In this post we wanted to cover three topics that many club members have reached out to us about, which are: What does McKinsey, Bain, and BCG (MBB) recruiting look like for most Wesleyan students? What other consulting companies recruit from Wesleyan? What kinds of atypical tests (neither a traditional case nor behavioral interview) are out there, and how do […]
Problem-solver for hire Consultants are hired by companies to solve the complex problems that they cannot solve themselves. Consultants tend to work on projects with a team of other consultants. The day to day work can include doing research for the project, analyzing data models, synthesizing large amounts of information into a clear action plan for the client, creating powerpoint […]
Management consulting is a branch within the umbrella term consulting. The primary types of consulting are management consulting, economic consulting, implementation, and boutique or industry specific consulting. Strategic/management consulting: These firms help companies answer large business challenges such as “how do we market our product in China?” or “which new product should we invest in?”, but are less involved in […]
No two days are the same in consulting, and there is often a fair amount of travel involved as consultants tend to work at the client’s site. The work can have long hours, but is also dynamic and can have large impact on how companies operate. To learn more about a day in the life of a consultant, check out […]
Management consultants tend to come from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds – you do not need to be an economics major to be a business consultant. Here are some of the hard and soft skills that consultants tend to have. Hard skills – Data and quantitative analysis skills Comfortable reading and building charts, graphs, and other visual forms of […]
The pros and cons of consulting will vary by each individual person’s preferences as well as what firms they are interested in. Here are some standard points to start considering. Pros Cons Variety of the work. No two days are the same. Constantly working with different industries on different types of problems. This can be a good step for students […]
