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How To Interviews Resumes 
Harvard Business
APRIL 4, 2024
But what should you do if your job search has become a disheartening slog and the gap on your resume just seems to be growing wider by the day? In this article, the author offers practical advice to help you navigate your career switch when you’re worried about a widening gap on your resume.
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Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
Should a potential employer ask about the “job hopping” areas of your resume, try to think of it as an opportunity. It’s a chance to help your interviewer better understand your motivations while highlighting what you’re looking for long term.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 30, 2023
Since the pandemic, most employers have been more understanding and less discriminating regarding resume gaps — but you have to be ready to explain the gaps clearly, confidently, and without stumbling. The author discusses five common reasons for work-history gaps — and how to own the gap during the interview process.
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Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Five ways to prepare for an AI-assisted hiring process—from resume to interview.
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Harvard Business
JANUARY 12, 2022
From updating your resume to acing the interview, we’ve got you covered.
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Management Consulted
AUGUST 27, 2012
Paper airplanes are fun, but you don’t want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter’s mid-afternoon horseplay because you’ve bored them to death. That’s why we’re giving you some guidelines on key resume errors to avoid and things you can do to make it past the first round of reviews.
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Tom Spencer
AUGUST 15, 2020
When you walk into an interview, even before you speak, shake hands or talk through your resume, something else is doing a lot of talking in your behalf: your appearance. Whether you like it or not, physical appearance has an effect on how you are perceived by others. Always wear a blazer to an interview. Briefcase/Bags.
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Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
Learn more about the interview preparation course and guide that helped land offers at BCG, Accenture, and McKinsey. Master fit questions, conquer case studies, and become the smartest interviewer in the room. It’s harder to get an offer at a consulting firm once you’ve passed the resume screen than it is to get into MIT.
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Management Consulted
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
You’ve bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives to consulting when you don’t make the cut. Q: I would like to know if you tailor resumes for consulting companies that are specialized in Brand Strategy & Design?
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Management Consulted
AUGUST 20, 2012
We offer our time to paying clients for assistance with resume reviews (Power Half Hour), personalized networking advice (1-hour sessions), and Case Interview Prep (Prep Packages). If you’d be interested, make sure to drop us a line and let us know if you have suggestions on how to make this a high impact time.
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Tom Spencer
APRIL 20, 2019
In my last blog post I wrote about how new grads can navigate interview season when they finally receive a consulting interview they’re excited about. Interview questions are commonly split up into technical, behavioural and fit questions. Tell me something about you that’s not listed on your resume.
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CaseInterview.com
APRIL 17, 2019
For almost any professional job, applicants are required to provide a resume and cover letter to demonstrate their qualifications. Your resume is one of the most important documents during the application process, as it acts as a summary of your education, experience, and skillset.
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Management Consulted
JULY 1, 2012
who are in a position to offer you an interview or at the very least give you up-to-the-minute information on recruiting cycles or tailoring your resume/cover letter for their specific firm. Your goal is to get an introduction for a warm call or informational interview. attack these resources for gaining access to new contacts.
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Management Consulted
DECEMBER 11, 2013
CAPGEMINI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & RECRUITING. Capgemini Consulting’s interview process is fairly straightforward and slightly easier than those of other top firms. The first round of interviews is a screening round that usually takes place over the phone, on-campus, at a job fair, or at a Capgemini’s office.
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Management Consulted
JUNE 4, 2017
Everybody knows you should dress conservatively for a job interview. A straightforward interview suit is the way to go, and that goes double for a management consulting interview. We won’t assume you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know that navy blue and charcoal gray suits are your interview suit standbys.
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Management Consulted
MARCH 22, 2016
engineers, med students, JDs, post-docs, interns, practicing MDs or residents, these magical BCG and McKinsey consulting seminars are crash courses, extended job interviews, and sell weekends all rolled into one. 5 Resume Mistakes Advanced Degree Holders Should Avoid At All Costs. Aimed at Ph.D.s, 1 – Focusing on the irrelevant.
100 Management Consulted
MAY 4, 2014
We recently had the opportunity to interview Jason, a student at NYU Stern who landed a summer internship with Deloitte Consulting S&O. It was a lot of professional development on a broad level, which meant how to network properly and preparing for interviews. Jenny Rae: Thanks for joining us today. Jason: Right.
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Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
You’ve done all your homework on the firm, networked your butt off, and crafted the pristine consulting resume and cover letter. Then you receive a call saying you’ve passed the first round and they want you to come in for an interview. Here they are: Walk Me Through Your Resume. “What did I get myself into?”
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Consulting Matters
APRIL 24, 2020
Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn : Hey, it’s Betsy Jordyn. So, it ended up being, and I swear to you, it ended up being nights and weekends and dinners with that executive staff outside of working hours talking to them about those – about those changes, and how their leadership style was affecting their outcomes.
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Management Consulted
MAY 21, 2009
” “Also if you could please talk about how can they followup after an MD or analyst showed interest in their resume?”. How would one go about maintaining these contacts before recruiting season and then when the time comes, how do you make the ask?”. . We offer resume editing and interview prep.
158 Harvard Business
APRIL 21, 2017
You’ve landed an interview for the job of your dreams. You’re ideally suited for the position, and your resume is bulletproof. You’ve researched the company, the culture, the job, and the person who will be interviewing you. But when the interview starts, something’s “off.” Dorie Clark.
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Management Consulted
DECEMBER 7, 2014
. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . They do this by simply helping them find out what success is to them, and how it can be measured for the issues and people that are of prime importance to them. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of Bridgespan.
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Tom Spencer
MARCH 18, 2022
One area that is quite different for economic consulting is the interview phase. In this post, I will share 5 tips on how to ace your economic consulting interview. Pre-interview: Polish your Resume and Cover Letter. Cases in economic consulting interviews are not like the ones for management consulting.
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Management Consulted
JUNE 25, 2014
In 9 out of 10 cases, especially if you are an experienced hire or come from a non-target school, having a contact inside a consulting firm will make the difference between getting an interview or not. How your networking effort will affect the way your resume is reviewed. How a candidate is ranked in a team review process.
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Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Expertly distill your career into two minutes or less.
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Management Consulted
JUNE 10, 2009
I’ve scoured different databases and social networks and am really beginning to run out of contacts after holding over 35 informational interviews.”. “How are you going to be successful when you’re an intern in terms of networking for a full-time offer, being able to get to be part of the team or the group that you want to?”
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Tom Spencer
MARCH 4, 2022
There is a lot to think about when preparing for consulting interviews , and you may want to check out some of our other blog posts and guides for preparing your resume , creating your cover letter , and improving your network. I also applied during the Covid-19 Pandemic so I cannot comment on in person interviews, just virtual.
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Management Consulted
MARCH 13, 2016
In case interview prep, Victor Cheng has risen to a household name in the last 5 years, and his book Case Interview Secrets is one of our recommendations for those looking to break in to the industry. . This book is a fantastic guide to the case interview process, especially if you are interested in landing a position at McKinsey.
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Management Consulted
JULY 12, 2015
ABT ASSOCIATES INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. The very first stage of recruiting at Abt is their online application, where you will upload your resume for screening. If you pass the initial screening, you will have different in house interview days, possibly preceded by a phone interview depending on your location.
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Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
You can generally tell whether you did well in an interview based on the connection you built with the interviewer. You have probably been in situations where an interview felt uneasy and awkward because of a lack of chemistry with the interviewer. The interview process is not a perfect system. Talk about them.
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Management Consulted
OCTOBER 4, 2015
Having Analysis Group on your resume communicates a brand that conveys intelligence and a driven, high-performing nature. ANALYSIS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. They generally conduct their interviews over two rounds. The first interview is either on campus or over the phone and the second is at one of their offices.
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Consultant Ninja
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
My notes from conversational interview: Situation: Graduating senior interested in management consulting, but from regular state school majoring in history and economics, and doesn''t know where to start. Objective: How do I get into a management consulting job? Don''t waste your time submitting your resume online. The giants.
100 Management Consulted
MARCH 28, 2016
Unlike Bain or LEK, the firm doesn’t restrict itself to junior hiring and you have a great opportunity to learn some grand consulting processes and get a brand name on your resume with absolutely no experience. Candidates will be interviewed on campus or over the phone. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING .
100 Management Consulted
MAY 6, 2009
If all goes well, we’ll expand the format to other topics (eg, conquering interviews, editing resumes, experienced hire recruiting). After a recent Q&A answer regarding LinkedIn , many of you emailed to ask for an extended tutorial on how to best use LinkedIn for the job search process. Looking forward to it!
100 Management Consulted
JANUARY 15, 2017
At firms that bill by the project, you can learn how to work smarter rather than harder and improve your work/life balance considerably. KALYPSO INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. rounds of interviews, the first of which may consist of connecting with a recruiter for a phone screen. “, “ What are you looking for at Kalypso
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Management Consulted
JUNE 23, 2015
In May, we launched the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online. But today, we’re putting all of that activity on pause because we’ve completed a huge undertaking – the launch of the Consulting Fit Interview Bootcamp – Online. You have told us – over and over again – that you loved it.
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Management Consulted
JANUARY 27, 2009
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CaseInterview.com
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
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Management Consulted
JUNE 12, 2016
Finally, at Parthenon-EY they bill by project and not hours (a deviation from standard EY practices), so the work/life balance will improve the quicker you learn how to work smarter instead of harder! PARTHENON-EY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. You can expect these two interviews per round to be back-to-back and no longer than 30 minutes.
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Management Consulted
MAY 5, 2015
What started off as an informal blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. The case interview is the great equalizer. And after all that, even with 1.5M Who is it for?
100 CaseInterview.com
MAY 9, 2019
I wanted to send you a quick note on how I have been able to secure a McKinsey interview , despite not knowing anyone in consultancy. I have consequently been invited for an interview. The objective of this email was to simply highlight that there are several alternatives to securing an interview.
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CaseInterview.com
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AUGUST 7, 2016
THE CAMBRIDGE GROUP INTERVIEWS. You’ve aced your case interview prep , you’ve got a killer resume and now you’re ready for the interview process. Be prepared for 2-3 rounds of interviews, the first of which may consist of connecting with a recruiter for a phone screen. Nervous about giving an elevator pitch?
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Tom Spencer
JANUARY 27, 2023
Interviews at consulting firms are often broken down into 3 segments: Fit Interview (~10 mins) Case Interview (~30 mins) Questions and Answers (~5 mins) While the vast majority of content out there focuses on the case interview, it is worth pointing out that the fit interview should not be overlooked.
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