Month: March 2016

Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a firm with a great "dead guy" name and a confusing history. Headquartered in the Greater Washington, DC area, BAH is well known for its governmental work. But after several sweeping changes to the company's infrastructure, the question now hanging over Booz Allen Hamilton is how it's going to weather the…

Top 5 Consulting Resume Mistakes by Ph.Ds, Postdocs, and Other Advanced Degree Holders

Bridge to BCG and McKinsey Insight are events aimed at Ph.D.s, 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. If you get invited, show up, and stand out, you'll put yourself in good stead with…

Business Book Review: Case Interview Secrets

In the case interview prep world, Victor Cheng has risen to a household name in the last 5 years. His book Case Interview Secrets is one of our recommendations for those looking to break in to the industry. A Stanford graduate who worked in consulting during his early career, Victor Cheng speaks from his experience as…

Harvard Junior Weighs Internships in VC and Consulting

Pierre was a junior at Harvard University who was offered 2 very exciting internships - one for BCG in management consulting (plus, after this call he got an offer for Bain as well) and the other for a VC firm in New York. He was torn between the two types of options, so he jumped on a call with…