by Marquis | May 20, 2007 | consulting, recruiting
The following message is from a reader that I’ve been giving some advice to about his b-school choices. In his email, he asks about the important things that the firms look for in a candidate. My response is a short one, but I think it covers the question. If he...
by Marquis | May 4, 2007 | Bschool experience, career, consulting, Stanford GSB
I’m writing this entry from a plane to the Bay area, where I’m heading to participate in my first Stanford GSB reunion. I was a little leary of going at first because it was so far to go from ATL to Palo Alto. Also, going to a GSB event can be somewhat...
by Marquis | Apr 29, 2007 | consulting, recruiting
What’s going on, y’all. I’m writing this entry from a hotel in Philly, where I am for McK’s annual BCSS Conference. I plan on writing an entry about this experience when I have some more time. For now, I’d like to post the following...
by Marquis | Apr 11, 2007 | APD recruiting, consulting
This comment was left on yesterday’s post and I thought that some of you might find it helpful.————–Mike wrote:”As a soon-to-be Ph.D. starting at McK in the fall, I thought I’d offer my perspective. APDs at McKinsey...
by Marquis | Apr 10, 2007 | APD recruiting, career, consulting
The question below is from a reader who is interested in Consulting, but doesn’t come from a traditional MBA background. She’s got a PhD, which puts her into a whole different candidate category. At my firm, we refer to this group as Advanced Professional...
by Marquis | Apr 5, 2007 | consulting
I was recently sent an email from a reader who’d hit me up a couple of weeks back. He had a follow-up question to the one I responded to on here, so I thought the response might be helpful to other readers…————–Sudha...