Every year, hundreds of our European friends are interested in applying to work in U.S based consulting firms. And for good reason: the San Francisco Bay Area is the tech capital of the world, and almost every consulting firm and…
As consulting has become more popular (frantically so), we receive dozens of emails per month from undergrads – and even high schoolers – asking us what they should major in and which majors are deal-breakers if they want to break…
Bridge to BCG and McKinsey Insight are events aimed at Ph.D.s, engineers, med students, JDs, post-docs, interns, practicing MDs or residents. These magical BCG and McKinsey consulting seminars are crash courses, extended job interviews, and sell weekends all rolled into one.…
If you’re new to consulting, it won’t take you long to discover that the MBB firms are insanely competitive. There are only so many positions they can fill every cycle. There is no shame in trying and coming up a…
During an interview, it is common to be asked “Tell me about yourself.” Even though you’re mentally prepared for the question to be asked, suddenly your heart starts racing, your mind goes blank, and you just plain forget how to…
Recently, we released a video series on Consulting Resumes 101. Today, we continue where we left off with advanced tips to help guide you as you craft and edit your consulting resume. In the following videos, we take a deep…
Ever wonder what MBB, the Big 4 firms, and other firms like Accenture or Oliver Wyman are looking for in a consulting resume? During recruiting season, consultants review 100s of resume at a time. Because of the overwhelming size of…
Today we’re taking on a hot topic – how to polish your resume “consulting style”. Many of our resume edit clients come to us with the wrong assumption that the resume they submitted with their non-consulting applications will serve just fine…
Haven’t you always wondered if there are any McKinsey resume secrets? Maybe a magic wand that you could wave over your resume and – poof! A perfect resume! Well, there’s no magic wand, but we can give you 5 secrets…
This is the second in our series of resume and cover letter Q&As we collected during our Consulting Resume and Cover Letter Bible giveaway contest last month. We asked our email subscribers for one thing they wanted to know about consulting…