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Start Consulting Club: Tips & Funding Strategies

This is post 3 in a series that is specifically for (and about) consulting clubs. How fun - we get to highlight what you're doing on campuses all around the globe! If you aren't caught up, read post 1 (on ways to get consulting experience outside the classroom) and post 2 (a consulting club overview,…

Consulting Clubs – Get Informed, Get Connected and Get Casing!

This is part 2 of an article we wrote on consulting clubs back in the day. Part 1 laid out options for MBAs, undergrads, and other students to get consulting-related work outside the classroom. For a refresher, read it here. Now we take a deep dive into consulting clubs on campus - with links to clubs…

How Aaron Broke in: A Pre-MBA Internship at Deloitte

It's time for another installment in our Life as a Consultant series - where we feature interesting topics and great tidbits that highlight the nuances of the consulting game. (By the way...if you're interested in being featured, we LOVE to hear from readers. Just shoot us a note.) This time, we get to hear from…

Why Consulting?

We held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest where entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The best answer received a cool prize: lifetime access to the Case Library and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition. We weren't surprised when we heard from so many of you, but what…

Double trouble…Launching the Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd Edition

We knew a year ago that we wanted to publish a 3rd edition to our best-seller - The Consulting Bible - but we wanted to set the bar high, do something we hadn't done before, give our readers something they were missing... So we thought long and hard about the hundreds of coaching sessions we'd…

Reader FAQ: Cracking case interviews, why we don’t outsource and the merits of a JD/MBA

In the next couple of weeks, we're giving away some great stuff. Subscribe here if you're not already privy to the special content/deals we offer. Today, we cover a series of questions about case interviews, review the merits relative to consulting for the JD/MBA, and explain some of our service philosophy (including why we don't…

Hero Stories – How to Talk About Yourself with Measured Confidence in Interviews

You can’t possibly predict every question your interviewers will ask (and neither can we), but you can prepare for any question. We’ve come up with a way to prepare you for any type of experience question that rears its head - from "Give us an example when you demonstrated perseverance" to "Tell us about a time…

From Stanford to McKinsey SE Asia…an undergrad’s tale of the PST and beyond

We had the privilege of working with an undergrad in the Fall of 2011 who successfully went from an F (failing in interviews with BCG) to an offer with McKinsey. We played a small part in her story, squeezing in daily case prep interviews in the week before interviews to progressively improve her performance for…

Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don't want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter's mid-afternoon horseplay because you've bored them to death. That's why we're giving you some guidelines on key resume errors to avoid and things you can do to make it past the first round of reviews. This post comes…

Reader FAQ: The one-page resume rule, applying overseas, and why our phone number is unlisted

Today, we cover some fun (and serious) topics that we've received via email from readers and clients in the last few weeks.  We knew that you might all benefit from answers to these questions. Q:  I want to call you to talk about your services, but I can't find your phone number anywhere.  What is…