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Tips for reaching out to consultants

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August 28, 2018

I’ve written on networking before, but after connecting with a lot more applicants, I have a few more tips to provide. Specifically I want to talk about the components of reaching out to consultants. I’ll also ...

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Tips for networking with consulting firms

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August 28, 2018

Networking is an essential part of nearly every hiring process, and in consulting, it’s more than just being friends with people. A good contact will be able to help refine your resume, get your resume looked ...

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Tips for the “fit” interview

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August 28, 2018

The “Fit” portion of an interview for a management consulting portion is just as important as the case portion. It’s easy to get caught up in the case practice, but spend time to make sure ...

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Tips for a phone interview

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August 28, 2018

Most of the interviews that I do with people are over the phone. Most practice interviews with consultants will happen by phone. McKinsey’s first round interviews are typically by phone. If you want to get ...

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Three tips to handle scary interviewers

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August 28, 2018

Primarily as a way of testing your professionalism (see my post on the essence of the case interview), interviewers will sometimes do or say things that cause inexperienced candidates to sweat. Here are 3 tips to deal with ...

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How to be a better case interviewer

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August 26, 2018

It’s easy to overlook the importance of being a good case interviewer when preparing for management consulting interviews. Since you’ll need to give almost as many cases as you take, you and your fellow applicants ...

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Show confidence in case interviews (even if you don’t feel ...

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August 26, 2018

Take a look at the exhibit above. After taking a moment to digest it, can you state the key take-away? Good. We can talk more about interpreting exhibits in a case interview another time, but I wanted ...

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The essence of the case interview

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August 26, 2018

As the concept of the case interview has matured, increasing legions of case gurus have swarmed the internet with tips, tricks, and tactics. The dizzying array of advice can be hard to sift through and understand. ...

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Case interview controversy with The Durf

Case interview controversies

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August 26, 2018

When practicing case interviews with different people, I would occasionally receive mutually exclusive feedback from two different interviewers. Whenever there was a conflict between what a consultant said and a fellow student said I always ...

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How to question the prompt with The Durf

How to question a case interview prompt

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August 26, 2018

After an interviewer gives you the initial spiel on the company and problem that you need to solve, you will have a moment to ask some clarifying questions. Here are some tips to use this time ...

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