113: Four Classic Math Mistakes In Cases
Candidates mess up calculations for 4 primary reasons: missing units, complicated equations, weak visual layout and poor technique. Notice that we ignore speed and arithmetic. There is a reason for that and it is discussed in the podcast. The most surprising one of the lot is missing units. We have trained PhDs who graduated first in their schools and many tend to drop units thereby producing meaningless answers. These are all simple mistakes but the impact is substantial.

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43: BTO Applications and Interviews Strategies

43: BTO Applications and Interviews Strategies

This podcast addresses some of the common misconceptions candidates have, and the mistakes they routinely make for this McKinsey path. Many of this mistakes commonly arise due to the nature of the wor...

24 Marras 20117min

42: Traits of Successful Consulting Applicants

42: Traits of Successful Consulting Applicants

A continuation of a podcast series we regularly update which looks at new traits and examines some in greater detail. In this posting, we spend more time looking at experienced candidates. Experienced...

18 Marras 201118min

41: Canadian MBA Programs for Consulting

41: Canadian MBA Programs for Consulting

This podcast provides some behind the scenes numbers about MBA program in the Great White North, as well as some tough questions candidates should ask themselves before applying. The headline is that ...

12 Marras 201118min

40: Advice for Deeply Experienced Candidates

40: Advice for Deeply Experienced Candidates

This podcast looks at the profile of an older MBA candidate who has extensive oil and gas expertise. We offer some counter-intuitive advice to this candidate for their career and planning. While we us...

6 Marras 201110min

39: Converting the internship

39: Converting the internship

This podcast presents some proven strategies candidates can apply this summer. We will discuss actual internship examples from our own experiences in consulting firms, and the characteristics of the s...

31 Loka 201124min

38: Case Interview feedback is not gospel

38: Case Interview feedback is not gospel

Too many aspiring consultants stick too closely to the feedback provided by consulting firms after an interview. The problem with this strategy is that it assumes the feedback is truthful, useful and ...

25 Loka 201115min

37: Lessons from Jan 2012 Internships

37: Lessons from Jan 2012 Internships

In this podcast we extract the most important mistakes, best-practices and lessons learned from our clients who interviewed and are still interviewing through the January 2012 US MBA internships.

19 Loka 201128min

36: Public Sector Consulting

36: Public Sector Consulting

Far too many candidates think public sector work is boring. In fact, just the opposite is true. Public sector work typically falls into 4 categories: national government, regional government, state-ow...

13 Loka 201123min

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