Preparing for On-Cycle in ~1 month

I know there have been threads covering topics similar to this, but for those of you who have navigated the process, what would your preparation timeline/strategy look like if you only had about one month? I am willing to study/prepare as much as needed each day. What specific resources (Bloomberg, WSJ PE, FT PE) and strategies would you focus on (e.g., 6 hours a day studying courses or other resource, 2 hours for mock interviews, 3 hours reading the news, etc.)? I am also not interested in any particular industry, so I am curious whether I should choose an industry to discuss or read general/macro news for interviews. Any general advice and advice for this condensed of a timeline is greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

Apologies, should've been more clear. I don't think on-cycle will start in one month, that is just the total amount of preparation time I will have before hitting the desk 

 
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