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That's a great read, thank you Guennael! How you manage to whip these links from years ago out on a whim, I don't understand!
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Hi, if you provide more details we can answer your question (if it is a question).
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Collected McKinsey & BCG offers/ Ex-McKinsey consultant/Harvard/WBS/MSU
or McKinsey failed you:)
Guennael
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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews
Great article on this topic on LinkedIn (was written 4 years ago by one of my contacts, made the rounds recently again):
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140706134831-6348055-what-it-s-like-to-fail-at-mckinsey/
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