838: Sanity Checking Estimations in Cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

This is a frustrating topic for many reasons. You will see it cropping up in TCO III a lot, and hurting one participant significantly. Therefore, we want to address this topic via a podcast and hope i...

17 Mars 20167min

Most firms only talk about their successful clients. They talk about clients who end up joining McKinsey, BCG and Bain (MBB). We are different. We believe it is important to talk about those case inte...

11 Mars 201611min

In this podcast I relate an experience I had with a young partner we have in China, Amy. This may seem like a small incident but to me it explains the reason why older partners need to bring in younge...

16 Feb 201610min

Most applicants have the wrong impression of McKinsey BTO. And through this wrong impression they are missing an opportunity to pursue a wonderful consulting career. In this podcast, and related artic...

12 Feb 20169min

We have worked with over 700 case interview coaching clients and that rises to over 800 if you include active clients. We have kept meticulous records on each client. Searching for correlations/patter...

2 Feb 201614min

In this podcast, and related article, we discuss a common mistake candidates make. They assume because a consultant has a reputation for being a good consultant they will make a great case interview p...

26 Jan 20165min

This podcast is based on an interaction I had recently, over email, with a student. The student made critical mistakes in handling the interaction. By listening to this podcast you can avoid them and ...

19 Jan 20167min

We receive many emails with questions about how to be productive. In this podcast, which builds on other points about this topic we have previously made, we discuss 6 other areas to consider. (1) Time...

12 Jan 201622min