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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Washington Business Journal Fastest Growing Companies in DC Region—2013. Finalist, Washington Business Journal, Business Philanthropy Awards—2013, 2012, 2009. Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards, Overall Excellence for Broadband Media (web only)— California Healthline , 2013. These interviews are usually held in the office.

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Top 5 Consulting Resume Mistakes by Ph.D’s, Postdocs, and Other Advanced Degree Holders

Management Consulted

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.

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Consulting’s Unofficial Interview Hurdle – The Airplane Test

Tom Spencer

There are many steps to take in preparing to apply and interview for a consulting position. If you are just starting out, you will find yourself editing your resume, preparing answers for experiential questions, and practicing business frameworks to use in the case interview. Rather, it can encompass the entire interview.

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How to Get a McKinsey Interview Through Networking

CaseInterview.com

Reading your email,forms a mandatory part of my reading list, which also includes Business Week, Economist, FT, Wall Street Journal , and the Quran. 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.

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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. How to Write a Consulting Resume From Scratch. On Competition by Michael Porter.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. It was one of the first studies conducted on the newer, lightweight snowshoes and was cited in over 100 lay journals.

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 2)

Management Consulted

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And so when I ask questions during an interview, I can ask “What’s the size of your firm?