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Management consulting interviews: 10 key preparation tips

This is my final post in the management consulting interview series. Previous topics included case studies, followup questions, and fit interviews.
Here, I’ll focus on 10 key steps to prepare for consulting interviews. As a general piece of advice, the best way to become a great interviewer is to interview in real situations often – thus [...]

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How to get consulting jobs from a liberal arts and humanities background

*courtesy of toothpaste for dinner*
Liberal arts and humanities majors are often criticized for being “soft majors” – with unchallenging classes and lack of “real world” skill development leaving them unable to land competitive business jobs. Fortunately for all the budding English and Philosophy majors out there, that’s simply not true.
This is the second of my [...]

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How to get consulting jobs from an engineering and/or technical background

Happy 2009, readers! Thanks for being patient during the previous few days. I’m back and ready to continue helping people get a job in management consulting.
This is the first of my series on entering consulting from “non-business” backgrounds – future posts include entering from liberal arts/humanities degrees and non-MBA grad schools
It’s very common for engineers [...]

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Management consulting interview guide – top 10 tips

Here is my collection of the top 10 things to remember for a business consulting interview:
Before the interview…
1) Practice in front of a mirror and with friends. Each has its own benefits. The mirror allows you to fix awkward facial expressions, poor body language, etc. The friend gives you live feedback and is closer to [...]

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