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2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC

We love getting daily emails from clients saying, "Your materials were awesome! Your services helped me get my dream job!" Here is one we got recently from John: A few…

Business Book Review: The 4-Hour Work Week

This week's post is on "The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live anywhere, and Join the New Rich." - written by Timothy Ferriss (2007), an American author, entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor…

Business Book Review: Lords of Strategy

We're starting a series of guest posts offered by staff, readers and interns that are reviews of books we think are helpful for those interested in consulting (specifically) and business…

Case Interview, types of case interviews, case interview frameworks

Types of Case Interviews: 6 Must Knows

Key Insights: Understand The Core Purpose: Case interviews reveal how you think, solve problems under pressure, and communicate structured recommendations, so firms use several case types to assess range and…

Tour Recap – Day 6 (Harvard)

Welcome back to Tour Throwback Week. We hustled up and down the U.S. East Coast, visiting Georgia Tech, Duke, Georgetown, and Columbia, Yale, and Harvard. Check out our adventures and misadventures before reading today's post.…

Tour Recap – Day 5 (Yale)

Welcome back to Tour Throwback Week. We're recapping our lives as road warriors via planes, trains and automobiles...we visited Georgia Tech, Duke, Georgetown, and Columbia before rolling over to today's…

Tour Recap – Day 4 (Columbia)

We're on a Tour Throwback trip...welcome to Part 4. If you missed our recaps of Georgia Tech, Duke, or Georgetown, read those first. If you are just joining us, we…

Tour Recap – Day 3 (Georgetown)

This is Part 3 of a 7-part throwback series on our East Coast Tour. Go back to Part 1 or Part 2 here... In case you're new to the site, we…

Tour Recap – Day 2 (Duke)

This is Day 2 of our East Coast Tour Recap...for Part 1, go here. Otherwise, read on. After a Tuesday morning full of client calls and edits, we rocked the…

Tour Recap – Day 1 (Georgia Tech)

And…we’re back. Not back in the saddle – we never left (and we never do!). But back from the East Coast – where we just completed an invigorating, hilarious, exhausting…

Strategy&: Firm Overview & Salary Data

Key Insights: Strategy& is the global strategy consulting business of PwC, advising corporate, government, and private equity clients on growth strategy, transformation, and operational improvement. The firm traces its roots…

Royal Air Force Officer Nails McKinsey London Interview

Earlier this year I had the distinct pleasure of working with Andy, a 16-year veteran with the Royal Air Force and a real-life fighter pilot. Andy had failed a case…