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5 Cheap Ways for Consultants (or Anyone) to Develop Their Skills

Tom Spencer

Mckinsey Quarterly. The Mckinsey Way. Develop your own Product/Program Methodology. As an added bonus, you might be able to use these solutions to build a professional portfolio to elevate your resume. Financial Times. Industry Insights. Strategy + Business. Oliver Wyman Insights. Novantas Review. Online Forums.

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Abt Associates Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

To position yourself for MBB, except perhaps for a very specific practice area at McKinsey or Deloitte’s Federal Consulting practice, it makes more sense to focus on commercial or private-sector opportunities. The very first stage of recruiting at Abt is their online application, where you will upload your resume for screening.

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Parthenon-EY Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In contrast to the MBB firms, you’ll be working with Fortune 1000 companies, whereas McKinsey, Bain and BCG generally work more with Fortune 100 and 500 firms. The firm requires case interviews that are typical mid-range case interviews – not as numerical as McKinsey, but more specific strategy (and numbers) than HR cases.

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Launching the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online

Management Consulted

What started off as an informal blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. Over the years, we’ve come up with a lot of really great stuff ; our success has amazed even us.

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Launching the Consulting Fit Interview Bootcamp – Online

Management Consulted

What started off as a casual blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. Over the years, we’ve made a huge discovery. And after all that, even with 1.5M That number is insane.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

Below are some of the skills they are looking for in interns: Familiarity with formal software development life-cycle (SDLC) methodology. Usually, the route is to apply for MBB (McKinsey Bain, BCG). Familiarity with programming, database management, or ETL interfacing is preferred. Exit Opportunities .

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

In adopting this methodology, it has become very natural to logically determine what new knowledge or skills are pertinent to understanding a problem thoroughly and synthesizing an appropriate conclusion. .” We offer resume editing and interview prep. ” “Variety of project. Reputation. Exit opportunities.”