Treat the Interviewer Like a Client
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Preparation Tips from a McKinsey New Hire
What follows are helpful tips on case interview preparation that I received from an F1Y. Success Story: Hope you are doing well. A couple of weeks back
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Personal Ethics — in Consulting Offers and in Business
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The Six-Minute Hypothesis Rule
Email: I am an MBA student at a leading Indian B-school and successfully secured offers following my AT Kearney interview and BCG interview for their [City in India] office
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Options for Post Consulting Careers
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McKinsey Offer from Top 200 University
The following field report is from a McKinsey new hire from a Top 200 U.S. university. While McKinsey and the other top firms are heavily
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Even Bad People Have Good Ideas
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a dramatic decline in the number of conversations that involve critical reasoning and
Tolerating the Truth
You have an enormous advantage in life when you have the capacity to tolerate the truth. Anyone can tolerate the
Criticism vs. Requests
Criticism involves telling someone what they did wrong (or worse yet, telling them what’s wrong with them). A request involves
Hard Work vs. Strategic Hard Work
When I was a child in school, I was taught that if you work hard, you would be successful. If
Confidence vs. Competence
Confidence (and the lack thereof) comes in two flavors: 1) Earned2) Unearned Earned confidence comes from one source, and one
You’re Mostly Right
In my mentorship program, one of the recurring topics I discuss is how to be more powerful and influential with
Dealing with Overwhelm
At one point or another in your life, you’re going to be overwhelmed. Overwhelm comes in two flavors — functional
How to Talk to Pigs (and People Too)
I have a confession. I talk to pigs… specifically my daughter’s guinea pigs. More specifically, they talk to me. (No,
Your Fault vs. Your Responsibility
I teach the people I mentor that leadership means accepting responsibility for things that aren’t your fault. The individual contributor
Tolerating Discomfort
The other day, a friend was praising me for my accomplishments. I felt the praise was not justified. Contrary to