If you’re looking for confirmation that 2020 has been an exceptional year for some people in the front office of major investment banks, strategy consulting firm McKinsey & Co, has just provided it. However, if you’re hoping that this excellent year will […]
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How to get a job at McKinsey & Co: learn this programming language
Getting your foot in the door at one of the top consulting firms is no easy task. At McKinsey, for example, more than 750k people apply in given year. Fewer than 1% are accepted. That trumps the lowest acceptance rate at […]
This is your salary as an engineer at McKinsey & Co.
As we reported last year, McKinsey & Co, the strategy consulting firm, has been busy recruiting for an analytics team under McKinsey Solutions, its data, technology and analytics unit. However, McKinsey Solutions isn’t the firm’s only home for engineering talent: McKinsey has 4,500+ technology staff globally, […]
Le manuel de survie de McKinsey & Co pour conserver votre job en banque
McKinsey & Co vient de publier une nouvelle étude sur la banque. Un véritable pavé réalisé à partir des interviews de plus de 200 leaders financiers dans 175 banques, et qui prétend être aussi exhaustif que possible. Comme on pouvait s’y attendre, il […]
Comment réussir l’entretien d’étude de cas des cabinets de conseil
Pour être LE candidat ou LA candidate qui décrochera un poste dans le conseil en stratégie sur 100 postulants, vous devez savoir comment réussir les multiples entretiens portant sur les études de cas. Les cabinets de conseil et les banques […]
Banking vs. consulting. – McKinsey & Co. or Goldman Sachs?
Investment banking and strategy consulting are like Antigua and the Grenadines: both attract the elite (or “insecure, deeply left-brain, hyper-intellectual, OCD over-achievers,” in the words of one ex-McKinsey director). If you want to get in to either sector you’ll need a sack stuffed with […]
“At McKinsey & Co you can create a home within the firm”
So, you want to work for McKinsey & Co.? You’re not the only one. The management consulting firm ranked top among professional services firms globally in our 2016 Ideal Employer Rankings, and came top in every jurisdiction – except the […]
McKinsey’s director of recruiting explains how to get a job at McKinsey & Co.
McKinsey & Co. is to consulting what Goldman Sachs is to investment banking. The firm has come out top of the Vault’s ranking of consulting firms for fourteen years. It’s bigger than its two main rivals (BCG and Bain & Co.) […]
Want to become a partner at McKinsey & Co.? Prepare to be battered by doubters
Becoming a partner at McKinsey & Co is not easy. Much like at Goldman Sachs, the partnership selection program is deep and deeply painful. If you don’t make it through, you’re reportedly encouraged to reconsider whether you’re in the right profession. […]