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McKinsey Consultant for how long until moving further?

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Difference between Roland Berger interviews vs. McKinsey or Bain?

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Interview preparation - experiences senior manager

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Do you need experience as a manager in order to be a management consultant?

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Does anyone have experience at McKinsey in Vietnam?

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How different is being a consultant in a big city vs a regional office?

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Will McKinsey administer Imbellus to all resume screen passing candidates (non-target MBA school recruiting)?

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As an engineer would it be difficult to come back to an engineering job after being working in consulting?

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How useful is the PrepPlan on PrepLounge?

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LEK London - Associate Applications Feedback?

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Fast-growth consulting firm or Big4?

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Will an engineering masters from imperial help?

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I submitted McKinsey application but heard 1st interview is usually in 1 week. Is it true?

on Dec 08, 2019
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Case Structure

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Repeated rejections for consulting - action plan?

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Do the blue paragraphs in Background need to be directly communicated?

on Dec 07, 2019
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Similarity of cases to the real interview?

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The break-even calculation: do we want to consider timeline of break-even

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