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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. Most people obsess over resume format -- what font size, margins, etc. Here's why it works.

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

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I went through workshops offered by these firms and talked to numerous recruiters and consultants. I read Marc Cosentino's Book ( Case in Point ), and I watched your videos (unfortunately, LOMS wasn't available yet). I did the same for resume questions, i.e., I tried to structure my answers to questions like "Why our firm?"

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LEK Interview Cover Letter

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As the full time recruitment season in Autumn 2010 approached, I returned to your site and subscribed to your mailing list too. 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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BCG International Offers

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Your videos are by far the clearest and the most helpful in aceing the case interviews. I definitely think it is a personality/cultural fit with the firm as I wasn't even called for the first round at McKinsey. I got a slight edge in the McKinsey recruiting process by accident. My Reply: Congratulations!

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Booz Allen Hamilton Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Unlike Bain or LEK, the firm doesn’t restrict itself to junior hiring and you have a great opportunity to learn some grand consulting processes and get a brand name on your resume with absolutely no experience. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . GPA, visit www.emerging-leaders.com for more information. Core Values.

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Applying to McKinsey from a Non-Target School

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I hadn't applied during the regular recruiting season as I was planning on going directly to an MBA program and trying to get into consulting afterwards. This was the mental image I had in my mind when I was recruiting (and no information existed anywhere to counter this image. so it seemed like a better fit for me, so I focused.

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Booz Allen Hamilton

Management Consulted

This also means they’ve definitely got friends in the highest places in the land, so you probably don’t want to mess with them. A definite high point about being a Boozer however, is the commitment they make to junior staff member’s career development. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Core Values.