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Travel, Training and Mentorship

Tom Spencer

Three significant aspects in the life of a management consultant: travel, training and mentorship. When it comes to travel, different consulting firms have different policies. McKinsey consultants often spend Monday to Thursday at the client site with Fridays in the office.

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MC Coach Interview: My First Year at McKinsey

Management Consulted

Today we get a sneak peek into a former McKinsey consultant’s first year of life at the firm. and asked a few questions about her time at a non-core school, breaking into McKinsey, and her early career to find out what McKinsey life was like for her. How was settling in at McKinsey for you?

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Undergrad Bootcamper Breaks into McKinsey Chicago

Management Consulted

This is a transcribed phone interview between Rachel (name changed) and Jenny Rae – enjoy her insights about failing the first time around but coming back for consulting success and landing an offer with McKinsey in her senior year. So the only offer I got was McKinsey, but that was my top choice. Hi Jenny Rae. Same to you.

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Applying to McKinsey from a Non-Target School

CaseInterview.com

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. The learning curve is expensive.

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Business Ecosystems: Building Stronger Connections

Tom Spencer

For instance, Elon Musk is aiming to transform Twitter into the X superapp , which will presumably emulate the example of WeChat in China by offering everything from digital payments, financial services, shopping, ride hailing, and other travel services.

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

This may involve traveling to the client’s site to collect data, interview employees, and examine daily operations. McKinsey Now almost 100 years old, McKinsey & Company is largely regarded as the godfather of management consulting. Many management consulting firms refer to McKinsey as the gold standard of the industry.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

If the aviation industry continues down the path of high CO 2 emissions, what will happen when new aerospace markets open: sub-orbital travel, supersonic flight, and space hotels? Sub-orbital travel, popularized in 2021 by Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, is projected to become a $3.5 Billion industry by 2027.

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