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When to Seek Help from a Coach for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case coaching is an industry of its own. It seems like coaching is a necessary part of the consulting interview prep process and without it you don’t have a chance of getting an offer. It can be a tough decision as the price point for case coaching can be very high (10x more than the average hourly wage in the US).

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Management Consulted

Top 10 Interview Tips. It showed me the “benchmark” that I need to meet in order to be successful in business. I’ve been helping friends/colleagues looking to enter management consulting for years with their resumes, cover letters, interviews, and questions. Management Consulting versus Investment Banking.

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Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Management Consulted

Follow our tips to ensure your resume makes it into the interview pile, not the trash. The difference here is that, while you’re not spending a penny with a visit to your career services office, you’re going to pay out the nose for a generic review that doesn’t get you any closer to an interview slot. Best of luck!

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7 People who NEED to apply to McKinsey in the next 8 days

Management Consulted

Once you’ve passed the resume screen, you’ll be invited in to a local office for a first round interview. Except this first round interview isn’t so much an interview, per se, but rather a written test. This is mostly a math test, and doesn’t have much to do with the case interview at all.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? BOOZ & COMPANY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. As far as interviewing goes, know your stuff!! Getting an interview was slim picking, let alone an offer – that’s a.68%

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Note -firmsodeling” done in case work may not be directly comparable to the financial modeling more common at investment banks. Note -firmsodeling” done in case work may not be directly comparable to the financial modeling more common at investment banks. We offer resume editing and interview prep.

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From Case Interview Mistakes to Bain Offer

CaseInterview.com

I interviewed with a number of top firms, and despite feeling well prepared, I wasn't invited to the next round. The first key insight that I got from your resources was the importance of understanding how consultants (the interviewers) think. I had thought doing 7 or 8 'live' cases was good practice.