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Big 4 Accounting Firm vs McKinsey, Bain and BCG

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Here's my comparison of consulting in a Big 4 Accounting firm and at BCG (note from Victor while this readers experience is specific to BCG it can. Perhaps in my case it is also caused by working in a developed (Big 4) vs. developing (BCG) market, but I had to work more than double the number. apply to McKinsey and Bain as well).

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The Uncertainty Arbitrage

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In its usual context, arbitrage is a financial trading strategy design to exploit goods that are inefficiently priced. There is a discrepancy in the price of oranges in these two locations -- in this case a substantial one. It concerns how a client perceives risk and uncertainty. This sets up the uncertainty arbitrage.

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Switching Frameworks Mid-Case

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Question: I work in the Venture Capital Industry and am considering a switch to strategy consultancy. Normally people switch the other way around but I think that it would be good to acquire more analytical, team and strategy skills, as I started in the VC field straight from campus. ii) When do you switch frameworks or dig deeper?

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McKinsey Offer from Top 200 University

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After talking with the recruiter, I was set up to do a practice case over the phone with an ex-McKinsey consultant. I prepared by reading Case InPoint. I really didn't even understand what interviewer-led was. I passed the first phone interview case easily. It was a very easy case, but I still wasn't confident.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

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KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Kearney’s innovation practice: collaborative innovation, innovation portfolio management, innovation strategy and R&D performance strategy. Firm hires 2,000th employee.

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Personal Ethics -- in Consulting Offers and in Business

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I received two offers recently and have also been given offer deadline extensions for them until later this week, which I had requested as a way to "buy" time: 1) to hear back from other firms I interviewed with, and 2) for the final round interview with my top-choice firm this week. some will speed up the process for you.

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Authority, Power & Influence as a New Consultant

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Your power with senior management comes from having access in this case to facts and analysis that the senior clients do not have access (or easy access) to. In comparison, an equally skilled consultant from a different firm could say the exact same thing and have it be taken negatively by the client. Do not underestimate this.