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Travel, Training and Mentorship

Tom Spencer

Three significant aspects in the life of a management consultant: travel, training and mentorship. When it comes to travel, different consulting firms have different policies. McKinsey consultants often spend Monday to Thursday at the client site with Fridays in the office.

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McKinsey International Offers

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The following success stories come from readers who have successfully landed offers with international McKinsey firms. I did get an incredible job at a McKinsey subsidiary which specializes in one industry in particular, and finally got extended a job offer. I passed the McKinsey and Bain selection exams. Thank you very much!

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Applying to McKinsey from a Non-Target School

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Using your frameworks and guidelines, I was able to recently secure offers from Oliver Wyman and McKinsey (I accepted the McKinsey offer). My school is a non-target and I am not sure if anybody from my school has received a non-MBA position at McKinsey in the past 10 years. The learning curve is expensive.

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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

Marketing consultants may work as freelancers, or as part of a digital agency (such as Slalom ), marketing agency (such as Ogilvy ), or larger firm that has digital and marketing capabilities (such as McKinsey Digital or BCG X ). For instance, it could be helpful to take courses on Adobe or Google Analytics in LinkedIn Learning.

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Consulting Career Pathways After a Few Years (Edition 1: Undergrad to Consulting)

Tom Spencer

However, staying in consulting means committing more time to the consulting lifestyle with the intense hours, frequent travel, and other consulting stressors. Of course, not everyone who pivots into public interest becomes the next Buttigieg. Go to Graduate School (MBA and Other Programs). Pivot to Public Interest.

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Minto Pyramid Principle

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Student Question: Recently I came across a book called 'The Minto Pyramid' , you might know this book, by Barbara Minto, ex-McKinsey. This is what we did every day at McKinsey. Of course, the outline was not yet factually supported. Would you recommend me to use MINTO principle??? My Response: Yes, Yes, Yes!

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How to Transition to Management Consulting after Law School

Management Consulted

Many lawyers we’ve heard from would rather be involved in proactive strategy vs. reactive strategy – being involved in setting a company’s course as opposed to being called in to fix something after it’s gone wrong. We created a comprehensive course on how to do it well. On the plus side?