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From an Ivy League MBA School (Columbia) to McKinsey

MBA applicants think it’s worth every dollar spent hiring the best MBA consultants even if improves their chances of getting into the elite schools. And the general perception is a flamboyant international consultant is better than the modest Indian MBA consultant in delivering the goods. Canada-based Arindam Mukherjee hired a high-profile and well-known MBA consultant … Read more


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Best Management Consulting Books

The top strategy consulting firms seem esoteric and formidable from the outside. One way to get a peak inside the industry would be to read some of the best management consulting books. Even if you aren’t planning to join a consulting firm, these consulting books have enough wisdom and ideas that you can use as … Read more


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Management consulting interview questions

If you are hoping to join McKinsey, Bain, BCG, AT Kearney, Deloitte Consulting or any other top consulting firm, your second biggest challenge would be to clear the tough management consulting interview questions. The first one, of course, is to get shortlisted for the interview. Reading some of the best management consulting books can help. … Read more


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How to become a management consultant at McKinsey, BCG, Bain

The top strategy consulting firms in India, USA, UK and many other key markets across the world get tons of applications each year from folks (some with and others without an MBA) who want to become management consultants at like McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz, AT Kearney and other elite management consulting firms. Geronimo (name changed) … Read more


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McKinsey Strategy Consulting to an Investment Banking career

Which of these statements would you love to hear yourself say? 1. “I’m a strategy consultant with McKinsey” 2. “I’m an investment banker in Morgan Stanley” 3. “I am attending a top MBA program” What if you were able to say all of these at some point in your career? That’d be pretty cool, right? … Read more


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INSEAD MBA grad’s tips on getting management consulting jobs

INSEAD MBA salary numbers are among the best in the business school world when it comes to post MBA jobs. A key reason for that is the huge number of INSEAD MBA graduates who manage to get high-paying management consulting jobs. This trend continues year after year, which means there’s a story in there that … Read more


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Best bschools for consultant jobs

You already know about the top consulting recruiters in the industry. If not, read these posts on the best strategy consulting firms and the top technology, HR, finance consulting firms first. You also know that the best consulting jobs on the campus go to MBA graduates from the top ranked business schools. But if you … Read more


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Best strategy consulting firms | Management Consulting 101

The best management consulting firms in the world (and in India) have more or less remained the same for several years. In this post, Management consultant Amit (aka MBA Dropout) lists down the top 10 strategy consulting firms. After you finish reading the list, don’t forget to get your copy of ‘Business Doctors: Management Consulting … Read more


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Management Consulting 101: Types of consulting

If you haven’t had the opportunity to pick up any of the popular management consulting books available in the market, we’ll help you learn the basics. Management consultant Amit (aka MBA Dropout) continues his series on the management consulting industry. This time he covers the various types of consulting jobs – from the mainstream options … Read more


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Management Consulting 101: Introduction – What is consulting?

Management consultant Amit (better known as MBA Dropout, after his first post on MBA Crystal Ball) has been addressing queries on this blog as well as on our careers discussion forum, from folks interested in getting management consulting jobs. We’ve had a few one-off posts and a mini-series on consulting careers earlier. But we weren’t … Read more


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Management Consulting Jobs: Why consulting?

Our last post on strategy consulting jobs got a lot of interest (check out the comments to that post vis-a-vis the others). We invited Jaineel Aga, a management consultant turned private equity professional who’s been active in the field for many years, to share some more insights. In fact, he has also written a book … Read more