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What’s the difference between 1st and 2nd round interviews?

Both interview rounds will have fit interview and case interview components. The 1st rounds will likely be less challenging, with less senior consultants. The 2nd rounds will be much tougher, and you'll interview with senior consultants whom you'll be working with should you get the offer.
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What if I make a mistake during a consulting case study?

It happens all the time. Admit your mistake ("Wait a minute, that doesn't seem right because..."). Take a second to regroup, and rewind to where you think the error started. Restate all the facts that you know, confirm those facts with the interviewer, and recalculate/rethink the question. If you still can't figure it out, ask…
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A Deloitte Consulting Interview and Offer from Wisconsin Non-target School

While the Life as a Consultant series usually features current or former consultants, today we have a new guest. Ryan Wegner is a first-year senior at a non-target school, the University of Wisconson-Madison. Regardless of where you are in your consulting career - reading through the interview will be worth your time. Ryan first contacted…
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Interview With a Former Bain consultant – Life as a Consultant Series

It's been a while since our last Life as a Consultant interview. We've talked to consultants from McKinsey, Nortel Consulting, and Booz Allen amongst others. Today's interview is with a former Bain consultant. His story is particularly interesting given his engineering background and current venture capital role. Now on to the interview! I've bolded a…
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Management Consulting Interviews: 10 Key Interview Preparation Tips

10 Key Interview Preparation Tips is my final post in the management consulting interview series. Previous topics included case studies, followup questions, and fit interviews and preparation. Here, I'll focus on 10 key interview preparation tips or steps to prepare for consulting interviews. As a general piece of advice, the best way to become a great…
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Role play in consulting interviews: roundup of reader questions

Here's a roundup of reader questions - covering topics including role play consulting interviews, consulting interview dress code, consulting lingo, and cover letters. To start, I found an online copy of the Wetfeet Guide to the Top 25 Consulting Firms - worth a quick browse as their company profiles are strong on the basics. Now…
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Booz Allen interview on Obama and public sector consulting

If you're not familiar with my interview with a consultant from Booz Allen, we briefly covered government consulting which generated great reader interest. Booz guy thoughtfully followed up with some additional thoughts on the topic. My notes are in italics. In no particular order, here they are: 1. Government and public sector consulting generally follows…
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