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The Consulting Bible giveaway and important site updates

Hi all - frequent visitors will notice that the site has intermittently disappeared in the past 2 days. After a poor experience with Dreamhost's hosting services, I've moved the site…

Consulting summer internship: 7 must-dos before starting work

Last week, we thoroughly discussed consulting interviews. This week, the focus will be on the consulting summer internship - best practices before, during, and after your 3 months as a…

Management Consulting Interviews: 10 Key Interview Preparation Tips

10 Key Interview Preparation Tips is my final post in the management consulting interview series. Previous topics included case studies, followup questions, and fit interviews and preparation. Here, I'll focus…

Bain Recruiting: 8 Insider Secrets

This Bain recruiting information was shared with us by a former Bain consultant. They provided an insider's perspective on recruiting at a top consulting firm, and the key differences between university…

Management consulting interviews: the 2 smartest case study techniques

This is the 3rd post in a series on management consulting interviews. Previous posts covered fit interviews and follow-up questions. In this post we'll cover two of the smartest case…

Management consulting interviews: the best follow-up question you can ask, plus 4 more

My first post in this series covered consulting fit interviews and the biggest mistake you can make. At the end of every consulting interview, the consultant will typically offer feedback…

Management consulting interviews: the biggest mistake you can make in the fit interview

Time for a major content injection. In the next 3 posts, I will add to prior articles on management consulting interviews. The first post will focus on the biggest mistake…

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…

Consulting exit opportunities: grad school, Fortune 500, non-profit, and public sector careers

This is the concluding part 2 of my series on consulting exit opportunities. The previous post covered finance and entrepreneurship. Graduate school (MBA, JD, masters & PhD) Percentage: 25% Many…

Celerant Consulting Interview – the skinny on operations consulting

The Life as a Consultant series continues. The guest today is a senior consultant from Celerant Consulting - an operations-focused consulting firm. Previous interviews featured consultants from Booz Allen, AT…

Consulting Exit Opportunities: 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance

I've briefly discussed consulting exit options before. This article is part 1 of 2 that will "deep dive" into the topic (with a precise estimate of the percentage pursuing each).…

Booz Allen interview on Obama and public sector consulting

If you're not familiar with my interview with a consultant from Booz Allen, we briefly covered government consulting which generated great reader interest. Booz guy thoughtfully followed up with some…