The Fearless Marketer

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You just don’t feel that what you are offering is worthy, good enough, or valuable. Your idea/message/offer went nowhere. You gave a presentation and everyone dropped off Zoom after 15 minutes? In the course of his life, he experienced one business failure after another. You know the feeling…. You want to hide.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 25, 2019

Following is a success story I received from an BCG new hire who persevered after a McKinsey rejection, reinforcing the importance of preparation and perseverance in the case interview process. Naturally, I was rejected. My Reply: Congratulations on the BCG offer ! It paid off well in the end. Additional Resources.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

You might have some great consulting or leadership experience, but you are the interviewee after all. I’ve heard countless anecdotes of applicants being rejected after being caught in a bald-faced lie. Instead of cutting your interviewer off or boasting at every turn, maintain a positive attitude and remain openly humble.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

After all, we want something more in our lives. B2C Business - Offer advice, inspiration, programs, products, and services sought out and paid for by an individual who is seeking to improve their own life, career, or personally owned boutique business. Belonging: Fears of rejection or being alone?

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

After all, interviewers want to understand your motivations, not those of anyone else. As above, you want to offer a personalized and well-informed response. What I was truly taken aback by, though, was the fact that Bain regularly rejects clients and projects when the team is unconfident to provide a return of greater than 8x.

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CaseInterview.com

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). However, after spending a few months on applications I ended up getting rejected from all five places I applied (who knew this would actually be the best thing to happen for me).

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While I cannot say it provided the worst experience, it certainly didn’t offer much pleasantness or ease from stress. Family and friends can offer support and guidance to get to the right path to recovery. Religion  — Prayer offers a connection to a higher power. Mental Health Hotline Illinois  — I called 866–903–3787.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2020

And I also get how valuable the right collaborations can be with individuals who offer complimentary skills that can expand the value of a client contract. Getting certification after certification after you're already qualified in your technical expertise. You are putting your own image out there subject to rejection.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 20, 2019

The following is a success story from a CaseInterview.com student who recently received an offer from Monitor Deloitte and his tips for consulting interview success. Success Story: Here is the short and sweet version of my story (longer version below): Doctoral student applies for McKinsey APD -- rejected.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Business development consultants engage in ‘prospecting’ which involves searching for potential customers who are likely to be a good fit for the product or service being offered. Rejection is normal in business development as it happens that potential customers have a ready shopping list of objections: We don’t have a problem.

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The Fearless Marketer

MAY 20, 2019

After all, most of the other 6 modules are all about preparation to market yourself. As soon as you start reaching out, you face possible rejection. What if they outright rejected your promotional efforts? It’s not so much rejection you fear, but disapproval. All of these have their particular challenges.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

and still get rejected. It used to be that all you had to do was pass the case to get an offer. It takes places either right before the case or right after. It’s unfortunate because if you pass the case but fail the Personal Experience Interview, you will get rejected. You get to your McKinsey case interview.

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Management Consulted

JULY 15, 2015

Besides some of the traditional benefits that most employers offer, like 401K and stock options, some of the additional Virgin perks are pretty cool – like being able to fly for free on their airlines, subsidized cost of other Virgin company services like mobile service, railway service, gym memberships, etc.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 29, 2021

In some ways, a consulting business is one of the easiest businesses to start since people often get into consulting after working in a specific industry for a number of years. In order to increase your chances of not merely surviving but thriving, you need to find a niche where you can excel and offer value. Find Your Niche.

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Consulting Success

OCTOBER 30, 2017

After 20 years in construction management, he decided to make the leap to consulting, as a way to give back to the construction and contracting community. He was responsible for managing materials, labor, subcontractors, budgets, and more, but after 20 years in the construction business, he decided that it was time to make a change.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

These success stories come from readers who secured offers with McKinsey as an experienced hire. writing to you about my success story just after my donation to kidpower.org. I received an offer from McKinsey / European office. I had many rejections on the way. Congratulations on the McKinsey offer!!

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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? Follow-up the rejection and ask for feedback. You’ll typically receive a rejection call after the interview. This is priority numero uno.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I went through rejection after rejection. Meanwhile, I secured an offer with a boutique strategy consulting firm and was sure I would be working there over the summer. And here I am with an offer at [ firm interviewed with ] for an internship position over the summer. This entire quarter went by.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Tips from CaseInterview.com Students that Received Offers: Oliver Wyman Interview Tips from a New Hire. Tips for Preparing for LEK Interview after Rejection. Practice Case 4 – 3D Printed Hip Implants 2/2. Tips and Tricks. LEK Interview Tips from a New Hire. Tips for Succeeding in an LEK Internship Interview.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This field report comes from an F1Y who had abandoned the idea of consulting after failure in the case interview process but then decided to pursue it as a career option a second time and succeeded. Two years later, with rejections from McK, Monitor, Bain, Deloitte, I'm proud to share with you that McK has made me an offer!!!!

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The Fearless Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It’s not that the strategies themselves are difficult, it’s that keeping at it, week after week, takes unusual persistence and resilience. After all, in a campaign, you need to get out there and communicate the value of your professional services to people who don’t know you, don’t care about you and who have priorities other than yours.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

After all, we want something more in our lives. B2C Business - Offer advice, inspiration, programs, products, and services sought out and paid for by an individual who is seeking to improve their own life, career, or personally owned boutique business. Belonging: Fears of rejection or being alone?

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Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2014

I ended up getting my offer last week and I wanted to write and let you know that I couldn’t have done it without your website as a resource. I transferred after my first semester, looking for a more competitive athletic program and a larger university with more opportunities. I also worked very long hours.

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Consulting Success

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, John started his business in Ireland 13 years ago and moved to the south of France after realizing that one of the great perks of consulting was that he could base his business anywhere. Prior to starting his business, John was climbing the ladder in the corporate world.

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The Fearless Marketer

JUNE 24, 2019

You need an offering which is easy to buy. Invite them to connect, offer them something like a white paper or other widget on your topic. If you are moving the other way, talk about what newer industries can learn from older (after all, they’re still here after 100+ years – they must know something )!”.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 24, 2016

In fact, perfectionism is the number one disguise for fear of rejection from others. They’re examples of business progress being thwarted by fear of rejection. Allow your target audience to give you valuable feedback, and then use it to improve upon your “imperfect” products and offerings down the road.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

I went through workshops offered by these firms and talked to numerous recruiters and consultants. After each case that I approached with my custom-made framework variations, I slightly adapted the framework if I had missed some important issue in order to make it both more robust and more "crisp.". THANK YOU SO MUCH! Thank you again!

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

If you skip the web process and go straight to marketing, you might employ tactic after tactic without really having a sense of the end game outside of finding clients. You will also see how offering too much muddies an otherwise good marketing message. The best actions are equally balanced with reflection. What do I want?

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I passed the first round at McKinsey and I was rejected after the first round at BCG. Could you offer any advice on that? There was one piece of feedback common from both firms: "I was interviewing on a low energy level". Additional Resources.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

These success stories come from readers who landed offers to work at international BCG firms. Thanks to you, I managed to secure an offer at BCG South East Asia as a Junior Consultant (I have a PhD) as well as 2 other offers from smaller firms. In total I had 5 final round rejections before getting my first offer.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 15, 2019

If, on the other hand, your cover letter is lousy, as the reader, I have "decided" to reject you (or am certainly heavily biased that way), and only glance at the resume to make sure I didn't miss any "wow" factor on the resume that would cause me to change my mind. Your Cover Letter Tips Got Me an LEK Offer .

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

This McKinsey F1Y's story reminds us how important practice and prep work are in securing an offer. Success Story: I wanted to shoot you an email to let you know that I just received an offer for an Associate position with McKinsey. In fact, the feedback I received after getting the offer was that I had "nailed" the cases.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Rejection letters aren’t easy for any of us. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in a decade at Harvard Business Review — during which I’ve rejected literally thousands of ideas, pitches, and drafts — it’s that a quick no is better than a long maybe. Writing a Basic Rejection Letter.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Does Oliver Wyman really offer a “different kind of consulting”? 2 key players were former Booz Allen Hamilton partners, Alex Oliver and Bill Wyman, who creatively (or not so much) named the firm after themselves. Mercer took after its parent company and began building and acquiring its own businesses.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

As a result of the studies that the small team conducted, the proposition was put forth that Bain establish a non-profit practice area which was considered, but ultimately rejected. After the rejection, Tierney pitched the idea of creating an alliance with Bain that would be independent. Group Consulting. Networking Groups.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Pressure influences leaders and organizations to move in new directions and reject the status quo. The field of strategic foresight offers some great tools for assisting leaders with seeing around the corners, which can lead to feeling more competent and confident about your decision. link] Decision-Making Tip #2: Be curious.

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The Source

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Honestly, the whole situation reads like a lovelorn letter to an advice columnist: Dear Abby, I’ve been chasing after this guy for a while now—he seems perfect in so many ways, and I know I have a lot to offer him. And if we’re being completely honest, we wouldn’t reject that advice out of hand, either.

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