Author: Kevin

How To: From Part-Time MBA To Full-Time Consultant

How To: From Part-Time MBA To Full-Time Consultant

A popular question we receive is something like the following: I've been working full-time for last 10 years at Big Company doing Big Company Function. I recently enrolled in a…

Why I Left McKinsey, Part 2

This is part 2 of my 2 article series on why I left McKinsey. In article #1, I explained why I left and dove into what I perceived to be…

Why I Left McKinsey

Why I Left McKinsey

One of the most frequent questions that I get is why I left McKinsey. This is Kevin, the OG founder of Management Consulted. Until now, I've been hesitant to address…

Sales & Trading

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…

Role play in consulting interviews: roundup of reader questions

Here's a roundup of reader questions - covering topics including role play consulting interviews, consulting interview dress code, consulting lingo, and cover letters. To start, I found an online copy…