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Getting into MBB Consulting after graduation with boutique internships

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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Heres some reading to help: https://www.preplounge.com/en/articles/how-to-get-a-consulting-internship-tips-and-tricks
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How are Offer Decisions Made?

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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Do the best you can on each interview. Period. After the interview no amount of thinking about it will change the outcome. I know, easier said than done. If one interviewer does not want to hire you, then they won't. Th ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How Long Does it Take to Hear Back after Final Round Interviews?

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Hi, When I was an interviewer at MBB, we tried to get back to candidates within 1-2 weeks max. However sometimes things slip (e.g. interviewers are on crazy cases and just don't have time to complete evaluation forms). ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Consulting with a stutter?

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Hi there, I would like to know if i have a mild stutter, can i consider consulting as a potential career? If you want to do your career in consulting this is a BIG YES. Best consultants are brilliant problem solvers and ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to prepare for "role play" interviews (DHL Consulting)?

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Hi there, As other colleagues said, I definitely recommend you get in touch with a coach with consulting experience to help you with the role play simulations and give you feedback on how to improve. Don't hesitate to c ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Top tier 2 interview

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Hi there! First of all, if you're not ready, I wouldn't reach to them just yet. Only do so when you feel like you could have the interview in the coming period.  Second, it sounds like you need a bit of fire behind you ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Interview Dilemma

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Hi there, First of all, congratulations on the offers! I would be happy to share my thoughts on your situation: First of all, securing multiple offers indicates that you have a competitive profile and desirable skills. ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Interview follow-up

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Hi there,  Anything under a week is a bit too soon.  Don't worry, they didn't forget about you. I'd suggest if you get to two weeks and you haven't heard back, then that's when you should follow-up.  Let me also share w ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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What seniority is the case interviewer for BCG? (Specifically BCG SEA)

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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 the first round it's generally Project Lead level, sometimes Consultant or Principal. In the final round it's generally Principal and Partner. The case interviewer has created their own case and had it ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Get ready for interviews after a break: how?

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Hey there, Congrats on the comeback! You are in a good position now since you have valuable experience from the previous rounds so you can discount the effect of novelty. You know exactly what to expect. you hav ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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The Case Interview Workbook

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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, Like all case prep books, this is good to get you started. It'll get you from 0 to 50. As in, you can become solidly intermediate with a book like this (and live casing). However, you won't get from 50 to 10 ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Type of interviews with various consulting firms- candidate led or interviewer led?

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Hi, The general understanding is that Bain - interviewee led, Mck, BCG - interviewer-led. However, it varies with the interviewer and even at McKinsey partners in the later rounds can give you an interviewer-led case ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Partner vs Recruiter Advice

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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut
Hello! I don´t see them contrarictory honestly :) First, regarding your experience, 5 years + Ivy MBA is perfect for the associate position in MBB (called like this in Mck, changes for the rest, but is the post-MBA ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Any sample case interview questions & answers?

Accenture Bain BCG case interviews Consulting Resume Cover letter Deloitte McKinsey sample case interview questions strategy&
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Hi Jae Hun, you can find below some steps for the preparation and related resources to use that can offer case interview questions: General understanding of the process: get a general idea on what a consulting int ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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COVID-19 and interviews

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Anonym gab die beste Antwort am 11. März 2020
Hey Theo, Of course it has an impact on economy and also consulting industry. However, at the moment I don't see the risk of Coronavirus causing a long lasting recession as it was the case in the last financial crisis ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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What consulting companies are hiring / interviewing right now?

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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, two points to add: 1) You could view challenging times as a reason to stop trying. Or, it could be all the more reason to hustle hard. Even in the best of times, the odds of an individual getting into BCG we ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to be more concise?

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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! Usually this is highly correlated with not taking adequate time to think about what you want to say. Most candidates put themselves under time pressure, and as a result they build the habit of starting to talk bef ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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List of popular ways in which MBB interviewers like to challenge candidates?

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Hi Anonymous, I agree with Vlad, the points you mentioned are quite standard and you may expect in the majority of the interviews. Additional points where you could be challenged are: Graph interpretation – provid ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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what does Academic way of solving cases mean ?

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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut
Hello! What they are telling you with this is that you followed the conventional ways of problem solving, those that can normally be found in books (Cheng, etc.) Bear in mind that each interviewer has only one case, ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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