214: Why entrepreneurs always provide poor PEI answers
Entrepreneurs almost always fail to answer the most basic question: If you were so successful, why are you leaving behind all that success to apply for a ~$150K/annum package at McKinsey as an associa...
30 Elo 201411min
213: How Michael fixed a stuttering problem
This podcast draws on the feedback of one of our principals, Michael Boricki who was a Big-3 principal and left the firm on the day after he was appointed director, to discuss the technique he used to...
24 Elo 201414min
212: Vague McKinsey/BCG feedback is good
This podcast is built on a discussion we recently had with a Yale PhD. His friend, who made it to the final round of McKinsey, was told that the firm had no specific development areas for her. She jus...
18 Elo 201416min
211: Ignore the case interviewer at your peril
It is quite common for Firmsconsulting to receive the following emails, questions or comments from clients and readers. When reading the comments below, try to think about why a reader would have thes...
12 Elo 201412min
210: Yale PhDs, Berkeley PhDs and Harvard MBAs start here
Due to our longstanding relationships at Yale and Berkeley, since several Firmsconsulting mentors are Harvard alumni, our Harvard and Yale clients' involvement in the development of The Consulting Off...
6 Elo 201417min
209: Unemployed To The Big-3, Behind The Scenes
Putting together the September 2013 Quarterly feature article, "Unemployed to the Big-3," was both an interesting and challenging article. It follows the new format of the Firmsconsulting Quarterly. T...
31 Heinä 201428min
207: Case Interview Support
This series of detailed podcasts provides prospective applicants to our program all the information they need to put together an application package, do well in the screening interviews, and, should t...
19 Heinä 201411min
206: Case Interview Coaching
This series of detailed podcasts provides prospective applicants to our program all the information they need to put together an application package, do well in the screening interviews, and, should t...
13 Heinä 201448min
