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Kathleen Hébert

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Careers in Management Consulting

I. About KathleenII. Overview of the management consulting

industryIII. How to research the industryIV. What are firms looking for?V. What to expect in the interviewVI. Q&A

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About Kathleen

• Graduate of Harvard Business School (MBA ‘11) and Queen’s University (BComm ‘06)

• Consultant at BCG from ‘06-09 and starting in Nov ’11

• Internships in social media (Facebook), banking (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce), automotive (BMW Canada) and government (Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC)

• Love wine & food, running and traveling (off to Nepal on the weekend to trek to Base Camp of Everest!)

• Evisor for over a year, with 10+ completed sessions

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Careers in Management Consulting

I. About Kathleen

II.Overview of the management consulting industry

III. How to research the industryIV. What are firms looking for?V. What to expect in the interviewVI. Q&A

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Overview of the Management Consulting Industry

“The toughest job to explain to your grandmother”

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Overview of the Management Consulting Industry

The big 3 firms

The big 3 firms

McKinsey

BCG

Bain

Traditional firms

Traditional firms

Monitor

Booz & Co

A.T. Kearney

L.E.K.

CapGemini

Etc…

Diversified mega-firmsDiversified mega-firms

Accenture

Deloitte

Oliver Wyman

IBM

Etc…

Specialized shops

Specialized shops

Hewitt

Hay

Novantas

Etc…

Internal corporate

groups

Internal corporate

groups

PepsiCo.

AMEX

Etc…

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Careers in Management Consulting

I. About KathleenII. Overview of the management consulting

industry

III.How to research the industryIV. What are firms looking for?V. What to expect in the interviewVI. Q&A

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How to Research the Industry

Vault.com - Industry overview, firm rankings, resume and cover letter advice, practice consulting cases

Firm websites – general info & key words, practice consulting cases

Firm meetings - Schedule coffee chats with ex/current consultant, go to info-sessions

Other websites - Management Consulted, Ace the Case, Case Interview, MBA Case, Case Questions

What else to do?• Set up “Google alerts” for the firms you’re interviewing with• Perform a basic literature search (e.g., Factiva) for recent news

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Careers in Management Consulting

I. About KathleenII. Overview of the management consulting

industryIII. How to research the industry

IV.What are firms looking for?V. What to expect in the interviewVI. Q&A

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What are Firms Looking For?

Specific qualitiesSpecific qualities

• Professionalism and maturity• Analytical / problem solving• Ability to work with large sets

of data (Excel)• Ability to create presentations

(PowerPoint)• Team work• Leadership• Time management• People (internal and client)

management• Flexibility – w/ travel, personal

life

How to position yourselfHow to position yourself

• General drive and motivation• Reasons you want to be a

management consultant• Experience working in or

managing teams (esp. high stress/high profile)

• Experience requesting, working with, analyzing, and surfacing insights from data

• Experience solving problems• Willingness and/or flexibility to

travel

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Careers in Management Consulting

I. About KathleenII. Overview of the management consulting

industryIII. How to research the industryIV. What are firms looking for?

V. What to expect in the interviewVI. Q&A

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What to Expect in the Interview

The recruiting processThe recruiting process

• Networking

• Application process

• Preparation

The interview processThe interview process

• Interview structure

• The case

• The rest of the interview

• Follow-ups

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Careers in Management Consulting

I. About KathleenII. Overview of the management consulting

industryIII. How to research the industryIV. What are firms looking for?V. What to expect in the interview

VI.Q&A

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Q&A

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Questions & Answers

Question 1:

What kind of people go into consulting and do not like it?

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Questions & Answers

Question 2:

Are there alternative consulting jobs that have less travel commitments?

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Questions & Answers

Question 3:

What kind of activities should you highlight to make you a strong candidate?

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Questions & Answers

Question 4:

What is the most valuable thing you learned from consulting?

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Thanks for joining and good luck!

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