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Anonym A fragte am 20. Jan. 2021

Hello, random question: is having my own makreting/strategy blog (that makes money) and publishing marketing books and online courses a good thing for an application or I shouldn't oversell it?

Thanks!

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Henning
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antwortete am 20. Jan. 2021
Bain | passed >15 MBB interviews as a candidate

Hard to oversell this. One caveat: Check the marketing IP of the major firms. If you're promoting a very niche theory in your own publications that flies in the face of the IP that the firms are publishing, you might be careful.

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Ken
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Absolutely! It shows your entrpreneurial drive as well as making you stand out as an "interesting" candidate. I recall having an interesting conversation with a McKinsey candidate who had a very successful food blog with over 10k Instagram subscribers.

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Gaurav
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Ex-Mckinsey|Certified Career Coach |Placed 500+ candidates at MBB & other consultancies

Hi there,

yes, 100%. If this is not the entrepreneurial drive, then I don't know what is :)

Cheers,

GB

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Clara
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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello!

Yes indeed, 100%. Make sure that you quantify the impact in terms of what you have achieved so far.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

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Adi
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Hell yes! If you have it flaunt it :)

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Florian
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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets

Hey there,

You should definitely talk about it and have a few stories at hand related to

  • motivation / drive / achievement
  • overcoming obstacles
  • leading others (not sure if you are doing this alone or with someone else)
  • convincing others (can be customers, suppliers, freelancers you work with, etc.)

MBB always loves to hire entrepreneurial spirits because their core demographic is the complete opposite and mostly risk-averse. It is good to diversify a bit in that respect.

As a general note for the fit interview or PEI interview (McK). Always talk about your victories. There is no benefit in playing it small. :-)

Long story short, definitely promote it and benefit from it.

Cheers,

Florian

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Denis
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Goldman Sachs Investment Banker NYC | Ex-Bain 5 yrs| MBA Chicago Booth | Passed > 13 MBB > 20 IB interviews

Absolutely - would be great if you show that on the CV and provide some details (e.g. views per months, topics you cover, etc.)

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Francesco
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Hi there,

I agree with Ian, this is a good example of entrepreneurship and you can definitely add it.

You should expect the question “Why don’t you want to scale this and do it full time?”.

Best,
Francesco

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Ian
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate

100%!

This shows entrepreunurial experience and drive...add it!

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