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Recent college grad weighing MD/MBA against a job opportunity

by Marquis | Feb 28, 2014 | Business School, career, career path, consulting, Education, healthcare, management consulting, mba, Pharma, professional advice

The email below came to me from a recent college graduate who I met through my Princeton alumni network. He’s a really sharp guy who is interested in a career that bridges the areas of business and healthcare/pharma. In our previous conversations, we’ve...

A few quick takeaways from my time working in IT

by Marquis | Feb 9, 2014 | Business, career, career path, IT consulting, software engineer, Technology, Technology management, Technology-related

Back in October, I did my annual visit to Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business to present to a group of its undergrad business school students. The primary purpose for the visit is to deliver a keynote speech to Freshman in the Kelley Living Learning...

Questions about how my Comp Sci and Education studies have impacted my career

by Marquis | Nov 22, 2013 | About Marquis, career, consulting, Education, Education, Technology

The email below came to me from a current Freshman at the University of California at Berkeley who learned about me from an interview that I did a few years ago for ManagementConsulted.com. He had a couple of questions for me about the Computer Science and Education...

Question about prospects of starting a consulting career at age 50

by Marquis | Nov 10, 2013 | Business, career, career path, consulting, interview advice, management consulting, Networking, professional advice, recruiting, transition

The email below arrived in my inbox so long ago that it’s just plain embarrassing. The reader emailed me way back in 2011 and, at the time, I had so many emails that I didn’t have a chance to give him a response in a decent amount of time. Recently, I was...

College student with questions about getting into a Big-3 firm and office selection

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...

Recruiting advice for a European grad student targeting Management Consulting

by Marquis | Sep 21, 2013 | Business, Business School, career, consulting, management consulting, mba, recruiting, resume

Over the years, I’ve received several emails from folks who are interested in Management Consulting, but doubt their chances of scoring an interview for any number of reasons, including name brand of their academic institution, past/current course of study, and...
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