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Personal Ethics -- in Consulting Offers and in Business

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My Reply: There is no right answer for everyone and depends on your personal sense of ethics. As long as you're not asking for months of extra time, a few extra days will not screw up their recruiting plans. and would risk hampering future recruiting efforts, especially in on-campus recruiting.

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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting

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The Class of 2015 had a full 35% of its graduates accept offers in the consulting field, and Kellogg has become a hot recruiting spot across top firms – but especially for McKinsey. In fact, McKinsey has hired over 215 Kellogg graduates over the last 5 years, including 34 from this most recent class. 2015 class size: 635.

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How to Transition to Management Consulting after Law School

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They generally don’t have the quant or analytical chops needed to succeed in consulting, but have the drive and work ethic to quickly become competent in these areas. Don’t firms only recruit from top MBA programs? We’d HIGHLY recommend you’d begin skilling up in Excel and financial modeling now!

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Extreme Determination and Extreme Success

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For example, as a part-owner of an NBA basketball team, his team recently recruited the second-best college player in the United States. Just for fun during practice, he decided to play 1:1 against this 21-year-old superstar recruit. But , the decision to choose your own level of determination and work ethic IS within your control.

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2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC

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I ended up using some of the books off your site’s recommended reading list – The McKinsey Way , How to Get Into the Top Consulting Firms , and I bought the Consulting Interview Bible. This was a pretty ambitious goal considering no banks recruited from my school. My senior year I continued my work as a research assistant.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

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Additionally, a lack of an advanced degree would not knock you off that path (like it would at McKinsey, BCG or Bain). The firm is an excellent launch pad for individuals with an excellent work ethic and aspirations of rapid career growth. For Consulting roles, Oliver Wyman recruits in 60 top schools all over the world.

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The Right Attitude for Case Interviews

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Preparation: - LOMS and McKinsey's Problem Solving Test for the case studies (four weeks). I t has occurred to me that some might misinterpret that work ethic as more than it is. Early in the recruiting process, people are very concerned about having a good recruiting season. The two are not the same.