Category: Consulting Case Interview

Undergrad Bootcamper Breaks into McKinsey

We first met Rachel in September; she was nice and very unassuming. When we got her 1:1 in our New York Bootcamp, however, we were impressed with her experience, her depth of business understanding and her very solid motivations for her passion about consulting. This is a transcribed phone interview between Rachel (name changed) and…

Royal Air Force Officer Nails McKinsey London Interview

Earlier this year I had the distinct pleasure of working with Andy, a 16-year veteran with the Royal Air Force and a real-life fighter pilot. Andy had failed a case interview with one firm but had a confirmed chance with McKinsey London, and he didn't want to walk away without the offer. With no formal…

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…

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…

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…

2013 MC Giveaway…win one of 16 FREE Interview Prep Sessions

For the next 3 weeks only we're running a giveaway contest for MC readers. The prize? 16 total hours of intensive consulting interview prep with MC's Managing Director and former MBB consultant, Jenny Rae. In other words, we're giving away $3,200! What the heck would we do that for? Good question. No, we're not just extremely nice.…

How to win at the LEK interview process even when applying from abroad

Recent grad Danika did something not many undergrads attempt - she applied to consulting firms while she was spending a semester studying abroad. Managing vast gaps in time and distance, she employed flexibility and persistence to land an offer from LEK. From the beginning, she was upfront about her location and realistic about her prospects,…

Prepping for a BCG or Bain interview? A UVA undergrad’s path to a Bain offer

Wow, you're going to learn a lot from this interview with UVA undergrad and now Bain consultant, James. His first recruiting season left much to be desired, but he learned his lesson and turned it around for interviews his senior year. With offers from Bain and BCG, James shares with MC readers his first-hand experience…

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…