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One thing stands between you and a consulting career: the interview. But the consulting interview is not your run-of-the mill interview. It has the reputation for being a rigorous assessment that only the best and brightest will pass. Beyond the standard interview fare, intended to gauge your personality and...
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Just 30 seconds. That's how long a consulting recruiter spends with your resume, on average, before deciding whether to grant you an interview. Even the best resume won't guarantee you a consulting job, but it's essential to getting your foot in the door of a top firm and putting your candidacy into serious...
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As a consulting intern, be prepared to dive headfirst into an industry, quickly get your bearings, and find a solution to the questions at hand-just as consultants do with each new project. In the process, you'll apply coursework you never thought you'd use and see what it's like to manage the demands of...
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As a consulting intern, be prepared to dive headfirst into an industry, quickly get your bearings, and find a solution to the questions at hand-just as consultants do with each new project. In the process, you'll apply coursework you never thought you'd use and see what it's like to manage the demands of...
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Business operations cases test your practical ability to get things done. From logistics and human resources to distribution and financing, operations questions cover the core issues that make companies run. But just because they're practical doesn't mean they're easy. Fortunately, by studying up on the case...
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For most consultants, business strategy is the fun stuff: It's where you really get to show off your creativity along with your business savvy. But during the case interview, business strategy questions can also be the most challenging-make a bad recommendation and you could run a company into the ground. With...
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All consulting candidates will face some form of the market-sizing case. Designed to test your facility with logic and numbers, a market-sizing question may stand on its own or be part of a larger case. Either way, you'll need to juggle your skills in quantitative analysis and employ common sense. Fortunately,...
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The case interview is analytical, quantitative, creative, and challenging. In short, it's just like real consulting work, which is why consulting recruiters use the case interview as a primary means of evaluating interviewees. This follow-up to WetFeet's popular Ace Your Case guide provides 15 more case...
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Ready to ditch your business attire and drop out of the corporate rat race? Fantasize about choosing your own clients and projects and working whenever-and wherever-you want? Sounds like freelancing may be the right choice for you. Freelancing veteran Marcia Passos Duffy tells you what you need to know to start...
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Ready to be rich? This top-selling Insider Guide profiles twenty careers that have the highest income potential, from consulting to fashion. Million-Dollar Careers is based on extensive research and in-depth discussions with companies and job seekers-insiders who know what it takes to make it big.