8: Lessons in not placing a successful Wharton MBA
Having a brilliant profile and credentials is good, but not great. In this podcast we discuss the hurdles which caused a brilliant Wharton MBA to stumble during their interviews. Much came down to the...
28 Apr 201119min
7: English-speaking offices
Aspiring consultants typically struggle at this selection and arrive at the wrong strategy. When you live in a country with just one BBM office, like most countries, how do you select a 2nd, 3rd or 4t...
22 Apr 201114min
6: Advice on speaking like a consultant
If you read forums worldwide everyone is obsessed with cracking the case. Yet, most people cannot communicate like a consultant. We hope by reading this post, candidates spend an equal, if not more, t...
16 Apr 201116min
5: Families and McKinsey
No one will say this, but you should not be planning a family in the formative/early years of McKinsey or BCG. While firms go to great lengths to extol the virtues of their family friendly cultures, a...
10 Apr 201116min
4: Anatomy of a McKinsey Networking Event
The most important piece of feedback for a McKinsey, BCG et al networking event is to do nothing. You actually want to draw as little attention to yourself as possible. Networking events are really fo...
4 Apr 201120min
3: McKinsey and BCG Networking
Unless you have a stellar resume and profile, you will likely need to do some form of networking to secure an interview. Most aspiring consultants cannot network and treat networking as a "tick-the-bo...
29 Mar 201117min
2: Screening McKinsey Resumes
This podcast introduces and discusses the steps firms like McKinsey use to screen and review resumes. Consulting firms and recruiters essentially look for five things: 1 Your school 2 Grades at school...
23 Mar 201120min
1: Importance of GMAT Scores
This podcast answers the following reader question on GMAT scores and their relevance versus GPA scores when applying to consulting firms.
17 Mar 201122min
