Category: management consulting

Consulting FAQs

Here is a directory for all of Management Consulted's consulting FAQs. How to Transition From Finance Into Consulting Are Thank You Letters Necessary? Do Some Firms Recruit in Winter and Spring? Are Certain Offices Easier to Recruit for? How Do I Prepare for Consulting Recruiting? How Can I Find Boutique Consulting Firms? How Important is Undergrad…

Top 5 Consulting Jokes

Our topic for April 1? What else -- jokes! We wanted to have some fun because it's April Fool's season, so we decided to survey the web for the best consulting jokes out there. We found tons of good ones, and a few great ones, and then some that made us laugh out loud. We…

2012: Year in review

What a year! 2012 has been fantastic here at MC. At our year-end dinner last week, over a fantastic red bubbly wine and gourmet fare, we reflected on all of the great things we've accomplished in the last 12 months. As we reminisced, we thought, "wouldn't that be a great post?" Lo and behold, it…

Reader FAQ – Switching gears: from intern to full-time, from IT to strategy, and from PwC and IBM to MBB

It's time for our final Reader FAQ for 2012, and we're going out with a bang. (Even Santa's reading MC now!) This month we feature questions from readers who want to switch gears - with a focus on moving from non-MBB firms to MBB. Concerns around the move to top 3 plagues many MC clients…

Reader FAQ – “Designer” Consulting Resumes, Late Applications, and Plan Bs

October was the peak of full-time recruiting, and it shows! You've bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives to consulting when you don't make the cut. While each question comes from a unique personal perspective, many of the issues apply to our entire…

Reader FAQ: Cracking case interviews, why we don’t outsource and the merits of a JD/MBA

In the next couple of weeks, we're giving away some great stuff. Subscribe here if you're not already privy to the special content/deals we offer. Today, we cover a series of questions about case interviews, review the merits relative to consulting for the JD/MBA, and explain some of our service philosophy (including why we don't…

Reader FAQ: The one-page resume rule, applying overseas, and why our phone number is unlisted

Today, we cover some fun (and serious) topics that we've received via email from readers and clients in the last few weeks.  We knew that you might all benefit from answers to these questions. Q:  I want to call you to talk about your services, but I can't find your phone number anywhere.  What is…

Reader FAQ: From Big 4 to M/B/B and Transitioning from the Military to Consulting

You ask great questions (contact us if you have one that's burning), and we've quite frankly been lazy about sharing our answers with all of you.  We won't promise that a week on the beach (the literal beach, not the consulting beach) won't distract us for a bit, but before that happens, here are some…

The thought of applying directly to the McKinsey New York office from Sydney never crossed my mind. Is this possible?

The broader question here is the feasibility of applying to international consulting offices. Short answer is possible but tough. Long answer is it comes down to a variety of factors - such as if you're a good fit for that region (language expertise? local work experience?); the quality of their local recruiting class. Typically if…

Are there some firms that do their recruiting in Winter and Spring?

Most on-campus recruiting occurs in a concentrated time-frame (typically Fall for full-time, late-Fall and Winter for summer/internships). I do not have a specific breakdown of how firms recruit, but many will do recruiting on a rolling basis as well. Your best bet is to contact your school's career services office, as well as HR/recruiting contacts…