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Professional Hire: Senior Consultant Roland Berger / Senior Associate Strategy& Financial Services

Experienced Professional Financial Services

Question edited on Apr 08, 2024

Dennis

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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, in addition to all the comments and explanations, find below a few practice cases that are representative of the Roland Berger style. This is not specific to Financial Services but more applicable to the overa ... (read entire answer)

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What position/level at Mckinsey should I apply to

Experienced Professional ExperiencedHire

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Owais

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Owais Qureshi - Ex-McKinsey Consultant - Case coach - All types of cases and FIT questions

Owais

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Owais Qureshi - Ex-McKinsey Consultant - Case coach - All types of cases and FIT questions

Hi, With relevant experience under your belt in strategy, you should definitely apply for an EM position. Don't worry about how well will you fit in upfront, as they will make you work like an associate for 6 months as ... (read entire answer)

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Experienced professional applying to BCG - Casey test

BCG BCG online case Experienced Hire Experienced Professional SEA

Most recent answer on Oct 23, 2023

Cristian

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#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach

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#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach

You have a very cool profile which should make it easy to transition into consulting. First of all, if you're not prepared, try to postpone it. You can always reach out even for these sorts of tests and tell that you'l ... (read entire answer)

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Advice For Experienced Professionals Applying?

Experienced Professional

Most recent answer on Feb 09, 2023

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, To answer your question, first let me lay out the average progression from Associate to Equity Partner, at least at BCG, so you have a context of the progression and also hierarchy Associate (2 yrs) → Senior Asso ... (read entire answer)

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As experienced hire from other background: How to get a consulting job?

2nd tier Bain BCG Cases consulting Experienced Experienced Hire Experienced Professional MBB McKinsey

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McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

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McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Hi, a broad range of industries is the target for MBB experienced hiring. During the interview process, you will be assessed like junior consultants with typical business cases, but with more emphasis on leadership skil ... (read entire answer)

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How to apply with diverse work experience

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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

First, you need to define what kind of consulting you want to be part of. It is apparently not "IT Consulting" (which is consulting in name only, but you still have to clarify). Are you looking to join MBB? Tier 2? Bout ... (read entire answer)

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How much actual innovation can I expect to face in strategy consulting?

Experienced Professional innovation

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Dec 18, 2018

OK, this is an almost philosophical discussion about what innovation is, where and how it happens, and so on. My personal impression after more than 10 years in consulting: Disruptive innovation certainly doesn't ... (read entire answer)

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Applying to MBB as an experienced professional/JD

BCG Experienced Professional JD McKinsey recruiting Recruiting timeline

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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 Adam, this depends on the country you are applying in. In Germany for example, there is no real "recruiting season" - people apply and start during the whole year (maybe with the exception of December due to upcomi ... (read entire answer)

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