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…
*courtesy of toothpaste for dinner*Liberal arts and humanities majors are often criticized for being “soft majors” – with unchallenging classes and lack of “real world” skill development leaving them unable to land competitive business jobs. Fortunately for all the budding…
This is the first of our series on entering consulting from “non-business” backgrounds – other posts include entering from liberal arts/humanities degrees and non-MBA grad schools. It’s very common for engineers to be interested in consulting – a professionally demanding,…
Summer internships in management consulting are tough to find because there are so few. Some companies have just begun to expand their internship programs (eg, McKinsey) and some don’t hire summer undergraduate interns (eg, smaller boutiques). However, landing one is…
how to get your ex girlfriend back I summarized the management consulting recruiting process in this post. This is the beginning of my deep-dives on each piece of that recruiting process and will be focused on the “execution specifics” – showing you exactly how to master the recruiting…
Received an influx of new readers in the last few days, thanks to some link love from fellow bloggers. Thanks to Marquis first and foremost, who is both a fellow Stanford grad and fellow ex-McKinsey consultant. He regularly blogs about…
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…
This is post #1 of our series on recruiting. Below, we’ll touch upon the main components of the consulting job search and what we believe are the key do’s and key don’ts. Feel free to post comments below or email…
Travel is a defining characteristic of management consulting regardless of your company. From Bain to Accenture, from McKinsey to Alvarez & Marsal. If you’re a consultant, you can expect to become familiar with acronyms like LGA, LAX, and ORD. You…
This is an important question for prospective applicants (in particular, undergrad/MBA students) looking for summer internships and fulltime jobs alike. The decision was easier for Kevin (our founder) than for most people. The cons of investment banking – the long…