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BCG Offer vs. AT Kearney Offer

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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. 4) Or at some point, quit BCG, live off savings, move to the country of your choice (assuming you have travel visas, etc.)

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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.

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Applying to McKinsey from a Non-Target School

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It is very easy to over-extrapolate the data and to form overly negative conclusions about those rejections. You put in a lot of time, energy, and money (travel to interviews, taking people out to lunch, buying a new suit, prep materials, etc.) I will cover how to answer those "fit" or "leadership" questions in a future post.

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How to Get a McKinsey Interview Through Networking

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I guess she noticed how much effort I was putting into doing my homework that she sent my resume to the head of Stanford recruiting and said, "You should really interview this guy." Long story short, my consulting resume was the very first resume received out of 400 Stanford applicants. I had a great cover letter.

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F1Y Success Stories

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I followed your advice for cover letter and resume writing to every last word by filling gaps in my analytical work experience, getting a brand name on the resume and communicating concisely with a large amount of purpose behind each sentence and word I wrote. This worked far beyond my expectations. No, Thanks!