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How Taekwon-Do Prepared Me for Consulting Interviews

Tom Spencer

I have been training for over seventeen years now. It turns out that preparing for case interviews is fairly similar to preparing for Taekwon-Do Competitions. This goal setting with subtasks resembles the application and interview process, which also is a once-a-year opportunity. Learning Frameworks. Setting Goals.

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Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Management Consulted

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don’t want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter’s mid-afternoon horseplay because you’ve bored them to death. That’s why we’re giving you some guidelines on key resume errors to avoid and things you can do to make it past the first round of reviews.

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Advanced Consulting Fit Interviews – Video Overview

Management Consulted

You’ve done all your homework on the firm, networked your butt off, and crafted the pristine consulting resume and cover letter. Then you receive a call saying you’ve passed the first round and they want you to come in for an interview. Here they are: Walk Me Through Your Resume. ” you might ask.

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Black Belt Supreme 2017 Closes May 31st!

Management Consulted

For the last 4 years we’ve been running our popular Black Belt interview training courses – with tremendous success. On average, they do 40 cases with practice partners, 10 with us, and hours of personal reflection, preparation and planning for both fit and case interviews. How can we do even more to get ready? That’s right!

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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Many that serve clients with strategy come from organizations (like Bain or McKinsey) that offer excellent toolkit and skills training pre-Bridgespan; the training at Bridgespan is there, but not as thorough. KEY STATS FOR BRIDGESPAN. Bridgespan Website: www.bridgespan.org. Internships.

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A Note to University Seniors

Tom Spencer

You probably need a baseline of training and experience before you become a net positive contributor to a project team. If you’ve ever found yourself praying before an interview for the universe to help you “just get this one offer”, you’re experiencing the symptoms of these fundamentally tough market conditions. Focus on yourself.

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7 People who NEED to apply to McKinsey in the next 8 days

Management Consulted

*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 ). Once you’ve passed the resume screen, you’ll be invited in to a local office for a first round interview.

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