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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

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…

8 Fit Interview Questions and Their Fatal Mistakes

In the last 6 months, we've helped 100s of folks improve their interview skills to break into consulting. While coaching participants come from all walks of life (15-year IT veterans…

Networking 102: It’s Never Been More Important – And It Truly. Does. Work.

Here at Management Consulted, we've been hammering away on networking for the last several weeks because it is critical in times like these. And by "times like these", I mean…

Welcome All Future Management Consultants – Favorite Posts, Link Roundup, and Reader Questions

We hit 900 subscribers today - thanks everyone! I wanted to take this time to welcome new readers, share a few of my favorite consulting-specific reads from around the web,…

Networking 101: We Spill The Beans On How To Network Your Way Into Any Job. It’s Finally Live!

Remember this post, where we agreed to record a live discussion answering your networking questions? It's finished. I think you'll agree it was more than worth the wait. You can…

How a Berkeley Undergrad Secured Fulltime Offers at Navigant and FTI Consulting

The Life as a Consultant series is back! We have several great interviews queued up from firms including McKinsey, Oliver Wyman, and more. Our guest today is an undergraduate student…

The thought of applying directly to the McKinsey New York office from Sydney never crossed my mind. Is this possible?

The broader question here is the feasibility of applying to international consulting offices. Short answer is possible but tough. Long answer is it comes down to a variety of factors…

Are there some firms that do their recruiting in Winter and Spring?

Most on-campus recruiting occurs in a concentrated time-frame (typically Fall for full-time, late-Fall and Winter for summer/internships). I do not have a specific breakdown of how firms recruit, but many…