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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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Want to work for a top consulting firm? Welcome to the club: Consulting firms have traditionally been among the largest employers of the best and brightest MBA and college graduates. You'll need to work hard to land that plum position. And how will you know which firm is right for you? They're not all the same,...
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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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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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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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The most dreaded part of the consulting interview: the case! Like it or not, if you're hoping to get a job in management consulting, you will have to learn how to handle the case interview. Although different firms and interviewers vary in their approaches to the case question, all of them use it as an...
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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...