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JUNE 18, 2019

At consulting firms like McKinsey, you will receive a personal experience interview (or McKinsey PEI). Despite the emphasis I and others places on the case interview, it is important that you be prepared for the more general interview questions that are based on your consulting resume.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The following success stories come from readers who have successfully landed offers with international McKinsey firms. I did get an incredible job at a McKinsey subsidiary which specializes in one industry in particular, and finally got extended a job offer. I passed the McKinsey and Bain selection exams. Thank you very much!

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Question: It was really fascinating to read your today's email about landing a McKinsey offer while coming from advertising. My Reply: Given your background, there are two things I would suggest: Make sure your resume emphasizes your quantitative analysis and math skills. Thanks a lot in advance, hope to hear back from you.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

Using your frameworks and guidelines, I was able to recently secure offers from Oliver Wyman and McKinsey (I accepted the McKinsey offer). My school is a non-target and I am not sure if anybody from my school has received a non-MBA position at McKinsey in the past 10 years. That is the essence of leadership.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Following is a success story from a student that interviewed with four firms and got offers from both McKinsey and Bain. As of yesterday, an offer from McKinsey has been added to that one. Naturally, I am excited about having offers from these two exceptional firms, and I have decided to go and work for McKinsey.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

At McKinsey (London), the final round interviews, much like the first round, are all entirely interviewer-led scenarios. Some candidates at the McKinsey final round discovered that their interviewers were using the same exact cases across both rounds!). So I walked into my final rounds expecting a blank canvas. Here is the scenario.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

It is because of the resources you have made available online that I was able to secure an offer from McKinsey as a Business Analyst. It was my achievements during my first two years [ there ] that I think caught McKinsey's attention, and prompted them to reach out and ask me to apply. which I signed and returned yesterday.

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Tsavo Neal

APRIL 13, 2017

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm. McKinsey has also worked with some of the biggest companies in the world. After browsing through the websites of the most prestigious consulting firms, McKinsey’s stood out to me the most. McKinsey’s Homepage (Mobile). It looks professional.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

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.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 4, 2022

There is a lot to think about when preparing for consulting interviews , and you may want to check out some of our other blog posts and guides for preparing your resume , creating your cover letter , and improving your network. For example, BCG requires one-way video interviews. Frameworks. Experiential Questions. Case Studies.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

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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OCTOBER 31, 2019

Your videos and posts on the case interview process gave me an excellent introduction to consulting interviews, and I could not have found a more comprehensive site detailing the work, life and opportunities of consulting. The Ultimate Guide to on How to Write a Perfect Consulting Resume. How to Write a Consulting Cover Letter.

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MARCH 10, 2019

The first step in the application process where cuts are made would be the Consulting Resume and Cover Letter Screen. get an awful lot of resumes out of the blue -- but historically they. When I was at McKinsey , the preference was to have alumni of a particular institution screen resumes and CV's from those institutions.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

This success story comes from a McKinsey new hire from a non-target school who gives tips on getting an interview, and explains how to use the 80/20 rule in case interview preparation. After more than 300 hours of preparation and about 200 practice cases with partners, I was able to secure an offer at McKinsey & Company in a major U.S.

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MAY 9, 2019

I suggest you network with anyone within a management consulting firm regardless of whether they are involved in recruiting or consulting resume screening. As someone who has reviewed thousands of cover letters and resumes (which by the way is a very, very, very, very painful process because every cover letter seems the same.

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JUNE 13, 2019

I also found a lot of value in the LOMS materials that I purchased after going through the Case Interview Secrets videos. After reading your article on CVs and resumes , I set my sights on getting a big name employer since I didn't have any work experience or a big name school on my resume.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

From a prestige factor, BCG is the better name to have on the consulting resume , particularly if you are early in your career and you do not have another big brand name employer preceding ATK or BCG. Today - even many years later, the McKinsey name still opens doors for me. It is still in my bio when giving speeches.

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JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn how to market yourself through your resume and cover letter so that you will get the interview. Topics Covered: How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. Your resume needs to show all of these skills. Academic Performance.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

If I told a room full of my old McKinsey colleagues that Jordyn Wieber, who is now 17 years old, starting doing gymnastics at 4 years of age and trains around 5 hours a day, I kid you not. because once again, if I did such an estimate in a room full of my former McKinsey colleagues, someone. but I digress.). Here's why.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Hint - I used the exact same principles I suggest you use when writing a strong cover letter or resume. For more info on resume writing, see my video on the top 5 mistakes candidates make in writing resumes.). To access the video, just click this link: Case Interview Confidence with Roger Love.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Could you prioritize them (given that other things being equal since now I only care about the value that it could contribute to my future consulting resume )? The brand value should no longer be the determining factor, as they truly are equal enough to get someone to actually read your resume.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Consulting also provides a powerful resume stamp of pedigree that makes many other professionals stand up and take notice. Just as a Harvard or Stanford on a resume catches people's eye, so does a McKinsey or Bain. Finally, clients who love working with a particular consultant may want them to come work for them directly.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

While not as prestigious as Mckinsey or BCG, the firm is top in its field when it comes to [ Person's Favorite Industry ] consulting, and that focus was what I was looking for. Your advice on cover letters, resumes, and case interviews gave me the edge I needed. Yesterday, I received an offer from my top choice consulting firm.

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JULY 17, 2019

I took another offer in industry in a different country where I am currently working and decided to reapply in one year's time because I was encouraged to do so by McKinsey partners. I managed to get the interviews with all three majors with the help of my well established networking connections, but was again dinged by McKinsey and Bain.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

While it sometimes seems that everyone wants to get into the top 3 strategy consulting firms McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company (Bain), also known as MBB , it's worth noting that there are several other top consulting firms that can give a career a real boost. McKinsey is the world leader in consulting prestige.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I watched the videos first and found them amazing! I never submitted a resume through their website, but rather, followed your advice on networking and was able to connect and network with someone who directly referred me to their recruiter. So I decided to prepare for the business case assignment this time.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I followed your advice for cover letter and resume writing to every last word by filling gaps in my analytical work experience, getting a brand name on the resume and communicating concisely with a large amount of purpose behind each sentence and word I wrote. I just received an offer from McKinsey.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I want to preface all this with mentioning that I first became interested in consulting during my freshman year, when I had heard of a family friend who joined McKinsey. With some more research and discussion with my family, I had learned about McKinsey's incredibly impressive reputation in the business world.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 4, 2015

We’ve published new consulting videos , planned speaking tours to aid students and experienced hires for consulting recruiting, and created several surprises just for our MC subscribers. McKinsey & Company. McKinsey & Company Undergraduate Salary. For McKinsey Research Analyst in Poland: €22,000 base.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

In addition to the case interview, you will be asked questions about your various career (or academic/extra-curricular) experiences, based on your consulting resume. The first thing to realize is that interviewers by and large all ask similar resume-oriented questions. There very much is a preferred way to answer these questions.

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MARCH 10, 2019

So getting the interview is a function of 1) your consulting resume , and 2) your cover letter. To solve that problem, make sure the information on your resume is competitive and the cover letter is extremely strong. There were one or two of my colleagues at McKinsey who basically quit after six months.

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Management Consulted

MAY 5, 2015

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. There are 28 lessons with a teaching video (10-20 minutes). 9 hours of video content.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

In my three years at McKinsey, I worked on close to a dozen such issues. Here are some examples of jobs and roles my friends took after 2 - 3 years at McKinsey. Keep in mind my colleague group started at McKinsey after undergraduate, so you'll see some go to grad school. He found that McKinsey on the resume was a liability.

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MARCH 26, 2019

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. . It is probably a better example for use in the senior executive position that I interviewed for following my McKinsey days.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I look forward to continuing my successes and moving into full-time recruiting in the fall with a legitimate firm on my resume. If you found this post useful, I suggest becoming a registered member (it's free) to get access to the materials I used to pass 60 out of 61 case interviews , land 7 job offers, and end up working at McKinsey.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

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. There are 12 lessons with a teaching video (10-20 minutes). 7 hours of video content.

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JULY 23, 2019

The achievements and experiences that you had to edit or condense in your resume you now can discuss at greater length. If you found this post useful, I suggest becoming a registered member (it's free) to get access to the materials I used to pass 60 out of 61 case interviews , land 7 job offers, and end up working at McKinsey.

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