The following article arose from discussions between Mindbench and its clients about where candidates go wrong in interviews. This prompted us to carry out a qualitative survey with clients, candidates, HR personnel and recruitment consultants involved in the management consultancy sector to establish some of the key skills and major pitfalls of …
Recruitment is buoyant – so is the number of candidates
The current market for recruitment at management consultancies is highly bouyant indeed it appears set to reach record levels this year. However the competition for these positions is still intense, with record numbers of MBAs looking for work in the sector! There are over two hundred applicants for every role in strategy consulting – the vast majority of these will be screened out at the C.V. stage and go no further but if you do get through to the interview stage the following advice may prove highly valuable.
Understand whom you are applying to
A significant skill-set in consultancies of all types is research and the less published information available the more important consultants become to their clients and the more these...