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Consulting clubs on campus

Consulting Clubs – Get Informed, Get Connected and Get Casing!

Consulting clubs at the undergrad, grad, and MBA levels are more than just networking hubs—they’re launching pads. Members gain exclusive access to speaker series, resume and cover letter support, and…

A Pre-MBA Internship at Deloitte

How Aaron Broke in: A Pre-MBA Internship at Deloitte

It's time for another installment in our Life as a Consultant series - where we feature interesting topics and great tidbits that highlight the nuances of the consulting game. (By…

Why consulting

Why Consulting?

We held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest where entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The best answer received a cool prize:…

Double trouble…Launching the Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd Edition

We knew a year ago that we wanted to publish a 3rd edition to our best-seller - The Consulting Bible - but we wanted to set the bar high, do…

Reader FAQ: Cracking case interviews

Reader FAQ: Cracking case interviews, why we don’t outsource and the merits of a JD/MBA

In the next couple of weeks, we're giving away some great stuff. Subscribe here if you're not already privy to the special content/deals we offer. Today, we cover a series…

Hero Stories

Hero Stories – How to Talk About Yourself with Measured Confidence in Interviews

You can’t possibly predict every question your interviewers will ask (and neither can we), but you can prepare for any question. We’ve come up with a way to prepare you for…

From Stanford to McKinsey SE Asia…an undergrad’s tale of the PST and beyond

We had the privilege of working with an undergrad in the Fall of 2011 who successfully went from an F (failing in interviews with BCG) to an offer with McKinsey.…

Avoiding key resume errors

Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don't want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter's mid-afternoon horseplay because you've bored them to death. That's why we're giving you…

Reader FAQ: The one-page resume rule, applying overseas, and why our phone number is unlisted

Today, we cover some fun (and serious) topics that we've received via email from readers and clients in the last few weeks. We knew that you might all benefit from…

ibm interview

Rocking an IBM Interview from a Non-Target School

Ashley worked with us in the Fall to break into consulting from a non-target school. We started with a resume/cover letter edit, and later completed interview preparation. Ashley had a…

From resume review to recommendation: how to leverage insider contacts to get an interview

From resume review to recommendation: how to leverage insider contacts to get an interview

You've done your homework on LinkedIn, mastered networking, and landed the critical informational interview with a consultant at your dream firm. The sweetest words you can hear at the end…

9 Networking Myths…Busted!

While we were putting the final touches on our Networking course this month, we sidetracked on a conversation about networking myths and came up with some really good ones that we…