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Consulting MBA 101: Great Books, Magazines, and Websites

This was a previously published article that I’ve since updated and expanded on, to include not only books and magazines but great resources from around the web. It’s important to be well-read when you apply for a consulting job, for several reasons: 1) Your knowledge of current business issues will be tested (directly and indirectly) [...]

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How To Break Into Management Consulting By Pursuing An MBA

This article was guest written by my friend Zeke Lee, a fellow former management consultant (Booz & Co.) and Stanford graduate who offers some great real world advice on the realities of recruiting. Zeke is also the founder of the GMAT Pill Study Method, a great GMAT prep resource for those considering the MBA route [...]

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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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Preview of the upcoming “Consulting Bible” – the 2 most important and most common interview questions you’ll ever hear

Readers will notice that the posting rate has slowed here at Management Consulted. The reason? I’ve been developing a “Consulting Bible” – an insider’s guide to consulting interviews that will cover: More than 50 fit/personality interview questions with example answers for each. I’m shooting for quality and not quantity – so mastering these 50 will [...]

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Management consulting “lingo” – words and phrases that applicants and interviewees should know

People make fun of consultants constantly for their lingo. Whether justified or not (I will restrain from turning this blog into too much of a soapbox), it’s important for anyone interested in the industry to understand SOME of the terms (because as an applicant/interviewee, the last thing you want to happen is for you to [...]

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