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Consulting Cover Letters: the complete guide, dos and don’ts, and more!

After the success of our guide to writing a consulting resume, it only made sense to write one about composing consulting cover letters as well :) Here we go! Why cover letters matter Cover letters bring a personal voice and story to the recruiting process. Resumes are the "quantitative" - they are descriptive in nature and…

Grad School, Switching Industries, and Off-Cycle Recruiting

Here are some of my favorite reader questions from the last few months. If you have a question, please use the contact button in the lower right corner to submit them. I'll answer the best ones - name and email redacted, of course. Here we go! Grad school questions Question: I am a biology PhD…

I’m back!

I'll admit, Management Consulted has been somewhat stale over the past year - very little new content, no new products, no improvements to the site's look/feel. Quite a few of you guys shared your disappointment, and it was completely deserved. One of my favorite comments: "Have you dropped off the face of the earth?? I…

Management consulting interview preparation – the new and improved guide

Here's a checklist that you should run through before any consulting interview. 80% of the advice applies across industries and job functions as well. Happy reading! Long before the interview... 1) Start case prep NOW. Not tomorrow, not in a week, start it NOW. Remember, the case can be more than 50% of the final…

Calling all undergraduates and MBAs: Here’s how to get a management consulting job outside of the classroom

This article addresses consulting-related extracurricular activities and is aimed towards undergrads, MBAs, and other students. So you’ve landed a spot at a pretty good college/b-school. Now, all you have to do is do well in classes, and you’ll automatically find a great consulting job, right?  Wrong. Actively contributing to consulting-related extracurricular activities doesn’t just look…

How To Break Into Management Consulting By Pursuing An MBA

This article was guest written by my friend Zeke Lee, a fellow former management consultant (Booz & Co.) and Stanford graduate who offers some great real world advice on the realities of recruiting. Zeke is also the founder of the GMAT Pill Study Method, a great GMAT prep resource for those considering the MBA route…

5 more common mistakes in consulting resumes that we’ve been editing

We’ve been offering a resume editing service since 2008. In this time, we’ve had the fortune to work with thousands of clients, and have repeatedly come across some common mistakes in consulting resumes we've had the pleasure of reviewing. Below is a list of the 5 more common resume mistakes we’ve noticed. You can also refer…

Why Harvard Business School Does NOT Equal McKinsey

The thought has crossed the minds of almost anyone breaking into consulting:  Should I get an MBA first? Or should I do 2-3 years in consulting and then get an MBA? Is an MBA degree even necessary? If I already have an MBA, how can I leverage that? Is consulting a stepping stone to business…

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…