Month: June 2009

8 Fit Interview Questions and Their Fatal Mistakes

In the last 6 months, we've helped 100s of folks improve their interview skills to break into consulting. While coaching participants come from all walks of life (15-year IT veterans from India; undergraduate sophomores from well-known Ivies), almost all make the same mistakes during our practice sessions: 1. They don't sell themselves enough. We've never worked…

Networking 102: It’s Never Been More Important – And It Truly. Does. Work.

Here at Management Consulted, we've been hammering away on networking for the last several weeks because it is critical in times like these. And by "times like these", I mean "economy-in-trouble, big-firms-like-BCG-tightening-hiring, even-bigger-firms-like-Accenture-cutting-people" times. Here's the concluding part of our live networking podcast - conducted with yours truly and Brian from Mergers and Inquisitions. You…

Welcome All Future Management Consultants – Favorite Posts, Link Roundup, and Reader Questions

We hit 900 subscribers today - thanks everyone! I wanted to take this time to welcome new readers, share a few of my favorite consulting-specific reads from around the web, and answer a few reader questions. The second part of the live networking podcast with Brian from Mergers and Inqusitions will be coming shortly. While we didn't…