+8 Minto Pyramid Principle 11 5y
+27 Life after MBB 46 5y
0 Rejected for Full-Time, reapplying as a Summer intern? (MBB) 6 5y
+8 mbb us compensation differences 15 5y
0 MBB to PE 17 5y
+29 Lateral to MBB 41 5y
0 Economic Consulting to Management Consulting 20 5y
+7 Evaluate this offer 6 5y
0 Sophomore Summer - Top target looking at strategy consulting 12 5y
+7 Thank You Letter Mistake - Interview went extremely well 32 5y
+33 Is making Partner worth the hype 46 5y
+16 McKinsey Keep In Touch Letter...Does it Mean Anything? 19 5y
+7 Cover Letter, what differentiates Bain from the rest? *Smart Answers!* 9 5y
+34 Exit Ops: Economic Consulting 28 5y
+73 Lateral from BB investment banking to consulting? (say, after 2 years) 120 5y
+38 MBB Cross Movement 18 5y
+24 2nd Round Interview with McKinsey 21 5y
0 GPA Resume Question 9 5y
+48 MBB GMAT Cutoff from MBA 47 5y
+36 How important is an internship? 50 5y
+21 Consulting Superdays 6 5y
+15 What's wrong with operational work? Why hate? 18 5y
0 Is McKinsey more difficult to get than Goldman? 4 5y
+33 How do the MBB's Charge thier clients? 24 5y
+24 Financial Modeling - What kind of models do consultants build? 17 5y
0 Applying to Consultancy - CV Help. 2 5y
0 decent offer? 17 5y
+4 Companies that would sponsor for grad school? 6 5y
0 Consulting Firm College Recruiting Timeline? 12 5y
+43 Opinions on Offers? 31 5y
+19 Booz Allen Hamilton Advising Bank of America on Wikileaks 11 5y
0 Breaking in to consulting? 19 5y
0 Boeing Finance Internship 9 5y
0 "profit is taking a header..."? 4 5y
+9 Which office to apply to in order to have greatest shot at getting an internship? 12 5y
+20 Computers @ MBB 13 5y
0 MBB Housing / Transportation Allowance 12 5y
+23 >3.8 from HYPS who has done nothing remotely relevant. Chance at internship? 12 5y
+2 Do consultants have time/privacy to "master their domain" while away at hotels? I'm talking about "personal business" 13 5y
0 Independent Consulting Project on Resume? 6 5y
+21 3.5 gpa from top 3 liberal arts college 24 5y
0 Offer from Boutique Economic Consulting Firm- Take it or leave it? 4 5y
0 Advice needed for science PhD wanting to be competitive 5 5y
0 McKinsey First Round VS Second Round 10 5y
+20 Working As Audit Client for Deloitte = C-block? 5 5y
+54 Starting All Over!?!? 37 5y
+16 Missed call from MBB Managing Director: did I get the job? 30 5y
0 Strategy Consulting 5 5y
0 Roland Berger Deloitte Strategy Consultants 17 5y
0 Management Consulting - Confused. 25 5y
0 Strategy roles outside of Consulting 7 5y
0 When does MBB talk about MBA, turnover, etc. 5 5y
+5 Lifetime earnings of a consultant 14 5y
+7 Rookie mistakes 4 5y
0 Why is Engineering So Important for MC? 14 5y
0 Business Consulting vs. KPMG EVS 3 5y
0 What are my chances at MBB/other top firms? 22 5y
0 MBB starting salary for MBAs 3 5y
+22 How to get to MBB from here? 7 5y
0 Fulbright Scholarship & MBB 1 5y
+15 Thoughts on whether I'm failing at my EC internship? 5 5y
+4 Consulting Mega Thread Summer 2022 3 5y
+9 State of Monitor Deloitte in 2021 4 5y
+28 Enlisted Nuke to Consulting Path 7 5y
+6 Pity / Charity Promotions at Bain / LEK? 2 5y
+2 IB Summer Internship to FT Consulting 1 5y
+3 Private Equity - Portfolio Solutions Group 2 5y
+6 Entering consultancy in late 30s 5 5y
+15 Going from big tech strategy internship to consulting 6 5y
0 consulting clubs at umich 1 5y
+29 Tech Consulting -> MBA 41 5y
+14 Interning in IB and Big 4 Consulting 6 5y
+9 Do I have to prep right now? 1 5y
+9 transition from Equity Research to Management Consulting 9 5y
0 Worth applying early for a summer associate position or should i wait for the fall? 1 5y
0 Post-MBA comp for Singapore/South Korea office 1 5y
+7 What timeline does consulting recruiting follow for 2022 summer positions? 5 5y
0 Experienced hires - still have to get MBA after certain number of years? 1 5y
+9 McKinsey Application / Referral Question 2 5y
+18 Career switch from energy to tech via consulting!! 15 5y
0 Accenture Federal Services Return to Office 1 5y
0 FTI Consulting - Informaition & Exit Opps? 1 5y
+9 Missed MBB Coffee Chat - What should I do 3 5y
+13 Analytics - Stick with large bank or exit to smaller firm 4 5y
0 FT Timelines for Non-MBB? 2 5y
+9 Worth it to switch to consulting from IB? 5 5y
+9 Mentoring needed as incoming MSc Student breaking into consulting 1 5y
+6 Switch from Energy to Consulting via EMBA 1 5y
0 Case in point example case question 1 5y
+7 Med school targets? 5 5y
+18 Case Study Coaching Service 22 5y
+1 Best Casebooks for Prep? 2 5y
+7 Will Consulting Firms match IB pay bumps? 6 5y
+16 Breaking into the McKinsey 8 5y
+11 Consulting Lifestyle Post Covid: Will it be as bad as IB? 15 5y
+15 How long to stay in consulting gig to break job hopper label? 5 5y
0 McKinsey Interview 1 5y
+24 M&A Advisory vs IB M&A Question 10 5y
+7 List of 60,000 management consulting companies 1 5y
0 Political Risk Consulting 2 5y

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