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How to Win Your Consulting Case Competition

Tom Spencer

Are you signed up for a case competition , ready to showcase your skills and get a quick resume-building experience? For example, if a case is related to business, it is likely to involve questions about finance and accounting, strategy, and marketing. You might choose a finance major, a marketing major, and a sociology major.

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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

For example, you could take classes in statistics, data analysis, or programming, or join a student consulting group or business club. For example, you could try interning in adjacent roles that also involve problem-solving and project management. Plus, many consulting firms recruit MBA graduates directly from business schools.

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3 ways financial advisory consulting bests strategy consulting

Management Consulted

In compliance work, or on finance-focused projects, the broad-sweeping projections of strategy consulting don’t cut it. As mentioned in our previous post, financial consulting is a much better choice than a narrowly-defined role in internal finance (especially at a no-name corporation). Just a bit of networking will do you right!

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Dinged From MBB Consulting Firms – Now What?

Management Consulted

If you are an undergrad who has been turned down for a summer internship at MBB, going in to finance is your next best bet. In addition, having a finance internship under your belt shows that you’ve got the necessary quant skills to succeed in consulting. For the Pre-MBA level, finance should be your last option.

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Why “Dumber” People are More Successful than You

CaseInterview.com

Here are a few examples: A friend of mine was in the MIT PhD program in electrical engineering. When I became an entrepreneur, I was by far the person with the most elite academic credentials amongst my peers (these were small businesses without venture capital financing). I was nowhere near the most successful. What is that X factor?

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PARADE Method

CaseInterview.com

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It can be used by candidates to prepare concise and powerful answers to commonly asked consulting resume questions. Let me provide two examples so you can see the PARADE Method in action. What was the outcome? The amount was $15,000.

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You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?

Management Consulted

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? Example questions to ask are: “Mark – thanks for the call. If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask.

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