Category: management consulting

3 Ways Financial Advisory Consulting Beats Strategy Consulting

In our last post, we discussed 5 major differences between 2 prominent types of consulting. From the variety of work and access to C-level executives to the wide array of…

5 Reasons to Choose Strategy Consulting Over Financial Advisory Consulting

Strategy consulting vs. financial advisory consulting - both are consulting. Can they really be that different? We get at least 5 questions a month from readers about this either-or, and…

McKinsey, Bain, & BCG Comparison

There’s a reason why McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are the top dogs in the management consulting industry. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say that there are many reasons that make consultants at…

Consulting FAQs

Here is a directory for all of Management Consulted's consulting FAQs. How to Transition From Finance Into Consulting Are Thank You Letters Necessary? Do Some Firms Recruit in Winter and Spring?…

Top 5 Consulting Jokes

Our topic for April 1? What else -- jokes! We wanted to have some fun because it's April Fool's season, so we decided to survey the web for the best…

2012: Year in review

What a year! 2012 has been fantastic here at MC. At our year-end dinner last week, over a fantastic red bubbly wine and gourmet fare, we reflected on all of…

Reader FAQ – Switching gears: from intern to full-time, from IT to strategy, and from PwC and IBM to MBB

It's time for our final Reader FAQ for 2012, and we're going out with a bang. (Even Santa's reading MC now!) This month we feature questions from readers who want…

Reader FAQ – “Designer” Consulting Resumes, Late Applications, and Plan Bs

October was the peak of full-time recruiting, and it shows! You've bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives…

Reader FAQ: Cracking case interviews, why we don’t outsource and the merits of a JD/MBA

In the next couple of weeks, we're giving away some great stuff. Subscribe here if you're not already privy to the special content/deals we offer. Today, we cover a series…

Reader FAQ: The one-page resume rule, applying overseas, and why our phone number is unlisted

Today, we cover some fun (and serious) topics that we've received via email from readers and clients in the last few weeks. We knew that you might all benefit from…

Reader FAQ: From Big 4 to M/B/B and Transitioning from the Military to Consulting

You ask great questions (contact us if you have one that's burning), and we've quite frankly been lazy about sharing our answers with all of you. We won't promise that…

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…