consulting interview questions

The Consulting Bible giveaway and important site updates

Hi all – frequent visitors will notice that the site has intermittently disappeared in the past 2 days. After a poor experience with Dreamhost’s hosting services, I’ve moved the site over to Bluehost in the hopes of eliminating server issues that were causing the problem. Giveaway alert This week, I’m releasing the 2nd edition of [...]

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

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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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Management consulting interviews: the biggest mistake you can make in the fit interview

Time for a major content injection. In the next 3 posts, I will add to prior articles on management consulting interviews. The first post will focus on the biggest mistake you can make in consulting fit interviews – and how to avoid that pitfall. The second post will focus on case study interviews. Finally, the [...]

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The truth about GPA, SAT, GMAT, career changes, and office selection: a weekly roundup of reader questions

This site has been growing by leaps and bounds in the past weeks. I want to thank readers for making this happen. Next week, you can look forward to: Release of “The Consulting Bible” – an interview guide complete with the 60+ most common interview questions, sizing questions, and custom-written cases Continuation of the “Life [...]

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Received an influx of new readers in the last few days, thanks to some link love from fellow bloggers. Thanks to Marquis first and foremost, who is both a fellow Stanford grad and fellow ex-McKinsey consultant. He regularly blogs about management consulting and MBA issues and has sensible, smart advice for just about everything career-related. [...]

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