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Interviews

The real advantage of case interview preparation

Consulting case interviews require lots of preparation. On average probably 1-2 months. Although you will hear of some geniuses who aced their cases after only one week of preparation, this is probably not true for us mere mortals. Consequently, if you want to be well prepared for your case interview, you will probably have to […]

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Consulting

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences

Howard Gardner, an American developmental psychologist and Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, proposed the theory of multiple intelligences in 1983 in a book called Frames of Mind.  The theory challenges the idea that intelligence can be estimated using a single measure such as IQ. According to Gardner, each type of […]

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Skills, Tips, and Tactics

Selling Your Competitive Advantages in Consulting

Looking back to consulting recruiting in graduate school, I always think about how interesting it was that so much of the conversation among candidates was about getting an offer from a top consulting firm. Yet, I don’t remember many conversations about succeeding within a consulting firm after joining. I want to shed some light on […]