PMs, do you think consulting interviews are very easy?

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What kind of consulting do you mean? And by PMs, do you mean Product Managers? (or project / program managers)

If we’re talking about strategy consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, etc), then I found their interviews to be much more difficult than the ones for Product Management: the standards for structure, mental math, and business sense are much higher IMO.

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I disagree

Ownership of customer problem and demonstrating ability to execute and deliver is key in consulting interviews, of course there is a degree of variation based on the level and type of role you are targeting

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