by Marquis | May 22, 2007 | Business School, consulting, mba, recruiting
I got a follow up email from the reader I responded to on May 20th and thought I should post it along with the latest response…———-M.B. wrote:Marquis, I am famous now! Just kidding, thanks again so much for all of the advice, and the blog...
by Marquis | May 22, 2007 | career, Random categories
What’s up, y’all. I have been having an email exchange with my Stanford GSB alumni mentor over the past couple of days and he recently sent me some advice that I wanted to share. I was matched up with my mentor during my first year and, as after a long...
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...