Category: management consulting

The Pyramid Principle Explained

If you've been around consulting for any amount of time, you've heard of The Pyramid Principle®, developed and popularized by Barbara Minto. In fact, we wrote a whole article on…

The Ladder Of Inference

Any prospective management consultant should be interested in understanding how people reason, identify opportunities, draw conclusions, and make decisions. In the medium to long term, having a framework or mental…

Recap: Week of August 4, 2019

Deloitte Online Assessment Deloitte has joined the ranks of MBB firms in adding a digital component to their case interview process. Take a look at the article to understand what…

Recap: Week of July 28, 2019

Case Interview Frameworks: Ultimate Guide Market sizing, mergers & acquisitions, and all the other frameworks used for case interviews, explained all in one place! You'll definitely want to check…

Internal Consulting

It may surprise you, but through our time as consultants and now conducting corporate training for some of the largest companies in the world, we've found that brand-name companies are…

How To Prepare For GMAT: Aspiring Management Consultant Guide

Today, we’re hearing from Mark Skoskiewicz, founder of MyGuru, an in-person and online tutoring and test prep firm. Mark holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern…

Articles Recap: Week of July 21, 2019

Star Interview Method Having a structured approach to your fit or behavioral interview answers can be a great idea. Take a look at the Star Method here and crush…

Recap: Week of July 14, 2019

Consulting Resume: Complete Guide Resumes can help land you a consulting interview, and if not of impeccable quality, resumes can also make you lose your chance. See the complete…

Recap: Week of July 7, 2019

Financial Terms 101 Financial terms are thrown around in the consulting industry as much as the Kardashians post to instagram. (Let's just say, it's a lot!) Make sure and…

MBB Firms

While MBB means men’s basketball to many avid sports fans, those in the consulting world know the acronym also stands for the holy grail of consulting firms: McKinsey, Boston Consulting…

Financial Terms Guide

Though you’re not expected to be a master of finance when you join a consulting firm, you will be quickly exposed to financial terms on the job. After all, at…

Recap: Week of 6/30/19

Questions To Ask At The End Of An Interview Interviewers pay attention to what questions you ask at the end of an interview. Find out what questions are best…