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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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JULY 24, 2023

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). Organizational Talent Consulting.

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MAY 15, 2020

The most important “skill” to thriving in a major economic crisis isn’t some kind of special talent or skill. 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. Determination.

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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. Video: The Top 5 Mistakes People Make on a Consulting Resume. which I have been very keen on working at.

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APRIL 19, 2019

The difference in my performance (given the same raw talent) with preparation vs. without preparation is probably a difference of 10 times. Preparing allows you to showcase your talent. When I was at McKinsey, two things became very apparent to me about my colleagues. Preparation matters a lot. This is solved 100% via practice.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

What follows is a field report from a reader who just got a McKinsey offer, and my commentary on the perfect hypothesis opening statement. Field Report: I wanted to let you know that I received an offer from McKinsey as a non-MBA candidate. This is why the person above got a McKinsey offer despite making a few mistakes.

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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. Members get access to 6 hours of video tutorials on case interviews , the actual frameworks I used to pass my interviews, and over 500 articles on case interviews.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

A lot of people have generic PowerPoint knowledge, but it’s incredibly rare for us to meet someone who could rock a McKinsey quality PowerPoint without hours and hours of babysitting. A McKinsey presentation is unique in its own way , in the same way that Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, Booz & Co and KPMG etc. Why is that?

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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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APRIL 30, 2019

Recently I received the following email from a reader who was recently rejected by McKinsey in the second round. I interviewed with McKinsey for the second round and did not make it past that. I interviewed with McKinsey for the second round and did not make it past that. I'm a Ph.D. Then a Bain first round that afternoon.

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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. With that, the compensation packages and demand for top-notch talent are on the rise as well. McKinsey & Company. Ernst & Young.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

When I was recruiting, I once had a McKinsey engagement manager explain to me what I just explained to you. While the list of distinguishing characteristics is long, one trait that many McKinsey partners and engagement managers often talk about is "coach-ability.". It's unlikely you will be more talented than your colleagues.

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APRIL 12, 2019

It takes an awful lot of talent to compensate for such a major disadvantage. Another observation on this point, when I get emails from people with offers from MBB - McKinsey, Bain & BCG. Another observation on this point, when I get emails from people with offers from MBB - McKinsey, Bain & BCG. Additional Resources.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

I found your case study videos very useful, as is the one-page framework handout, to prepare me for the interviews. Luckily I turned out OK, so thank you for the boost in confidence I got by watching your videos. He had nearly 20 years at McKinsey, I had 1 year. These people do have very strong raw analytical talent.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

From your experience at McKinsey, what is your opinion on how much being an industry expert is valued by these firms? Generalist firms like McKinsey hire both types -- generalists for the main associate track and specialists that only do industry-specific work (and often are not eligible to make partner).

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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 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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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 18, 2022

This TikTok video and news clip of a robotic server at Denny’s went viral with people on both sides of the debate. According to a study by McKinsey & Company, you are justified in this thinking. McKinsey Global Institute. McKinsey & Company. Automation is everywhere and is a controversial employment topic.

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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. We have no control over what raw talent we may or may not have. Success Story: Thank you very much for providing so much great material for free.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I am a former [ top 5 ] MBA, and have failed my interviews with McKinsey and BCG a couple of times for Associate level roles. I have now managed to get an interview with McKinsey again -- as I am a sucker for punishment -- and I am wondering what I need to do to make that jump into the top tier. that's kind of obvious.).

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JULY 18, 2019

Talent and Organization Performance. Your own talents in this essential business concern might be a good fit for any of these areas for more details: [link]. Accenture proactively seeks out talent in the African American, Hispanic, and LGBT communities. For More: [link]. One third of its workers are women.

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APRIL 30, 2019

A discrepancy exists between a candidate's talent level (which to them is synonymous with " insightfulness ") and their case process. I know of one McKinsey (might have been BCG) case interview trainer in Hong Kong who has gone so far as to tell candidates to not prepare at all! Let's call this scenario "framework vomit".

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Here it is: While talent counts, determination matters a lot. * 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. Apparently, he is extremely good at both. 2) A choice.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

If you have the raw talent and work ethic but are simply inexperienced, that’s very different than if you are experienced (in terms of years worked), but just can’t seem to do a good job. For most of my time at McKinsey , I was highly motivated and it showed. It is also situationally dependent.

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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. Why buy it? .

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MARCH 10, 2019

Did you go through my free video tutorials , practice live cases with practice partners at caseinterviewpartner.com , practice your case interview math at caseinterviewmath.com and go through the Look Over My Shoulder ® program? There were one or two of my colleagues at McKinsey who basically quit after six months.

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JUNE 11, 2019

Here is the deal, I got a first-round interview at McKinsey, but did not get through to the second round. 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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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

And I once even thought about giving up; maybe I am just not that talented. 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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JULY 23, 2019

I felt that with every new case, I was sharpening my raw talent of analysis, creativity, structuring and quantitative/qualitative skills. a kind of determination that frankly most people (even those that are very smart, talented, and accomplished) do not have. At the time, I had no idea if I had any talent.

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MARCH 5, 2019

For new college graduates entering management consulting the top three consulting firms salaries breakdown is below: McKinsey: Base Salary: $83,000. McKinsey: Base Salary: $152,500. However, only students of top talent within these programs are recruited. Undergraduate Salaries (Entry-level). Performance Bonus: $18,000 max.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

To the extent this is true, it is my hope that people emulate the guiding principles behind the decisions I've made in my career and not copy the decisions I made in my career, given my specific talents, strengths and competitive advantages. The other (who was not nearly as academically talented) decided to pursue a career in fashion.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

It is very tempting to conclude that these clients are slow, not talented, and if you had their job you could do it so much better. Well, you see I wrote that bio and deliberately wanted to be introduced as a Stanford graduate and ex-McKinsey. This was one of my secrets at McKinsey. Here's why. Now, why would I do this?

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JULY 18, 2019

Talent Programs. Like other top-tier firms, Oliver Wyman has some special programs to try and retain their consulting talent. 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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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

I have recently received feedback from my final round interviews at McKinsey, and have been told that they would like to interview me two more times because they were not clear on some of my case solving abilities. Essentially, McKinsey looks for three things when they interview for cases, and candidates are marked on these three areas: 1.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

And from the employer’s standpoint, making the preparation process easier allows more people with raw talent to improve their skills to the point of qualifying to work in the top firms. So, it's a win-win. The other thing to note is this person did have an advantage. The person knew people already working in consulting.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

I guess it has gotten so bad, that in some countries McKinsey tells candidate to not use frameworks so much or to not use frameworks at all. What I found interesting about this mistake is of the 20 or so people I interviewed, all of them had watched the 12 free introductory videos I made introducing the case interview process.

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JUNE 24, 2019

I was rejected from BCG and McKinsey in the first round and rejected from AT Kearney in the second round. Are these people the most talented future consultants in the world? I would never do this if I were still at McKinsey, as it would be completely unacceptable and embarrassing. Maybe yes, maybe no.

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