Category: consulting recruiting

A Summer at OC&C Strategy Consultants (Podcast)

OC&C Strategy Consultants is the fast-growing pure-play strategy house everyone is talking about. In this episode, we're talking with a former intern/current consultant (Lexa) and a current intern (Justin) to hear the inside scoop on life, work, and play at OC&C. What other firm flies its entire staff to Puerto Rico for a weekend of…

Day in the Life of a Palm Tree Associate (Podcast)

What does a day in the life of an M&A advisory consultant look like? You're about to find out. in this episode, we chat with Garrett Adame, a Senior Associate at Palm Tree. Garrett shares a candid behind the scenes look at his work and life at the firm. He also breaks down the firm's…

How L.E.K. Supports and Encourages Diversity (Podcast)

We're excited to bring you this diversity-centered conversation with the folks over at L.E.K. Consulting. We got to sit down (virtually) with Justin Craigwell-Graham and Jen Wu, Managing Directors at L.E.K., to dig into how the firm creates an environment that promotes diversity. We explored: What diversity actually means The affinity groups L.E.K. has available…

Advancy Recruiting Process Overview

We recently sat down with Keith Fogerty, a Manager at Advancy New York. Advancy is a global strategy consulting firm serving clients in a select number of B2B and B2C sectors. Keith shared more about the firm, Advancy’s recruiting process, and how you can pursue a consulting role at the firm (hint: they’re hiring!). Interested…

How Palm Tree Advises Private Equity Clients To Create Value in Complex M&A Situations (Podcast)

We're excited to share this conversation with Palm Tree's Rouzheen Myrick (SVP) with you! She shares about Palm Tree's practice areas, what type of candidate the firm is looking for, what it means to "stay frosty," and so much more. If you're looking for a challenging consulting role serving the M&A industry, Palm Tree may…

McKinsey Recruiting: Process, Timeline, Events, & Resources

The McKinsey recruiting process is a relatively standardized process that can be broken down into a few different buckets: Job for which you are recruiting: Business Analyst jobs (undergraduate candidates; professionals with a few years of experience) Associate jobs (MBA and advanced degree candidates) Process through which you are interviewing On-cycle Off-cycle “Entry point” into…

BCG Recruiting: Process, Timeline, Events, & Resources

The BCG recruiting process is like the recruiting process for other MBB firms. Specifically, BCG follows a relatively regimented process for applicants out of school (whether it be an undergraduate program or a graduate school program). For these students, BCG has general timelines to follow when filling each year’s intake. The timelines are even more…

A Summer in Consulting at L.E.K. with Partner Gigi Wong (Podcast)

Gigi Wong joined L.E.K. Consulting as a summer intern in 2013, crushed the experience, then stuck around to become a Managing Director/Partner. In this podcast conversation, you'll hear about her internship experience, why she stayed, and much more: What a summer internship at L.E.K. is like How the firm structures engagements Ways L.E.K. supports intern…

How L.E.K. Helps the World’s Top Companies Achieve Growth

In this episode of Strategy Simplified, we're joined by Maria Steingoltz, a Managing Director at L.E.K. Consulting. She shares with us about the firm, the work it engages in, and a case study from a recent client engagement. From the case study, you'll learn learn how the generalist strategy consulting firm approaches ambiguous problems, structures…

BCG Unlock

What is BCG Unlock? Unlock is BCG's pre-MBA summer program for incoming MBAs. Today, we're excited to bring you a conversation with Jeff Kovick, BCG's head of MBA recruiting for North America. He shares, in detail, about the BCG Unlock experience - why it exists, who it's for, and why you should apply. In addition,…