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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time. Note -firmsodeling” done in case work may not be directly comparable to the financial modeling more common at investment banks.

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Tackling the Case Interview

Tom Spencer

Case study interviews put you in the driver’s seat: you’re given a real business problem to work through and solve. The logical reasoning you use to work through the case is just as important as the conclusions you reach” ( The University of Sydney, 2019 ). There are many different case study examples online.

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5 Questions with an Associate at BCG London

Management Consulted

Role: Associate, The Boston Consulting Group, London. In my experience, the average case team is made up of 3 or 4 nationalities, including the individuals who in past lives were entrepreneurs, surgeons, or front line soldiers and now run charities or marathons in their spare time. We love the U.K. Here we go! +.

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy.

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BCG Matrix

Management Consulted

Boston Consulting Group is renowned as a thought leader in the management consulting world. The post BCG Matrix appeared first on Management Consulted. One of the firm’s most famous analytical frameworks includes the BCG Matrix, also known as the BCG Growth Share matrix.

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BCG Careers vs Working At Bain or McKinsey

Management Consulted

In this video, Jenny Rae focuses not on Bain Case Interviews like in some of our other videos, but on culture- what’s it’s like to work for Boston Consulting Group. The post BCG Careers vs Working At Bain or McKinsey appeared first on Management Consulted. What … Continue Reading.

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Example Boston Consulting Group Interview Question

CaseInterview.com

I recently received an email from a reader about being rejected by Boston Consulting Group and how he could have better answered the case interview question he was given to help him practice for his next interview with Bain. Here is how I would have tackled this case. “Oh,