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Top 10 Tips for Management Consulting Cover Letters That Will Land An Interview

The cover letter is a required component of any job application - but often the biggest headache for applicants. In this post, I discuss the top 10 tips for consulting cover letters (from content to structure to syntax) that will avoid embarrassing mistakes and strengthen your candidacy. Cover Letter Tip 1: Opening Paragraph Your opening…

Booz Allen Consultant Interview – Life as a Consultant

This post kicks off my "Life as a Consultant" series - where, through interviews, we take an inside look at the stories of current and past consultants. Some background before we launch into this interview with a Booz Allen consultant: A reader was kind enough to reach out to me when I posted about starting…

How To Get Consulting Jobs – Even if Consulting Firms Don’t Recruit at Your School

Most GMCs (global management consultancies) such as Booz Allen, BCG, and Accenture recruit at only the top 25-50 U.S. undergraduate and MBA programs. Internationally, the process is even more selective. So what can you do if you're a strong candidate, but the firms you want to work for simply don't recruit at your school? How…

Case Interview 101: Powerful Tips To Launch Your Success

In previous posts, we've discussed interviews, resumes, and the general recruiting process. Today, we want to touch upon one of the most important but often overlooked aspects of the interview process - the case interview, and even non-standard case interview questions. What is a Case Interview? If there’s one question on the mind of every…

Official site launch – thanks to Mergers and Inquisitions, and some useful consulting resources from around the web

Today marks the official launch of Management Consulted. I've been flying under the radar as I tried to establish some pillar content. Starting today, I'll be making a public push to spread the word about this site. If you're a new reader, you can do the following: Subscribe to the RSS feed Subscribe via email…

The Truth Behind Management Consulting Salaries: From Analyst Thru Partner

Consultant salaries are a topic many readers are dying to learn more about. We've gathered the data from our own experiences, clients who land offers, consulting colleagues, and public sources. They won't be 100% accurate but should be pretty close. One resource we've found valuable is the Consulting forums at WallStreetOasis. If you have already decided…

Preview of the upcoming “Consulting Bible” – the 2 most important and most common interview questions you’ll ever hear

Readers will notice that the posting rate has slowed here at Management Consulted. The reason? I've been developing a "Consulting Bible" - an insider's guide to consulting interviews that will cover: More than 50 fit/personality interview questions with example answers for each. I'm shooting for quality and not quantity - so mastering these 50 will…

How to Get Consulting Jobs from a Liberal Arts and Humanities Background

courtesy of toothpaste for dinner Liberal arts and humanities majors are often criticized for being "soft majors" - with unchallenging classes and lack of "real world" skill development leaving them unable to land competitive business jobs. Fortunately for all the budding English and Philosophy majors out there, that's simply not true. It's very common for…

Engineering To Consulting: Career Change Strategy

Going from engineering to consulting is a great move. That's why we've created a series on entering consulting from "non-business" backgrounds - other posts include entering from liberal arts/humanities degrees and non-MBA grad schools. It's very common for engineers to be interested in consulting. It's a professionally demanding, well-compensated job which opens many doors in…

Overview of the Management Consulting Summer Internship – from Recruiting to Guaranteeing a Return Offer

Summer internships in management consulting are tough to find because there are so few. Some companies have just begun to expand their internship programs (eg, McKinsey) and some don't hire summer undergraduate interns (eg, smaller boutiques). However, landing one is incredibly valuable - you get a trial period to determine whether it's the right career…