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5 reasons to sign up for a Management Consulting Bootcamp (registration now open!)

Have you been waiting for that big break; the prime opportunity to get a jump on your consulting career? It's here! Management Consulted is taking consulting bootcamps on the road - live and delivered straight to you. What is a Management Consulting Bootcamp? Does it sound like nerd camp to you? First, a quick breakdown…

5 Reasons to Choose Strategy Consulting Over Financial Advisory Consulting

Strategy consulting vs. financial advisory consulting - both are consulting. Can they really be that different? We get at least 5 questions a month from readers about this either-or, and in honor of all of you we put together our 5 major differences between the 2 prominent types of consulting, and why work in strategy consulting…

3 Insights Into How Deloitte Recruiters Read A Resume

Today we're taking on a hot topic - how to polish your resume "consulting style". Many of our resume edit clients come to us with the wrong assumption that the resume they submitted with their non-consulting applications will serve just fine for management consulting positions. They couldn't be more mistaken. Deloitte recruiters are expecting specific things…

Accenture Interview

Your Accenture case interview performance will determine if you remaining a candidate or becoming a consultant. It's that simple. Case interviews are typically based on a project that the consulting firm has actually worked on. So the cases are a fairly good way to test and see who will be the best potential consultants. Accenture…

5 Surprising Secrets of a Killer McKinsey Resume

Haven't you always wondered if there are any McKinsey resume secrets? Maybe a magic wand that you could wave over your resume and - poof! A perfect resume! Well, there's no magic wand, but we can give you 5 secrets you should know about submitting your resume to McKinsey. After the rave reviews we received…

A Bright Young Banker’s BCG Interview (and Job Offer)!

Today we have a guest post from Lucila, an international student who studied economics at a top U.S. university and, after a stint in investment banking for a global bank office in the U.S. (and a marathon interview process to boot), she broke into BCG. Below, Lucila shares her experience applying for and successfully breaking…

Comparing McKinsey, Bain, & BCG

There’s a reason why McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are the top dogs in the management consulting industry. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say that there are many reasons that make consultants at these 3 firms part of an elite club. History, prestige, and expertise are a few of the elements that make MBB the most sought after management consulting…

Financial Modeling 102: 4 major types of consulting models

Today we continue our series on financial modeling (or financial modelling for you internationals) for consulting. Financial modeling scared the pants off of me until I figured out how useful it was, and I was even more motivated to be good at it when I realized how awesome it made me look as an analyst.…

Consulting FAQs

Here is a directory for all of Management Consulted's consulting FAQs. How to Transition From Finance Into Consulting Are Thank You Letters Necessary? Do Some Firms Recruit in Winter and Spring? Are Certain Offices Easier to Recruit for? How Do I Prepare for Consulting Recruiting? How Can I Find Boutique Consulting Firms? How Important is Undergrad…

How to ace a Mercer consulting interview

We have a treat today...a guest from Poland who has offered to share his experience applying for, breaking into and working at Mercer in Warsaw. As over 40% of our readers are from non-U.S. locations, we thought it might be fun to mix it up a bit and give you an on-the-ground insider perspective from…