477: The organizational design stream (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss bonus versus salary resume. Bonus versus salary resume is a very simple test we do on resumes. This po...

18 Mar 8min

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss key differences in Bain FIT questions.   In looking through our database of over 240 former clients an...

16 Mar 13min

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we speak about our practice styles. Over the course of the case interview training program, it becomes very impor...

18 Feb 5min

This general podcast describes some of the common misconceptions applicants and even practicing McKinsey/BCG consultants have about their own firms. It will be useful to anyone who wants to understand...

11 Feb 12min

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss why you should bring energy to the interview.   Lots of candidates leave it to the interviewer to dete...

4 Feb 6min

Many candidates forget to sanity-check their calculations in a case. That is a bad idea. Without a sanity-check there is no way to meaningfully assess the accuracy of your answer. More important, how ...

2 Feb 6min

Networking with a partner is counter-intuitive. It is much easier to network with a McKinsey / BCG partner for at least four reasons. First, partners always return emails. Second, partners are general...

20 Jan 12min

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss how to gain more experience. Many candidates are declined with the suggestion to gain more work experi...

7 Jan 11min