business consulting

8 Fit Interview Questions and Their Fatal Mistakes

In the last 6 months, I’ve helped more than 100 folks improve their interview skills to break into consulting. While coaching participants come from all walks of life (15-year IT veterans from India; undergraduate sophomores from well-known Ivies), almost all make the same mistakes during our practice sessions: 1. They don’t sell themselves enough. I’ve [...]

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How a Wisconsin undergrad landed 3 consulting job offers in this economy

While the Life as a Consultant series usually features current or former consultants, today we have a new guest. Ryan Wegner is a first-year senior at the University of Wisconson-Madison. Regardless of where you are in your consulting career – reading through the interview will be worth your time. Ryan first contacted me in the [...]

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Management consulting interviews: the best follow-up question you can ask, plus 4 more

My first post in this series covered consulting fit interviews and the biggest mistake you can make. At the end of every consulting interview, the consultant will typically offer feedback on your performance and provide an opportunity to ask follow-up questions. Most applicants do not use this time effectively – asking follow-up questions allows you [...]

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6 reasons why companies spend $2 million to hire management consultants

Today’s post departs from its usual focus on recruiting to take a 5,000 mile view of the consulting industry and its purpose. Consultants can have a negative reputation – charging $2 million for 12 week’s work that results in stacks of PowerPoint slides, all of which are archived into a dusty closet (digital or otherwise) [...]

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