638: Evaluating your firm's training (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

638: Evaluating your firm's training (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss consulting firm's training.

Too often clients ask the wrong questions when it comes to assessing training at consulting firms: do smaller offices have poorer training, should I attend training as soon as I join, does BCG have better training than Bain etc. When considering training you need to both consider formal and informal training. As we show, formal training is very useful, but not at all for the hard/technical skills it purports to impart on attendees. Informal training, also known as training on an engagement, is most effective when consultants can practice under diverse conditions. In other words, the more you travel and work with foreign teams, the better will be your training. Some firms encourage more global staffing and others far less. That counts.

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4: Anatomy of a McKinsey Networking Event

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3: McKinsey and BCG Networking

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-box" set of coffee chats and phone discussions. Related: The Consulting Offer season 1, Partner Networking Emails

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2: Screening McKinsey Resumes

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 3 Stature of employers 4 Achievements at work 5 Personal experience

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1: Importance of GMAT Scores

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.

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