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...
by Marquis | Mar 9, 2015 | Business, career, Communication, Personal branding, real life stuff
Back in September, I did a talk for a group of students at a university where one of my long-time friends is an administrator. The email below is from one of the students who attended the talk and references a comment that I made about my friend during my remarks. Her...
by Marquis | Feb 27, 2015 | Business, career, consulting, Investment banking, management consulting, transition
In this entry, I’ve tackled a question from a pre-MBA investment banker who wants to transition over to management consulting (preferrably into McKinsey, Bain, or BCG). Based on her undergrad school and her current employer, she likely has several avenues to get...
by Marquis | Jan 25, 2015 | Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba, military, pre-MBA grad degrees, professional advice
This topic of this blog entry is one that hits home for me because it involves something that I’ve experienced: the need to make up for a sub-par undergrad GPA when applying to business school. In this case, the reader is a member of the U.S. military who...
by Marquis | Jan 9, 2015 | Business, Business School, career, career path, consulting, Education, mba, McKinsey, professional advice, software engineer, Technology-related, transition
The message below came to me from a UK-based reader who has 11 years of experience as a Software Engineer. Also, he will soon be starting a distance-learning MBA program at one of the top business schools in Europe and aspires to move into management consulting after...
