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Tech Consulting vs Strategy Consulting

In the past, we've explored how Tech consulting experience can hurt you when it comes to applying for more strategy-focused roles, and how to mitigate this during the recruiting process. While tech consulting is incredibly meaningful work (not to mention the fastest growing sector inside of consulting), the negative stereotype of the field remains inside…

Will Tech Consulting Experience Help me in Recruiting for Strategy Consulting?

It's a question we get asked all the time: How do strategy firms (or practices) see tech consulting experience? If your main goal is strategy consulting, will this experience help or hurt come recruiting season? The short answer? Yes, tech consulting experience will hurt you. No matter how relevant the work, the perception of tech…

Interview with a Deloitte S&O Consultant

Welcome to our interview with Sean, a Deloitte S&O consultant in the Chicago office. Read on as Sean shares his experiences at Deloitte S&O, his most embarrassing client moment, why he's choosing to leave for B-School, the firm's new 2018 interview process, and his top tips for networking. NAMAAN: Hey, Sean. This is Namaan from…

Sophomore Year Success: 3 Opportunities To Pursue In Your 2nd Year To Prepare For Consulting

You’re no longer the tiny freshman on campus you were one short year ago – you’ve moved up in the world! As a sophomore, you actually know where you are on campus and perhaps even what you’d like to do after graduation. Believe it or not, this is the time to think strategically about next…
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3rd Degree to 1st: 3 Secrets To Effective Networking For Consulting

Recruiting season is a busy time for everyone. Resume version files continue to populate on your computer, and the stack of business cards on your desk only gets higher. We know one recruiter from Deloitte who attended 56 recruiting events in 60 days! Some of you wake up thinking how to answer fit questions such…

Two Current Women Entrepreneurs Talk About Their Experience As Women In Consulting

We have many of you ask us what it's like to be a woman in consulting. How is the firm culture? Is there time to have a family and rise up the ranks inside a top firm? Today, Jenny Rae (ex-Bain) and Lisa (ex-McKinsey) get personal and have a candid conversation about their unique experiences…

BCG Case Interview Tips

Welcome to Part 4 of our ongoing video series - in today's video, Jenny Rae highlights her Top 2 BCG case interview tips. If you missed the earlier videos, check out our McKinsey, Bain, and Top 3 overall case interview tips. We all know the BCG case interview is interviewer-led, but how exactly does this…

Bain Case Interview Tips

We're back this week with our one top tip for Bain case interviews. Watch as Jenny Rae highlights the differences between the Bain, BCG, and McKinsey approaches to a case, and what Bain specifically values in its candidates as they work through a case.   Interested in working with our 6 handpicked MBB coaches on…

McKinsey Case Interview Tips

Whether you've been casing for months, or just started yesterday, it always helps to get some expert guidance along the way. That's why today, we're bringing you the most high-level McKinsey Case Interview Tips we can. What's the one thing you should keep at the forefront when in a McKinsey case interview? Lisa Bright, a…

Networking for Consulting Internships

Networking. For many people, it's the most dreaded part of applying for consulting internships (or really just any role inside of a consulting firm). But if you think networking is a sleazy, exaggerated sales job pulled off only by the enterprising and outgoing, then you're wrong. Consulting is such a competitive industry (and internships are…