by Marquis | Sep 20, 2015 | Business, career, career path, internship, interview advice, job search resources, professional advice
The email exchange below happened at the end of 2014 and I just realized that I’d forgotten to create a blog post for it. Better late than never, right? Anyways, the sender is a college student with whom I connected back in Fall 2013 when I had a speaking...
by Marquis | Aug 23, 2015 | Business, Business School, entrepreneurship, mba
The email below was written by my friend Deepak, who I’ve known for several years since connecting online during the “MBA student” era of this blog. In his email, he asked for my opinon about an article that he’d read about whether the MBA...
by Marquis | Jun 20, 2015 | auto industry, Business, career, consulting, professional advice, transition
People who have followed my blog for a while know that it can take me a while to respond to emails and, at times, I can fall really far behind in reading my emails. Unfortunately, the email below is one of those cases, as the kid first contacted me in late 2012....
by Marquis | May 25, 2015 | Business, career, consulting, management consulting, recruiting
Every now and then, I receive an email that is so short that I can knock it out in a few minutes. The email below is one of those types of messages. This reader simply wants my opinion of which case interview prep books are the best to use. My knowledge on that is...
by Marquis | May 12, 2015 | Business, career, consulting, management consulting, McKinsey, recruiting
I periodically receive emails from people who are applying for jobs at McKinsey & Company and, in those messages, I’m asked to provide an “inside track” on how to get an offer from The Firm. As an alumnus of McKinsey, I can see why folks would...
