by Marquis | Mar 16, 2014 | career, consulting, mba, McKinsey
The email below is from an Atlanta-based MBA graduate who aspires to transition into a career as a Management Consultant. Her questions to me vary in specificity, from wanting to know how to develop Excel modeling skills to wanting to know about projects/industries in...
by Marquis | Oct 24, 2013 | Business, career, career path, consulting, management consulting, McKinsey
The email below came from a relatively new reader of my blog who is interested in pursuing a career in management consulting. He recently completed his Freshman year at Georgia Tech, so he’s particularly interested in the Atlanta offices of McKinsey (and its...
by Marquis | Jul 25, 2013 | APD recruiting, consulting, management consulting, McKinsey, recruiting
The email below came to me from a reader who was the subject of a recent blog entry about her pursuit of McKinsey. As a reminder, this reader is currently a medical school student at the University of Chicago and, instead of going into residency post-graduation, she...
by Marquis | Jul 7, 2013 | APD recruiting, career, case interview resources, consulting, interview advice, management consulting, McKinsey
The email below came to me from a reader who is currently a medical school student at the University of Chicago. She has realized that she doesn’t want to go into residency after graduation and has locked into management consulting as a desired career path....
by Marquis | Dec 22, 2012 | Business, career, consulting, McKinsey
The email below came to me from a reader who is currently an Analyst at a large management consulting firm. She has aspirations of pursuing an MBA (I learned that from a face-to-face conversation, not the email below) and is wondering what learnings gained from my...
by Marquis | Oct 26, 2012 | Business, career, consulting, mba, McKinsey, Technology-related
The email message below is one that came in waaaaaay back in July 2011 and somehow got lost in my Inbox. I know that I can sometimes take a while to respond to people, but this was just plain terrible, even for me. Even worse, I’ve got several more messages from...
