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Don’t Give Up on Unconscious Bias Training — Make It Better

Harvard Business

There’s a growing skepticism about whether unconscious bias training is an effective tool to meet corporate diversity goals. Critics of such training contend that it doesn’t visibly move the needle on diversity numbers, and can even backfire. Clearly, not all trainings are equally good — and none are a silver bullet.

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

If you happen to attend a non-target school then the next best thing would be to attend a virtual recruiting and case interview workshop. MD or PhD), is whether to pursue residency training for newly minted physicians or a post-doctoral research fellowship for PhDs. The Application Process. Focus on results (ideally quantifiable ones).

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Virtual Interview Tips to Hire Top Talent

LSA Global

Look directly into the camera to make eye contact with the candidate and create a connection.Open up with small talk — purposely not using the resume to lead the discussion — and ask open-ended general questions at first. All of our virtual interviewing training courses include extensive virtual interviewing practice.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).

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Interview Process and Preparation - McKinsey, Bain, BCG

CaseInterview.com

Your video workshops, your mails and your book have all been of great help during my application process. Interviews usually took between 45 minutes and one hour, with 30 minutes of motivation and resume talk and 30 minutes of actual casework. I would like to thank you again for all your helpful tools and insights.

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McKinsey International Offers

CaseInterview.com

For me, your workshop videos and LOMS program really helped to build an understanding of how consultants approach problems while your newsletters served to constantly reinforce it. I also have a new consultant training toolkit which you might want to take a look at: How to Succeed in Management Consulting.