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Non-Traditional Background - Interviewing at McKinsey

First Round McKinsey McKinsey & Company Non-traditional

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Benjamin

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Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Benjamin

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Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Hi Emma, Congrats on the interview invitation! Sharing my perspective based on coming also from a non-traditional background (I majored in History in undergraduate), as well as spending 5 years as an interviewer at BCG. ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Breaking into MBB from nontraditional background

Advice MBB Non-traditional recruiting

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Francesco

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#1 Coach for Sessions (4.500+) | 1.500+ 5-Star Reviews | Proven Success (➡ interviewoffers.com) | Ex BCG | 10Y+ Coaching

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Hi Harry, 1) Can extremely diligent preparation and networking make up for my weaker background? Yes, in particular the referral part. What you need to do is to land the interview, after that, the GPA/school should not ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Getting a Consulting Offer From a Non-Traditional Background

case interview practice with consultants Non target Non-traditional

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Benjamin

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Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Benjamin

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Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Hi Yasmin, Glad that you find the community helpful - you can certainly find a ton of useful advice (that I wish I had access to a long time ago when I was applying). Firstly - it's great that you are taking initiative ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Consulting or Yale?

law McKinsey Non-traditional

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Benjamin

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Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Benjamin

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Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Hello Emma, A good problem to have in many ways :) I do not have the experience of both careers (i'll let others who have that experience make a more detailed comparison), but I spent a fair bit of time in consulting so ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Do consulting firms really value non-traditional backgrounds?

Application CV CV screening MBB Non-traditional Resume transition

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Udayan

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Top rated Case & PEI coach/Multiple real offers/McKinsey EM in New York /12 years recruiting experience

Udayan

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Top rated Case & PEI coach/Multiple real offers/McKinsey EM in New York /12 years recruiting experience

Consulting firms value all backgrounds that they can then sell on to a client. For example, many vets work in consulting firms specializing in animal health projects primarily. Similarly people come from backgrounds as ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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What type of experience helps the experienced applicants from non-consulting backgrounds to get to the interview stage?

Non-traditional

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Anonym A fragte am 1. Juli 2019

I graduated from a tier 1 university from my country (non US/ UK) in an undergraduate degree in finance and was amongst the top 5% in terms of the academic performance in my batch. Post that, I worked in an analytics ro ... (ganze Frage lesen)

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Non-consulting jobs at MBB

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Sidi

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Sidi

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi Anonymous, normally the ban should not apply to non-consulting positions. The recruiting processes are independent from each other, and the pipelines are managed by different people. Cheers, Sidi

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Pivoting From Career As Professional Athlete

MBA networking Non-traditional recruiting Recruiting timeline

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Guennael

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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews

Guennael

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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews

Agree with Elias. Professional athletes regularly make their way into MBB, we had a former NFL player in the Houston BCG office a few years ago. By playing at that level, you showed dedication, grit, resilience, ambitio ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Non-Target to T-2 w strong connection?

Non-Target Networking Non-traditional

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Vlad

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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Vlad

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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, I believe with these internships and a good resume there will be no problem with an interview invite even from a non-target school. Best

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How to calculate ROI for a non profit when it is actually losing money?

expert Non-traditional

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Aditya fragte am 27. Juli 2017

Looking for solid partners.

Our client is a non profit considering investment in a new technology to prevent malaria in Africa. Should they invest in this new technology given the following information: Every year malaria costs $100M to African ... (ganze Frage lesen)

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