Category: consulting interviews

Interview With a Former Bain consultant – Life as a Consultant Series

It's been a while since our last Life as a Consultant interview. We've talked to consultants from McKinsey, Nortel Consulting, and Booz Allen amongst others. Today's interview is with a former Bain consultant. His story is particularly interesting given his engineering background and current venture capital role. Now on to the interview! I've bolded a…

Management Consulting Interviews: 10 Key Interview Preparation Tips

10 Key Interview Preparation Tips is my final post in the management consulting interview series. Previous topics included case studies, followup questions, and fit interviews and preparation. Here, I'll focus on 10 key interview preparation tips or steps to prepare for consulting interviews. As a general piece of advice, the best way to become a great…

Celerant Consulting Interview – the skinny on operations consulting

The Life as a Consultant series continues. The guest today is a senior consultant from Celerant Consulting - an operations-focused consulting firm. Previous interviews featured consultants from Booz Allen, AT Kearney, Nortel, and McKinsey. Disclaimer: I did not personally conduct this interview. Both the questions and answers were sent to me by a kind reader.…

Interview with Marquis of McKinsey and Marquis’ Weblog – Life as a Consultant series

The Life of a Consultant series continues. The guest today is Marquis - former McKinsey consultant, Stanford GSB graduate, and author of the popular consulting blog Marquis' Weblog. Previous interviews covered consultants from Booz Allen, AT Kearney, and Nortel. Some background: I've been reading Marquis' blog for several years. He is a prolific and insightful…

Interview with Steve Shu of Nortel Business Consulting – Life as a Consultant series

Readers are in for a real treat this time as the Life of a Consultant series continues with insider insights to the Nortel interview and more from Steve Shu. Read previous interviews here and here. Some background: I've followed Steve's blog even before I entered the consulting world. Back then, it was one of the…

Interview with Steward from Kearney Shanghai – Life as a Consultant series

This is the second post in my "Life as a Consultant" series. The first was with a Booz Allen consultant. Expect more soon from current and former consultants at firms such as McKinsey and Bain! Some background first: Steward was one of the first commenters here at MC. Upon further discussions and email exchanges, I…

Launch of The Consulting Bible – your secret weapon in today’s economy

Do you stumble when asked why you want to do consulting? Are you terrified of solving Disney's growth strategy for Brazil? Unsure how to begin estimating the number of rhesus monkeys in India? You've come to the right place. Through Management Consulted, I've written article upon article about the consulting industry. From salaries to travel,…

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…

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…