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Decks vs Derivatives: 6 Differences between Consulting and Sales & Trading

In general, both Sales & Trading (S&T) and management consulting are great career options. They're both meritocratic, well-compensated, and have better lifestyles than investment banking. They both provide optionality if…

2011 Management Consulting Salaries – Undergraduate, MBA, and More

Here are the companies which we have 2011 management consulting compensation data: -A.T. Kearney -Bain (post-MBA) -BCG (undergraduate and post-MBA) -Booz & Co (U.S. and Dubai) -L.E.K. (post-MBA) -McKinsey (undergraduate…

Charles River Interview Secrets

Charles River Interview Secrets from an Ex-Consultant turned CPG Analyst

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving everyone! Have a special treat for you guys - a 36 minute podcast interview with Shreenath Regunathan. Shreenath has a very interesting background - he graduated from…

How to Land Offers at Bain and Deloitte

How to Land Offers at Bain and Deloitte… from a Completely Non-technical Background!

Today, we've got a very special interview for you guys. Ryan first reached out to us after purchasing The Consulting Bible. He was able to secure summer internship offers at…

Consulting Cover Letters: the complete guide, dos and don’ts, and more!

After the success of our guide to writing a consulting resume, it only made sense to write one about composing consulting cover letters as well :) Here we go! Why cover…

Grad School, Switching Industries, and Off-Cycle Recruiting

Grad School, Switching Industries, and Off-Cycle Recruiting

Here are some of my favorite reader questions from the last few months. If you have a question, please use the contact button in the lower right corner to submit…

I’m back!

I'll admit, Management Consulted has been somewhat stale over the past year - very little new content, no new products, no improvements to the site's look/feel. Quite a few of…

Management consulting interview preparation – the new and improved guide

Here's a checklist that you should run through before any consulting interview. 80% of the advice applies across industries and job functions as well. Happy reading! Long before the interview...…

Calling all undergraduates and MBAs: Here’s how to get a management consulting job outside of the classroom

This article addresses consulting-related extracurricular activities and is aimed towards undergrads, MBAs, and other students. So you’ve landed a spot at a pretty good college/b-school. Now, all you have to…

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…

5 more common mistakes in consulting resumes that we’ve been editing

We’ve been offering a resume editing service since 2008. In this time, we’ve had the fortune to work with thousands of clients, and have repeatedly come across some common mistakes in…

Why Harvard Business School Does NOT Equal McKinsey

Why Harvard Business School Does NOT Equal McKinsey

The thought has crossed the minds of almost anyone breaking into consulting: Should I get an MBA first? Or should I do 2-3 years in consulting and then get an…