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850: You Cannot Join McKinsey Strategy (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

Far too many candidates demonstrate poor knowledge of consulting by insisting that they want to work for McKinsey strategy and not operations or BTO. This is a flawed strategy which will only hurt their chances in the short, medium and long-term. This podcast explains why and how ...  Show more

849: Ignoring partners in an interview (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

You have been brainwashed by every single forum and case book to assume that McKinsey wants a framework and set of hypotheses, that you have stopped listening as carefully to the interviewer and simply providing hypotheses even when the interview is not asking for them! Here are ...  Show more

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