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Mental Models: What Are They?

Mental Models: What Are They?

At some point in your business career you’ll likely hear management types discussing mental models and the positive or negative effects these models can have on teams. To the uninitiated,…

80/20 Rule (Pareto Principle) Explained

80/20 Rule (Pareto Principle) Explained

The 80/20 Rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, has been a seminal principle in prioritization, efficiency, and working "smarter" for over 100 years. In short, the 80/20 Rule helps…

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Resume Keywords: Consulting Action Words

In consulting recruiting, your resume can either be one of your greatest assets or liabilities. After all it’s the first impression you make in most instances. In order to best…

BCG Pymetrics Test

BCG Pymetrics Test 2026

Key Insights: Game-Based Talent Assessment: The BCG Pymetrics Test uses neuroscience-backed, AI-driven games to evaluate candidates’ cognitive, emotional, and behavioral traits at scale. Strategic Simulation via Business Games: Candidates complete a lemonade…

Porter’s Five Forces Explained

Porter's Five Forces explained so you can understand the underlying business principles. The Porter's Five Forces framework isn't a framework that is required or used in the consulting case interview.…

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Case Competitions

A case competition puts a team of students in front of a real business problem, a tight deadline, and a panel of judges who don't care about your GPA. Teams…

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Case Presentation Interview: New Style of Case Interview

Management consulting is a decades old industry, and the case interview has been a consistent staple in the consulting recruiting process throughout this time. Consulting firms, however, continue to tweak…

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Networking: How to Land Offers at McKinsey, Bain, and BCG

How to network for a job - more so than even the case interview - is the key to landing offers at McKinsey, Bain, and BCG. When we share this insight…

The Pyramid Principle Explained

If you've been around consulting for any amount of time, you've heard of The Pyramid Principle®, developed and popularized by Barbara Minto. In fact, we wrote a whole article on…

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Deloitte Intern Tips

Have you just received an offer to become a Deloitte intern? Congratulations! However, the real hard work begins now. Big consulting firms like Deloitte utilize summer internships as a method…

The Ladder Of Inference

The Ladder Of Inference

Any prospective management consultant should be interested in understanding how people reason, identify opportunities, draw conclusions, and make decisions. In the medium to long term, having a framework or mental…

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Networking 101

Networking 101- how to network for management consulting jobs is extremely important in actually landing an offer. You could be the next Jack Welch, but if you don't know how…