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Experienced MBA European Interviews
Experienced MBA discusses his European Office Interviews
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Experienced hire strategy for McKinsey London
Experienced hire discusses his preparation strategy for McKinsey London
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BCG consultant on getting promoted
BCG consultant learns that getting in is the easy part. Staying in the firm and rising to the top is much more difficult to do.
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Technology executive looks for an edge
Technology executive looks for an edge in his case interview preparation
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27 yr old Yale PhD pursuing McKinsey Germany
27 year old Yale PhD in The Consulting Offer I, Felix
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PhD’s unusual path and strengths to BCG Asia
PhD’s unusual path and strengths to BCG Tokyo
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Euro MBA US economy crash-course into McKinsey
European MBA uses US economy crash-course to join McKinsey Boston
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Harvard Baker Scholar’s McKinsey Corp. Fin. Prep
Harvard Baker Scholar’s McKinsey Corporate Finance Case Interview Preparation.
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Oxford grad. to McKinsey Eastern Europe
Oxford graduate discusses returning to McKinsey Eastern Europe
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Rhodes scholar to McKinsey Europe
A Rhodes Scholar discusses the benefits of the London region, the strength of the Bain office and M&A cases at BCG.
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Moving within McKinsey, Bain and BCG – interview insight
Did you enjoy the program? If yes, how? Very much so. I found my sessions with Michael fascinating, challenging and inspiring and enjoyed the wider discussion about the consulting industry and business in general. When we did cases, they were interesting and often unusual, relating to different contexts that helped increase my comfort level with…
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Non-Target Executive EMBA joins BCG North America
Editors Note: This is quite a special client. He was the first person from his school’s EMBA program to be placed at BCG and graduated from a non-target state school in North America. In terms of performance, through the course of the program he went from being a good candidate to arguably within the top-5…