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LEK Interview Cover Letter

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That was when I came across your site and sent you an email on how I should write my cover letter, which you kindly replied to as well. For you, I wanted to point out that recently, I revised and added new online tutorials and articles on how to write a consulting cover letter and what employers look for in a consulting resume.

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The Importance of a Consulting Cover Letter

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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. Most cover letters stink, and many resumes emphasize the wrong things. Your Cover Letter Tips Got Me an LEK Offer . Here's why it works.

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

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I read Marc Cosentino's Book ( Case in Point ), and I watched your videos (unfortunately, LOMS wasn't available yet). What you have to realize about this role of reading consulting resumes and cover letters is this. Out of 400 applications, I would say about 350 of them were clear and obvious mail merge cover letters. --.

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Black Belt Supreme 2017 Closes May 31st!

Management Consulted

Black Belt Supreme includes 6 live webinars (recorded for later viewing if you’re doing something important – like working), access to all 6 of our e-books, all of our online video bootcamps (if you’re a BBD), and 1:1 access to Black Belt Supreme case partners. Do I have to complete my resume/cover letter edit right away?

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Prep Tips from McKinsey F1Y

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I didn't write unique, custom-tailored or even interesting cover letters (seriously, if I had to read hundreds, I'd skip mine after the 5th word) 2. It definitely still helped me structuring my thinking and the cases themselves were interesting. In hindsight, after learning from you, I now know this happened for 2 reasons: 1.

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Applying to McKinsey from a Non-Target School

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Additionally, I went through the Case Interview Secrets videos twice, and went through Cosentino 's book four times (in order to nail any possible estimation question and read through some more case examples). In order to prepare, I went through LOMS about seven times, turning it on at work and listening to it throughout the day.

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Case Interview Advice from Another McKinsey New Hire

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CV/covering letter. He explained that many firms have a marking system with, say, five possible marks for academics, four possible marks for previous work experience, five for extra-curriculars and perhaps one or two for a sound covering letter. This is definitely on the extreme side. So it is much easier.