CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 15, 2019

As a former consulting resume and cover letter reader for McKinsey, and someone who has reviewed thousands of applications, I have noticed an interesting trend. Most cover letters stink, and many resumes emphasize the wrong things. Most people obsess over resume format -- what font size, margins, etc. Here's why it works.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

MBA consulting recruiting season starts every fall. I am commenting purely on recruiting for a post-MBA consulting position. They generally learn about it through formal campus based recruiting events, their Consulting Club, or the constant pressure to network and talk to lots of consulting professionals. The Bottom Line.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

1) On campus / Send in your Application - Recruiting. When I was at Stanford, McKinsey would come on campus to recruit in December or January each year (I forget the exact month). Hint - recruiting coordinators have a slow season, and I had contacted this person during her slow month. The story above is an example of #2.

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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. For example, BCG requires one-way video interviews. Frameworks. Experiential Questions. Case Studies.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I wasn't ready to give up, so I decided to reach out to some recruiters that were listed on the firm's websites (mistake). I got in touch with her, she had me add my GMAT (770; I should have had it on all along) to my resume , and got me in touch with the recruiter. They receive probably 50,000 - 100,000+ resumes a year.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

As the full time recruitment season in Autumn 2010 approached, I returned to your site and subscribed to your mailing list too. For you, I wanted to point out that recently, I revised and added new online tutorials and articles on how to write a consulting cover letter and what employers look for in a consulting resume.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

I suggest you network with anyone within a management consulting firm regardless of whether they are involved in recruiting or consulting resume screening. Your goal is not to contact people who can help you in recruiting. My response is networking, if done properly, is never taken as a negative. Very hard to predict.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Your videos are by far the clearest and the most helpful in aceing the case interviews. I got a slight edge in the McKinsey recruiting process by accident. The person never returned my call and passed along my consulting resume to the McKinsey recruiting coordinator instead. This kind of stuff helps.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 10, 2019

The first step in the application process where cuts are made would be the Consulting Resume and Cover Letter Screen. get an awful lot of resumes out of the blue -- but historically they. have done the majority of recruiting out of the schools (under grad, MBA, JD, MD, PhD). what's impressive on the resume and what's not.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

I also found a lot of value in the LOMS materials that I purchased after going through the Case Interview Secrets videos. After reading your article on CVs and resumes , I set my sights on getting a big name employer since I didn't have any work experience or a big name school on my resume.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

I beg to ask your opinion: from a recruiter's side, which job (of these four, hypothetically) would you think is the best choice for those who aim to join consulting in the future as their first job? The brand value should no longer be the determining factor, as they truly are equal enough to get someone to actually read your resume.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn how to market yourself through your resume and cover letter so that you will get the interview. Topics Covered: How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. Your resume needs to show all of these skills. Academic Performance.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I was convinced I would have to pursue a boutique firm for this summer and leverage that for full-time recruiting in the fall. I went through the first round as a Business Analytics Associate intern (it was the only job position available through the campus recruiting website). This was the one interview I had. Additional Resources.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

I hadn't applied during the regular recruiting season as I was planning on going directly to an MBA program and trying to get into consulting afterwards. This was the mental image I had in my mind when I was recruiting (and no information existed anywhere to counter this image. so it seemed like a better fit for me, so I focused.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Coming from a school which McKinsey did not recruit at, I had to reach out to many people to seek referral. Out of the 50 people, every single person from McKinsey told me that McKinsey just does not recruit from my school, and then told me to think about post-MBA trial. I am from a second tier school in [ U.S.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 5, 2019

They desire applicants who have tangible experience on their resume, with specific and quantifiable goals. Some consulting firms recruit individuals quite early. Here are some of the top MBA programs that consulting firms recruit from, and the first-year consulting salary figures associated with these MBA programs. rawpixel.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 21, 2019

Private equity firms also enjoy recruiting former consultants. Consulting also provides a powerful resume stamp of pedigree that makes many other professionals stand up and take notice. Just as a Harvard or Stanford on a resume catches people's eye, so does a McKinsey or Bain.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Even if you are interviewing over a video call, there will still be some time to verbally exchange words before the actual interview questions kick in. After the interviewer briefly explains their work, most candidates would say “cool” then quietly get their resume ready to begin the interview.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I watched the videos first and found them amazing! I never submitted a resume through their website, but rather, followed your advice on networking and was able to connect and network with someone who directly referred me to their recruiter. So I decided to prepare for the business case assignment this time.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

As a recruiter, if you saw a CV from a guy from BCG [ Eastern Europe ] and A.T. From a prestige factor, BCG is the better name to have on the consulting resume , particularly if you are early in your career and you do not have another big brand name employer preceding ATK or BCG.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 10, 2019

So getting the interview is a function of 1) your consulting resume , and 2) your cover letter. To solve that problem, make sure the information on your resume is competitive and the cover letter is extremely strong. They were good enough to get through the recruiting process, but they had to force themselves through it.

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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. There are 28 lessons with a teaching video (10-20 minutes). 9 hours of video content.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

What started off as a casual 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. There are 12 lessons with a teaching video (10-20 minutes). 7 hours of video content.

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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. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . How To Write a Management Consulting Resume. Target Schools.

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Management Consulted

JULY 15, 2015

Check out the video below to hear what the greatest perks for working at Virgin are, from none other than Virgin’s employees themselves. After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 17, 2019

Following is a success story I received from a new BCG hire who has some insightful tips for those still recruiting as well as my follow-up where I elaborate on the importance of perseverance and hard work in obtaining a consulting offer. Prepare for math , cases, and comments on resume questions. Prepare well. a math mistake.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Know your resume inside out so that you can walk your interviewer through your highlights reel with ease. Or maybe you already have an interview with BAH and would like to make sure you’re up to speed with your resume and any potential cases that may pop up. Applying to BAH?

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I first came across your materials [ last year ] as I was about to undergo undergraduate internship recruiting at [ U.S. Firstly, I want to start by acknowledging your point about getting a big brand name on my resume early. Success Story: It is with great joy that I finally draft this e-mail to you. University ].

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

For me, your workshop videos and LOMS program really helped to build an understanding of how consultants approach problems while your newsletters served to constantly reinforce it. I think this internalization is one of the key reasons I came out of the recruiting process with an offer, so thank you for making it so much more accessible!

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Management Consulted

JUNE 5, 2016

Around the November time period, I started gathering my resume and doing some applications. It started off with contacting – actually, I reached out to recruiters specifically and sent in my application, and they were mostly very quick to respond to me. I was focusing on L.E.K., So I am in the midst of that process. Yeah, definitely.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Success Story: I just wanted to very briefly reach out, offer my thanks and let you know of my success with consulting recruiting in my final year of a Bachelor of Commerce degree at [ public research university ]. I cannot underestimate how valuable going from 5 to 9 per minute is. It buys you so much time. I appreciate the help!

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Harvard Business

MAY 14, 2018

before we had Twitter, and recruiters before we had LinkedIn. Because what do you get when you pile up a million resumes, dating profiles, or 280-character thoughts? The pile of resumes was too large, and the simple algorithms attempting to serve up relevant content were insufficient for the size and varied needs of the user base.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Everything you produced about consulting (video tutorials, emails, etc.) In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. The ultimate goal of recruiting (from the firm's perspective) is to bill more revenues! Don't ever forget that!

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

So if you have such experiences, but you don't include them in either your resume/CV or consulting cover letter , I think that is a big mistake. Also, if you have such experiences, and you include them in your consulting resume , but don't emphasize them in your cover letter, that too is a mistake. Interesting.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

But after I made it past the impressive resume part and the first 30-minute personal experience interview , I had to face the unpleasant reality that I wouldn't just have this job handed to me as a result of my accomplishments. In total there were five rounds: 30-minute personal experience interview with the recruiter (phone).

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In addition, when learning new kicks and punches, students like myself consult instructors or encyclopedias to help us perfect techniques, much like we consult videos and books when we need to learn new frameworks and methods of analysis.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Recently, Alvarez & Marsal gained more territory in Europe and Asia by recruiting a new country head in Greece and by opening an office in Seoul, South Korea. That being said, Alvarez & Marsal are still a prestigious and exciting firm, so working there will not look bad on your resume. ALVAREZ & MARSAL ORGANIZATION.

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