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How Top-Tier Consultants at McKinsey, Bain, and BCG Really Solve Problems 

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Problem-solving” is one of the most overused and least understood phrases in the business world. When many people talk about solving problems, they are rarely talking about a problem-solving process. What I got wrong about problem-solving What are the most important skills you need to be successful?

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Do Consulting Case Study Interviews Work? A deep dive

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Who wouldn’t want to test a candidate’s problem-solving abilities (rather than hear about them in the traditional behavioral interview)? The Most Famous Case Practice Book Marc Cosentino has the best business plan for books: write one that almost everyone who wants to work in consulting has to buy.

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The Pyramid Principle: A Deep-Dive Book Review (Part 1: Logic In Writing)

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I will cover each of the four sections of her book: Logic In Writing Logic In Thinking (coming soon) Logic in Problem-Solving (coming soon) Logic In Presentation (coming soon). Minto’s first job in the business world was working for Cyrus Eaton, who founded the Pugwash Conferences of nuclear scientists.

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What are the career paths and titles at McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting Group?

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This often has to do with different educational timelines and labor requirements. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? For the post-undergraduate and post-graduate roles, the average time in tenure is about two years. However, there is a lot of variation, especially across the globe.

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A Brief History of Strategy Consulting: 100 years from Frederick Taylor to the “Next New Normal”

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Think of the increase, both in the necessities and luxuries of life, which becomes available for the whole country, of the possibility of shortening the hours of labor when this is desirable, and of the increased opportunities for education, culture, and recreation which this implies. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?