Category: management consulting

Consulting Bible – Preface

You’ve probably heard one-liners like, ‘Networking is really important” and “It’s all about who you know” when sage advisors are proffering wisdom on how to get a job in today’s economy. Haven’t you ever wondered exactly what that looks like - especially when you might not be a natural networker, or might not know someone…

Consulting Bible Table of Contents

Preface Why The Consulting Bible? What’s New in the 3rd Edition   How To Get The Most Out of This Guide   Interview Process and Expectations General Interview Tips Interview Styles Interview Practice Plan   PST What is it? 8 Keys for PST Success Ultimate PST Prep Plan   Fit and Experiential Interview Questions Introduction…

Consulting Bible – Get The Most

If you’re the type who likes to get right to the point, you’ll appreciate this section. If you don’t plan to read all 300+ pages of this book, here are the parts we recommend to read and in what order:   Scan through the fit questions and suggested answers. This will give you a sense…

Consulting Bible – Fit and Experiential Interview

Bad Response: “I have been told that I’m a really likable person. If I’m ever on a flight, I love striking up a conversation with the person sitting next to me, for instance. I always end up learning so much about their life and their experiences - and it’s so interesting! I just make friends…

Introducing CareerWaze

Career Waze - Letting AI Direct Your Learning AI and tech are taking over every industry. In today’s day and age, a baseline knowledge of AI advances and technical skills are necessary tools in the consulting toolbelt. As a consultant, you’ll be an “expert for a day,” going into unfamiliar industries, quickly learning the ins…

MBA Sponsorship At Consulting Firms

One of the main considerations for those of you considering consulting is what you’ll do after you leave. Or put another way, many people enter consulting to leave it! But what are you setting yourself up for? For those of you who have your sights set on an MBA, going into consulting is one of…

How Consulting Firms Bill Clients

More and more, we've noticed an increasing fascination around the internal mechanics of consulting firms. Lately, we've received questions about how Partners sell projects, and how consulting firms bill clients. Today, we're diving into the latter. Looking for more insider information about consulting? Start with a Power Half Hour today. We'll help you develop a…

Tech Consulting vs Strategy Consulting

In the past, we've explored how Tech consulting experience can hurt you when it comes to applying for more strategy-focused roles, and how to mitigate this during the recruiting process. While tech consulting is incredibly meaningful work (not to mention the fastest growing sector inside of consulting), the negative stereotype of the field remains inside…

Law School To Consulting

Lately, we've been hearing the same question from more and more law students - How do I go from law school to consulting? This may surprise some of you: after all, why "waste" law school and go into an entirely unrelated field? Or why leave a partner track in a law firm to start over?…

6 Ways You Can Prepare for Consulting Right Now

Have you missed your particular recruitment window?   Didn't make the break you expected this year for careers? The consulting industry is one of the most competitive on the planet, and there's no shame in falling a little short this time. But this is no time to go sulk in the corner or rest on…