Category: Consulting skills

Investment Banking Analyst: A Day in the Life vs. Consulting

Investment banking is an industry infamous for its notoriously long hours. When I was looking into how to become an investment banker, I first asked, "What is investment banking?" Then, I remember asking - “Why on Earth do investment banking analysts need to be in the office for so long?” It all came down to…

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Problem solving and decision making are important for every consultant, business, and person in the world. After all, in the end, aren’t all entities and individuals just a sum of their choices? We’ll spare you the philosophical lecture, but we do want to provide some insight on why problem solving and decision making in the…

Business Writing: Definition, Tips, & Examples

If you write emails, create reports, produce memorandums, or anything similar at work, that means excelling at business writing is an important skill to have. The problem is that business writing isn’t really taught well or equally during university or even at many companies. As a result, a vast majority of employees learn through trial…

STAR Method: Should it be Used in Fit Interviews?

Preparing for behavioral interview questions can be challenging. There are endless potential questions that can be asked, so even starting to prepare for them can feel overwhelming. But just as there are strategies to prepare for the case interview, there are structured ways to also approach behavioral interviews. One such strategy is the STAR Method.…

Fast Math: Quant Skills

Fast math. Just the term itself is enough to strike fear into any English or History major. Here’s the thing: no matter your background, you will be expected to be comfortable with fast math during your consulting case interviews. If math isn’t your strong suit – don’t worry. Case interviews don’t require advanced calculus or…

McKinsey, Bain, and BCG: 3 Things They Look for in Consultants

McKinsey, Bain, and BCG look for specific traits in consultants. After years of working with candidates that go to MBB firms and other consulting firms, we've noticed something. McKinsey, Bain, and BCG look for something different in consultants than other firms. Here's a hint: clarity of focus is the number one. As a group, management…

Getting promoted: 3 skills necessary to make it to Partner at a Consulting Firm

When you sit down for an interview or a performance review at a management consulting firm, you are being evaluated beyond just your current role. In fact, you are being assessed for longer term viability - from the next level up all the way to Partner. There are things you can do to help you…

Mental Math for Consulting – newly expanded and updated!

In 2015, we launched our first ever Mental Math course – with tremendous success. Literally thousands of clients have used Mental Math for Consulting to help them land 1 or more offers from top 10 firms. We don’t attribute all of the success to us – after all, they're the ones who put in the hours of…

Thinking Like A Consultant: Quantitative Reasoning And Prioritization

In 2013, The Economist published an article on the increasing demand for management consulting in various sectors of society. This article, titled, “To the Brainy, the Spoils”, was headed up with the following tagline: “As the world grows more confusing, demand for clever consultants is booming” We hear confirmation of this from every corner of…

Financial Modeling 101: 6 Features Of A Killer Consulting Financial Model

Strategic thinking. Passion for results. Creativity. Structure. These were the key words used during information sessions, interview introductions and sell weekends to describe my future life in consulting. As I look back on it now, they are the words that the partners used to describe Bain's solutions and partnership strategy with clients, but these words…