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Will joining a T2 hurt my career path pre-MBA?

MBA Application Advice MBB T2
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Bain | EY-Parthenon | Roland Berger | Market Sizing | 30% off in March 2024
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In general, it doesn't hurt your career. Particularly since you plan doing it in 3-4 years. Having Mckinsey and a strong role in a good company, becoming an industry specialist, is something MBA admissions value. And if ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Clarifying Ban Periods at Consulting Firms

Case Interview Kearney dubai MBB Mentorship
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, In general, the ban applies to all application types (from submitted and not being invited to interview, all the way to getting to the final round and not passing). Please don't try to circumvent. The “bans” a ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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[Experienced Hire] - Why MBB?

Bain & Company MBB McKinsey & Company preplounge
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Hi Philip, Sorry to hear about the rejection. In terms of your questions: 1) Should the last aspect (to make money) from my three career aspects not have been explained/mentioned during the interview? I would not recomm ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Toxic Workplace -Seeking Advice on Promotion and Pay Discrepancy

MBB strategy
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Hi there, I'm sorry to hear about your situation. To your questions: Q1: How to approach the conversation with the department head effectively? Keep the conversation fact based and try to avoid any kind of emotional res ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Bcg middle east intern count

BCG internship MBB
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, My understand is they are hiring. I wouldn't say agressively, but hiring is happening. Who cares about headcount and pass rate… Apply Network Perform your best If the headcount is 2 and pass rate is 5%, compar ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Ondemand Assessment

consulting MBB mental math Mentorship
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Haven't seen examples of the test yet.  So if I were you I would reach out to the recruiter to ask for more details on the structure of the test and explicitly request test samples. They often share those. The more info ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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BCG Recruiter Question

BCG MBB Recruiter recruiting
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McKinsey Jr. Engagement Manager | Interviewer at McK| Coached numerous candidates to secure MBB offers | University of Oxford
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McKinsey Jr. Engagement Manager | Interviewer at McK| Coached numerous candidates to secure MBB offers | University of Oxford
Hi, thanks for sharing this. I would not interpret too much into the recruiter not answering for one day. MBB consultancies tend to have a highly professional recruitment process, so they will usually not "leave you han ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Bain Madrid Office

Bain & Company Madrid MBB recruiting
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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years
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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years
Hi there, I would be happy to share my thoughts on your questions: First of all, while this does not seem to be the official process of providing a referral, you can most likely assume that “uploading your resume” has s ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Usual time to hear back after internship final round

Final Round internship MBB
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Ex-Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe
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Ex-Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe
Hi there, there have been a lot of reports that processes seem to be running more slowly and people are waiting for a while to receive feedback. If you have now already waited for 3 weeks, I would try to follow up with ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to make an oral presentation of the case analysis at the BCG written case interview?

BCG Case case interview preparation MBB presentation written case
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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School
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Hi, Here I've uploaded some written case samples (incl BCG) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zor4m49eyx5qxal/AABeUN6mtiGkWhEklRjszX2Oa?dl=0 The best way to prepare is the following: Check if the calculator is allowe ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey vs Bain 1st round 2024

Bain & Company Interview McKinsey Interview Scheduling MBB MBB McKinsey mckinsey 1st round interview
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, First, remember that you might not have control over scheduling. For the most part, they get to decide when they take place. Ultimately, I would apply (or have applied) to dozens of other firms. They can be yo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Lateral hire MBB

Big Four - Strategy MBB
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Bain London PE practice / ex-Interviewer and recruiting lead at Bain / I will coach you to rock those interviews
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Bain London PE practice / ex-Interviewer and recruiting lead at Bain / I will coach you to rock those interviews
Hi there, on paper you seem to have the right background and training (in that many MBBs have STEM degrees from leading universities). Perhaps we compartmentalize the steps you see as a sequence into three different pro ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to ask for strategy role

A.T. Kearney Bain BCG BCG McKinsey and Bain Big Four - Strategy Client and MBB FTIConsulting MBB
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Hi there, 1) Recruitment have returned with implementation role. Whilst I don't mind implementation I prefer strategy core role. How do I ask for this without sounding like I don't appreciate the implementation role tha ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Seeking Advice on Career Path

europe MBA MBB Middle East tier1
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Ex-Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe
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Ex-Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe
Hi there, if you want to pursue a career in consulting, then gaining experience in “niche consulting” is still better than no consulting experience. Of course you shouldn't linger at this firm for too long if your ambit ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Apply to MBB US from Europe

MBB
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Bain London PE practice / ex-Interviewer and recruiting lead at Bain / I will coach you to rock those interviews
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Bain London PE practice / ex-Interviewer and recruiting lead at Bain / I will coach you to rock those interviews
If I were you, I would take the offer to first learn the toolkit as a general consulting staff. Then look for opportunities to do an experience transfer for a termed exchange, to make sure you really like other aspects ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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ME first round market sizing case

1st round Bain & Company Market sizing MBB Middle East
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Ian
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, You'll learn a lot more from this by trying it out yourself first! Why don't you post your approach here and we can provide commentary? Hint: This is a bottom-up market sizing (think about how much you could m ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Compensation vs. company/city prestige vs. job content

Deloitte Deloitte Monitor eyparthenon MBB
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Ian
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, Love that you listed your priorities. Not only does that show that you are objective-driven and know how to make decisions, but it helps us! Now, you're making a potentially life-altering decision. Be careful ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Moving from the US back to Germany - what are my chances?

germany job MBB
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Cristian
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#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach
Cristian
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#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach
Hi there! I'm not sure why you believe that MBBs won't be interested in your profile. And also, yes, Germany is struggling too now in terms of hiring though I wouldn't be able to say how it compares exactly with the US. ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Big4 value creation services

Big4 Deals Strategy MBB Value Creation
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ex-BCG 4 years | Interviewer at BCG | 4 BCG offices (Miami, Madrid, Bogotá, Lima) | Now start-up founder $50M+ raised
Congrats on the offer. I have two thoughts:1/ I do believe the current brand on your CV affects your chances of getting into MBB. When I joined the BCG Madrid office, out of 10 people accepted in my cohort, 2 came from ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Reapply to MBB

MBB Screening
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Ian
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, Sorry to hear about not making it past the first round a McK and Bain. Now, if you passed the screenings before, you can pass them again. Given you have more experience, you *should* pass again. However, remem ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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