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Laundry list of considerations by industry or case type

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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

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

Hello! Precisely for the high amount of questions (1) asked by my coachees and students and (2) present in this Q&A, I created the “Math & Formulas - Economic and Financial concepts for MBB interviews”, recently ... (read entire answer)

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Mckinsey Interview Specific Practice

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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

Clara

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

Officially, no. However, you can expect industry-related questions for sure, and cases more shaped to that type of content, so you demostrate your expertise. Furthermore, expect FIT to be very dedicated, also with sect ... (read entire answer)

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Finding "Metals and Mining" Practice Cases

Actively preparing for interviews with McKinsey Expert track industry specific Metals mining cases Specialist

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Robert

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McKinsey offers w/o final round interviews - 100% risk-free - 10+ years MBB coaching experience - Multiple book author

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McKinsey offers w/o final round interviews - 100% risk-free - 10+ years MBB coaching experience - Multiple book author

Hi Dre, While I don't know a specific case book focusing on metals and mining industry, this is the most comprehensive library of case books on 1 page which I am aware of: https://masterthecase.com/case-interview-case ... (read entire answer)

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Consulting in Metals & Mining

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Antonello

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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, the so called "tier-2" are great as well as MBB in Germany. In particular, I would consider Roland Berger, AT. Kearney, Oliver Whyman, and Strategy&. Your profile is interesting for all of them, especially in ... (read entire answer)

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How can one leverage his/her strengths in investment banking when shifting to consulting?

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

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

Hi, Which phase are you talking about? Interviewing? Working? It can be: Hard skills Client relationship skills and actual client relationships Industry knowledge Professional services experience Best

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Can you give me a few examples of "drivers of growth" within context?

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Hi Kay, I use the following framework based on stakeholders to identify and communicate drivers of growth (let's say for the pharmaceutical industry): Demand Side Increase in per capita income resulting in more sp ... (read entire answer)

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