great!

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. So welcome. Dave Saliaris: Well hi Betsy. And that's where I've landed. Betsy Jordyn: Wow!

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 15, 2019

As a former consulting resume and cover letter reader for McKinsey, and someone who has reviewed thousands of applications, I have noticed an interesting trend. If your cover letter is good, from the perspective of the person reading the letter, I want to interview you -- basically I am biased in your favor. Here's why it works.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 5, 2016

How did Charlie, a recent Harvard undergrad, navigate through the process of getting accepted to medical school and working for a biotech firm on the West Coast to finally finding his true passion in healthcare consulting (and landing an offer at Putnam)? interview on Friday. And then the other one is Boston Consulting Group.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 13, 2019

10 years, one of the most common questions I am asked is how much time is needed to prepare for a case interview and how to prepare when you don’t have much time. I want to address in this article the 2 nd question of how to prepare for a case interview when you don’t have much time. Reader #2 – 3 Days Until Interview.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 17, 2013

Definitions. get this video when I opened this site! I was looking for some inspiration lately due to my struggles in finding a consulting position. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Case Interviews. Management Consulting.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Email: I am a regular reader of your emails discussing ways in which to succeed at case interviews and can without doubt say that they assisted me in getting an offer for an associate position with McKinsey in Johannesburg. I had prior to the final round).

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. everyone was able to grasp the " Ohhh. Big mistake.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

It applies not only to how you serve clients as a consultant but also how you manage your own career. My thoughts on this topic are widely applicable to CIBs (Case Interview Beginners), F1Ys (Future first years), and CIFMs (Consulting Isn't for Me). Now, this common-sense definition seems pretty straightforward and even obvious.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Question: I am very excited to have received my dream consulting firm offer just two days ago. I don't think I am a traditional consulting candidate and I had no interest in consulting at all, up until last May. Consulting is a great field, and really an amazing opportunity for someone coming out of an undergraduate program.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Definitions. in Management Consulting. THE FRENETIC pace of daily life in Ho Chi Minh City combined with incredible time lapse photography produce a short video that gives you pause for thought (hat tip to Mike Maier for the video). Stop, take a moment, watch the video. Graduate Consulting Group. Categories.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Those are of great help as well, especially the ones about "how not to feel nervous on the interview" and "how to get the most from the LOMS" and other tips. What is the best way to summarise/remember the case interview question ? 3) Confirm with the interviewer what you heard. 2) Remember what you heard. I always go slow.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

As a former advanced degree candidate who applied to consulting while finishing medical school, I would like to share my experience with those of you who are in the middle of making a similar jump out of academia. Excelling in the Interview. Those of my peers who used LOMS listened to them 3-5x before their first round interview.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As a consultant, your working life now revolves around projects and one of your key roles is project manager. You need to become very good at this because poor project management skills will mean your consulting career is very short lived. Include a basic project plan in your consultancy proposal. Here’s what to cover.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 25, 2019

Some thoughts/observations on the BCG Internship interview process below, which might be of interest to you (although I imagine you get a lot of these!). I think the key thing is that as soon as the interviewer stops, you (the candidate) need to continue onwards with the case unless they pull you another way. I had an L.E.K.

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freshminds

MARCH 10, 2015

As it says in the title, here are the Top Ten websites online for a plethora of consultancy resources. From articles to help you decide if this career is right for you or to move from a firm into industry to what would definitely be useful for when you've got the job - templates for presentations and Excel models! Strategy Expert.

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QEmploy

JUNE 10, 2019

Podcasts are the future of self-learning and we made a list of 60 IT podcasts that IT consultants can learn from. While video media is undoubtedly highly engaging, it is also highly time consuming. In order to follow a video the audience needs to be stationary watching a computer screen or a mobile device. Linear Digressions.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

There’s a lot of writing to be done as a consultant – it’s a core consulting skill. There are proposals, issues papers, interview guides, strategies, background briefings, guidelines. Over the years I’ve heard many stories from my clients about their frustration with the poor quality of reports delivered by [other] consultants.

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Our list of highly recommended books to help you succeed as a consultant. Then one day he turned on a video camera, and by using the secrets revealed here, transformed his entire life and earning potential by building his personal brand. YouTube Video Summary: 3. YouTube Video Summary: 4. YouTube Video Summary: 6.

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