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 | Oct 26, 2014 | career, career path, consulting, management consulting, mba, professional advice, recruiting
The email below came to me from an India-based professional who, like many folks who write to me, is interested in getting a job at McKinsey & Company. In this case, the writer has applied to McK before and was rejected without receiving an interview. He wrote to...
by Marquis | Oct 8, 2014 | career, internship, professional advice, recruiting
The email below is from a college student that I’ve known for a couple of years now. This student emailed me at the end of the summer toward the end of his internship with some questions about how to manage a full-time offer (if one were to come). Check out the...
by Marquis | Sep 6, 2014 | Business, career, consulting, Education, management consulting, recruiting
The email below is from a reader who sounds like an incredibly driven young man. He’s currently 18 years old and is in the midst of a post-high school gap year abroad after having graduated a year early. In his message, he lays out a plan to start off at a local...
by Marquis | Apr 12, 2014 | career, interview advice, Networking, professional advice, recruiting
The message below is from a college Freshman, who I met earlier this academic year when I gave a talk at his university. Back in December, he emailed me with questions about how to best position himself to pursue a summer internship and the email exchange below is an...
