Best Business Books for Management Consultants

As an engineering student, I do not have much experience with business lingo or finance. Are there any recommended books that would cover the basics of business and finance at a suitable level for management consultants. I am a rising junior and will be spending the summer prepping for interviews (for summer '20 internship) and want to be best prepared.

Thanks!

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Consulting interviews don't really require advanced accounting or financial knowledge. You just have to have a high level understanding of business -- revenue, costs, profit -- and how to break these down from a business point of view (e.g. for revenue, perhaps breaking it down by geographies, product segments, or customer segments).

And for that, a good place to start would be the book Case Interview Secrets by Victor Cheng.

 
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