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What things can a medical student do to build a stellar application to consulting?

Medicine student UK

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Florian

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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets

Florian

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gave the best answer 7 hours ago

Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets

Hi there, Think of 2 levers: 1. Your resume Make sure your grades are top-notch Try to get some relevant work experience (smaller consulting, F500 internships, start something yourself) Extracurriculars → take on some l ... (read entire answer)

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Application filtered out due to school?

Application application strength BCG

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Francesco

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Francesco

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Hi Jacob, Sorry to hear about the rejection. In terms of your question: Q: Wondering if the speedy decline was due to my school being a no name college even though I had a BA and good GPA. The school name could be a p ... (read entire answer)

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Job

jobs

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Soumya asked 5 hours ago

I am MSc. Management student at Warwick Business School. I have staterd with preplouge but how to get an interview and get my CV short listed?

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Preparation for McKinsey style interviewer led cases

Experienced Hire Interviewer-Led vs Candidate-Led cases McKinsey

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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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gave the best answer 13 hours ago

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

Hi! It seems like people always obsess about candidate-led vs. interviewer-led, but there is no such thing as a pure "candidate-led structure" or "interviewer-led structure". It simply does not exist! Firstly, firms wi ... (read entire answer)

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Application Status

Applications jobs

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Francesco

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Francesco

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Hi there, Q: My application status is application updated. What does this mean? If there is no additional information, it simply means they made some internal updates to it – for example, they might have added some info ... (read entire answer)

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Bain case interview format ACI (DACH) 2024

Bain

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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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gave the best answer 13 hours ago

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

Hi! Well, for some reason, people always obsess about candidate-led vs. interviewer-led, but there is no such thing as a pure "candidate-led structure" or "interviewer-led structure". It simply does not exist! Firstly, ... (read entire answer)

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Fit Interview Answer Structure

Fit Interview Stories McKinsey PEI

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Oliver

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Former BCG interviewer (75+ interviews for associates, consultants and MBA hires) | I will make your practice perfect

Oliver

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gave the best answer 18 hours ago

Former BCG interviewer (75+ interviews for associates, consultants and MBA hires) | I will make your practice perfect

Hi there, Thanks for your questions! Let's dive into them: Personal Fit Interview Strategy: When approaching personal fit questions, it's crucial to maintain clarity and structure. I recommend using the STAR framework ( ... (read entire answer)

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BCG Online Case

BCG BCG Case Interview BCG online case

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Nick

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Bain London PE practice / ex-Interviewer and recruiting lead at Bain / I will coach you to rock those interviews

Nick

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gave the best answer on Mar 04, 2024

Bain London PE practice / ex-Interviewer and recruiting lead at Bain / I will coach you to rock those interviews

Sorry to hear the experience didn't go as well as you would have hoped. Best to check with the recruiting team, but typically once you are in the BCG online case, you are already considered past the CV and cover letter ... (read entire answer)

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What are the key points to note before taking the HR screening interview?

pre-screening interview

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Nick

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Bain London PE practice / ex-Interviewer and recruiting lead at Bain / I will coach you to rock those interviews

Nick

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gave the best answer on Mar 04, 2024

Bain London PE practice / ex-Interviewer and recruiting lead at Bain / I will coach you to rock those interviews

This interview is for HR team to scan for any obvious red flags and avoid further investing resources if there are eligibility issues. Often the questions will be verifying their understanding of your candidacy based on ... (read entire answer)

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Initial assessment preparation for Bain & Co

Bain & Company Good resources Online Assessment

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gave the best answer on Mar 04, 2024

Lucky for you the McKinsey PST, BCG Online Test, Bain SOVA test, etc. are all quite similar so you really can leverage the practice tests for all of them in order to prepare: The best way is to really find online tests ... (read entire answer)

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Coaches per PE Case Studies?

coach coaching Private Equity

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gave the best answer on Mar 17, 2024

Hi Francesco, Could you clarify which firms exactly? Feel free to reach out as I have a ton of cases/resources in this area!

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T2 Consulting or Big4 Strategy Specialization Unit

consulting tier2

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Francesco

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Francesco

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gave the best answer on Mar 10, 2024

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Hi there, Congratulations on the offers! In terms of your question: Q: Should I defy the brand and start at a Big4 consultancy and pursue my passion? Or start with Big4 Strategy and switch later for the "brand"? It depe ... (read entire answer)

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Do you have a question for our consulting experts, too?

McK Solve server unreachable

Assessment Imbellus McKinsey

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Dennis

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Ex-Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe

Dennis

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gave the best answer on Mar 14, 2024

Ex-Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe

Hi there, sorry to hear about this. I think you have done what you could and tech support has to help you further here. I would just maybe also send a message to the recruiter to keep them in the loop about your issues ... (read entire answer)

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Does McKinsey solve result really matter?

McKinsey McKinsey & Company

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gave the best answer on Mar 14, 2024

Yes, IT MATTERS. Sure, how much it matters depends on how good is the rest of your application. If everything else is great then, yes, you are likely to be just ticking a box (also likely to do a good job anyway). But ... (read entire answer)

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External Consultancies 2024 | Wait or sign?

consulting External Consulting

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Niklas

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McKinsey Jr. Engagement Manager | Interviewer at McK| Coached numerous candidates to secure MBB offers | University of Oxford

Niklas

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gave the best answer on Mar 20, 2024

McKinsey Jr. Engagement Manager | Interviewer at McK| Coached numerous candidates to secure MBB offers | University of Oxford

Congrats on getting offers! :) I would do the move as this improves your chances of getting an offer from MBB in the future.

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McKinsey Solve Game

McKinsey recruitment

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Francesco

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Francesco

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gave the best answer on Mar 21, 2024

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Hi there, Q: If I receive an invitation to complete the Solve game, does that imply that I have already passed the CV screening stage, or is the Solve game part of the CV screening stage itself? Depending on the country ... (read entire answer)

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Mckinsey framework structuring question

McKinsey

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Gero

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Ex-BCG │200+ Interviews & Interview Coachings @ BCG │ 20+ candidates coached into MBB │WHU/LSE/Nova │ Teacher & Trainer

Gero

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gave the best answer on Apr 28, 2024

Ex-BCG │200+ Interviews & Interview Coachings @ BCG │ 20+ candidates coached into MBB │WHU/LSE/Nova │ Teacher & Trainer

Hi there, Accurate observation! A McKinsey interview is interviewer-led, meaning you get a sequence of questions you answer separately. That means the interviewer effectively determines which areas you investigate furth ... (read entire answer)

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I have an engineering background, and I know nothing about business. Do I just trust the process on Preploung or I need to do something extra ?

preparation

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Gero

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Ex-BCG │200+ Interviews & Interview Coachings @ BCG │ 20+ candidates coached into MBB │WHU/LSE/Nova │ Teacher & Trainer

Gero

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gave the best answer on Apr 29, 2024

Ex-BCG │200+ Interviews & Interview Coachings @ BCG │ 20+ candidates coached into MBB │WHU/LSE/Nova │ Teacher & Trainer

Hi Abdulrahman, I see that Pedro already pointed to helpful ideas/resources and Cristian led you to relevant articles. One thing I would add is that it really depends on the consultancy you target. For some firms, espec ... (read entire answer)

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Relocation bonus negotiations - advice

bonus negotiation relocation

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Hagen

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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

Hagen

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gave the best answer on Apr 25, 2024

#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

Hi there, First of all, I am sorry to hear about your negative experience with the relocation bonus! I would be happy to share my thoughts on your situation: First of all, I would advise you to reconsider reaching out d ... (read entire answer)

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Math formulae

Consutingmath

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gave the best answer on May 22, 2021

Hi there, 100% Recommend Rocket Blocks. Online "Drills": Preplounge has some Math sheets (print these and do them on paper): Google "Math Drills" In addition to that, you can ask other PrepLoungers to case yo ... (read entire answer)

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