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Tell me about your self |
I gre up in South east Asia, went to school in the US Class of 2013 Yale undergraduate, with a quantitative degree in econ and mathematics worked for ayear wanted to go into a field that combines research and analytical sills (from math a), and sales and communication skills and interest in business -> consulting |
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Why McKinsey |
* Work on the cutting edge of the corporate finance, marketing and sales industries * Live and travel to many domestic and international locations * Gain a rigorous foundation in business skills through exposure to challenging business problems best in class incorporate finance, marketing and sales exposure to different culture with office travels to domestic and international locations (3 out of 4 days a week) exposure to clients research driven, man ground breaking management theories/solutions/articles, research and analytics driven - strong support in this area - deliver long term impact on client bottom lines |
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Why not Bain or BCG |
thrive best in a structured and disciplined environment research driven large firm and most international |
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Why consulting |
there are a couple of ways a company could learn via competitors - take time and blood and $ take this time and $ to pay consultants, who have seen and solve the same problems before and work in their interest consultants give answers but also implements and gets to see results love problem solving knowledge - wealth of knowledge - mckinsey is focused on building knowledge |
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What is your definitition of success? |
to know and to influence via knowledge |
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Tell me a time when you resolve time conflict |
yale undergraduate consulting group slacker team member does not attend turns out he is a rower gives me as much autonomy as he likes gives him only work where he can do
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Resolve a conflict with boss |
boston globe price vs volume find inbetween solutions BRUSH UP ON DYNAMIC PRICING |
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Have dinner plan with spouse, client calls and demands a report by tonight. what to do? |
1. call client and see if he's willing to negotiate to move the deadline till tomorrow evening or next day 2. clients do not agree. call up team mates to ask for help. if clients' demands are unreasonable, speak with manager for better negotiation |
