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McKinsey, which didn’t hire its first Harvard M.B.A. until 1953, retained a diffident & traditional ethos—requiring its consultants to wear fedoras until President Kennedy stopped...

McKinsey 🐠: how much did you practice before your case interviews? (i.e. how many weeks / months in advance, how many hours per week, etc?) any tips on most effective ways to prep as an experienced hire coming in at the associate level? (No MBA or finance background so may need some extra prep to learn key concepts / terms)

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How long did you date your SO before moving in with them?

Hey guys, Can anyone please tell me if there is any restrictions on SPI in mutual funds in MS for employees.

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Is Fujitsu a service based or product based company?

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I’m hoping this bowl can commiserate with my disappointment that ESPN is airing collegiate football instead of today’s quali...

Any weekend or online excel course recommendations?

I rarely have to use formulas in Excel, so please be kind to me.

Apart from conditional formatting cells, what formula can be used to display a word whenever a cell contains a range of numbers? Contd

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What are the less known skills in Excel worth learning which are also high in demand in the market?

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Best way to learn about controls for the Audit exam? i don’t do much with them at work so i don’t have any real life experience on it.

My natural instinct is to assume rejection if I have conflict with a partner or don’t think my feelings are reciprocated. I’ll try to bring it up with them, but I’ll say “if you want to end this feel free” so it doesn’t hurt me (and they can say what they really mean instead of sugarcoating). Someone told me today that they just assume I’m not interested because I always seem to “run” but I’m not sure how to bring up problems/feelings otherwise. How do you approach these hard questions?

What are the best consulting firms in the capital markets and/or investments world?

Does anyone know what’s the compensation (base + bonus) for mid tenured one level below partner role (Assoc partner, director, etc) at MBB or T2 in Tokyo, Japan? TiA

How is the culture at Accenture Strategy vs. Deloitte Strategy? Would appreciate insight from people who have worked at both places. Thank you!

Women how much did you pay for your hair and makeup as the bride? Trying to make sense of the cost

I find myself struggling the explain things with the same eloquence as my colleagues. How can I improve my consulting speak? Any recommended books?

Have new analyst on the team with an MBA and project experience. After working with them for 2 months it’s apparent that there are 0 consulting skills (excel, outlook, PowerPoint) and they freeze up even on internal calls. They are young and coachable, and I offered to put time into that. However at a company event they made no effort to get to know the team and chose to stick to their familiar colleagues in their home office. I’d like to ask for a new resource but interested in feedback.

How hard is it to get the associate intern position at McKinsey as a current non-MBA Masters student? I submitted my application. Any tips on who to contact to get an interview?

When an MD asks you for any feedback you may have for them, what would be a good response without ticking them off?

A friend of mine from a top tier consulting firm was counseled out. Do you consider it ethical that his career counselor is intentially spreading the information to his colleagues and to other consultants from other companies in the project? What can he do about it? Specially that he considers the potential layoff is purely based on the current situation (chargeability was low) and not on his performance (they said that his contribution to BD during his bench time was low)?

Asking for a friend—joining Accenture TDP in about 2 weeks. He’s wondering how important it is to live near his home office and if its extremely necessary. It is not a possible for him to relocate now

Why do people go into Accounting?

Wanting to make a shift into strategy/mgmt consulting from HealthIT. Any good books out there to help prep? Looking for anything but preferably technical information to prepare for an interview.

For those vaccinated, are you feeling like you’re finally able to get back to normal sans the face mask and be around large groups?

If you had $100k cash, how much would you invest (say, over the next month) vs keep cash. Moderate risk appetite generally (though not sure what that means in this environment). How would you invest?

Any good business/consulting books on amazon kindle that y’all have read that has helped you in your job?

How long do you need to be at your firm out of UG before you can jump ship effectively to another firm? I imagine it’s much more difficult in this economy than it was before