Category: consulting cover letter

Consulting Cover Letter Bain

Are you trying to get into the youngest of the MBBs? One pivotal document you will need is your Bain cover letter. Bain & Company uses these letters to filter out the most promising candidates from the multitudes that apply and reject the rest. But what does an effective Bain and Company cover letter look…

BCG Cover Letter: Your Guide to Success

Whether you're a student or an established professional, the path to joining the ranks of top consulting firms like Boston Consulting Group will include a compelling cover letter. Candidates should aim to provide a concise, customized cover letter for each major consulting firm application, and it should be tailored to your experience to showcase your…

Deloitte Cover Letter

Applying to consulting firms can be a stressful process, especially when you have your eyes set on a specific firm. Many applicants go into the recruiting process with their hearts set on working at Deloitte. In order to get an interview, it is essential to have an A+ resume. Hard stop. The cover letter –…

McKinsey Cover Letter

When applying to McKinsey, candidates are invited to submit a cover letter (although this is now optional at most offices). The McKinsey cover letter is a 1-page document that explains your story, serves as a writing sample, and why you want to work at the firm. As a rule of thumb, a knockout cover letter…

Cover Letter Tips

The cover letter is often overshadowed by the resume. While it will never be more important than the resume, a good cover letter is still an important component of the recruiting process. A great cover letter won’t necessarily get you the interview, but a poor one with tons of errors will definitely cost you. As…

Consulting Cover Letter: Ultimate Guide

The cover letter is undervalued by candidates because it is misunderstood. A good management consulting cover letter can give you a small edge over other candidates, particularly because firms use it as a writing sample. And don't forget: a bad cover letter can do your application serious harm. Here's what a consulting cover letter is…

Consulting Cover Letter Q&A: 5 Tips

This is the final post in our series of resume and cover letter Q&As. Our newsletter subscribers shared the one thing they wanted to know about consulting resumes and cover letters and what they thought the answer was. Questions in our final post focus on 3 key how to's for consulting cover letters. How to give your cover letter that special something,…

5 Ways to Catch a Recruiter’s Eye with Your Consulting Cover Letter

In this post, we focus on consulting cover letters – everything from how to catch a recruiter's eye and nailing format to what recruiters are really looking for. If you have another perspective on consulting cover letters – we’d love to hear from you! Subscribe to our newsletter, add your comment below, or send us an email. 75%…

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…

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…