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Accenture Interview

Your Accenture case interview performance will determine if you remaining a candidate or becoming a consultant. It's that simple. Case interviews are typically based on a project that the consulting firm has actually worked on. So the cases are a fairly good way to test and see who will be the best potential consultants. Accenture…
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A Bright Young Banker’s BCG Interview (and Job Offer)!

Today we have a guest post from Lucila, an international student who studied economics at a top U.S. university and, after a stint in investment banking for a global bank office in the U.S. (and a marathon interview process to boot), she broke into BCG. Below, Lucila shares her experience applying for and successfully breaking…
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How to ace a Mercer consulting interview

We have a treat today...a guest from Poland who has offered to share his experience applying for, breaking into and working at Mercer in Warsaw. As over 40% of our readers are from non-U.S. locations, we thought it might be fun to mix it up a bit and give you an on-the-ground insider perspective from…
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2013 MC Giveaway…win one of 16 FREE Interview Prep Sessions

For the next 3 weeks only we're running a giveaway contest for MC readers. The prize? 16 total hours of intensive consulting interview prep with MC's Managing Director and former MBB consultant, Jenny Rae. In other words, we're giving away $3,200! What the heck would we do that for? Good question. No, we're not just extremely nice.…
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How to win at the LEK interview process even when applying from abroad

Recent grad Danika did something not many undergrads attempt - she applied to consulting firms while she was spending a semester studying abroad. Managing vast gaps in time and distance, she employed flexibility and persistence to land an offer from LEK. From the beginning, she was upfront about her location and realistic about her prospects,…
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Rocking an IBM Interview from a Non-Target School

Ashley worked with us in the Fall of 2011 to break into consulting from a non-target school. We started with a resume/cover letter edit, and later completed interview preparation. Ashley had a strong background - she had completed a number of name-brand co-op internships while in school - but breaking in from outside the target…
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Charles River Interview Secrets from an Ex-Consultant turned CPG Analyst

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving everyone! Have a special treat for you guys - a 36 minute podcast interview with Shreenath Regunathan. Shreenath has a very interesting background - he graduated from a huge public school (UT-Austin), spent several years at Charles River Associates doing a lot of oil/energy/gas work, then migrated over to Coca-Cola where he…
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8 Fit Interview Questions and Their Fatal Mistakes

In the last 6 months, we've helped 100s of folks improve their interview skills to break into consulting. While coaching participants come from all walks of life (15-year IT veterans from India; undergraduate sophomores from well-known Ivies), almost all make the same mistakes during our practice sessions: 1. They don't sell themselves enough. We've never worked…
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