Apr 17

S23E2: McKinsey Market Entry Case: Why the Right Answer Wasn't Enough

Send us Fan MailKunal ran the numbers. Modern pizza wins on absolute profit and payback period.Then he flagged it: you're projecting nearly 200 pizzas a day for a restaurant that hasn't opened yet. That's the instinct that separates good from great.This is a full McKinsey case in ... Show More

46m 30s

Apr 15

S23E1: Consulting Has Changed in 20 Years – But Not in the Ways You Think | Consulting Unpacked

Send us Fan MailJenny Rae joined Bain in 2005. At McKinsey that year, consultants were home 3 nights a week – Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. That was considered acceptable.Today, consulting looks different. But maybe not in the ways you'd assume.In this episode of Consulting Unp ... Show More

13m 35s

Apr 10

S22E30: The Real Skill Consulting Actually Teaches You | Consulting Unpacked

Send us Fan MailMost people think consulting trains you in industries or analytics.That's not the real advantage.In this episode of Consulting Unpacked, Jenny Rae breaks down the skill consultants master at the world's top firms – complex project management – and the 10 principle ... Show More

12m 23s

Jan 2024

642: McKinsey Weak School (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

Entering BBM with a weak school on your resume can create problems. Though, all of them tend to be created by the candidates themselves. These consultants tend to have so many incorrect preconceived ideas of the firm that even when a McKinsey partner tells them something, they te ... Show More

6m 22s

Apr 2024

665: Never start training with McKinsey cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

This is a mistake common to most case interview candidates. They start with the McKinsey approach. This is a very, very bad idea. McKinsey cases are those were the interviewer leads the case. If you are only trained to do cases in this format, you will never learn how to lead a c ... Show More

14m 56s

Nov 2023

625: McKinsey senior partner networking success (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we share a networking success story with a McKinsey senior partner. We always ask our clients, especially those from weaker schools, to network with the most senior partners of consulting firms ... Show More

10m 25s

Jan 2024

648: Structure fails at 60% McKinsey cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

At least 90% of aspiring management consultants assume that all McKinsey et al cases MUST be solved with frameworks. That is a dangerous myth. At least 60% of all McKinsey full cases (we are not referring to brainstorming, estimates, etc) cannot be solved with structures and you ... Show More

11m 40s

Oct 2023

385: When should you not brand yourself ex McKinsey (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit one of the classics by Strategy Skills where we talk about one of the issues that we deal with at Firmsconsulting and which many ex employees of major consulting firms (e.g. ex McKinsey and ex BCG consultants) encounter as they embark on buildin ... Show More

11m 33s

Feb 2024

The Investment Bank Interview Playbook: Mastering Behaviour & Technical Questions

In this podcast episode, the team delves into the techniques and best practices for excelling in an investment bank interview. Topics covered include: <ul><li>**Crafting Compelling Responses:** Learn the art of structuring your answers for maximum impac ... Show More

43m 8s

Jan 2024

Conquering Indecision: Strategies from Patrick McGinnis

Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company In this episode, Patrick McGinnis, Host of FOMO Sapiens Podcast and Author of The 10% Entrepreneur & Fear of Missing Out, discusses high-stake, low-stake, and no-stake decisions and how to deal with all of them. Follow Kwame Christ ... Show More

42m 2s

Feb 2024

TIP609: Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb

On today’s episode, Clay reviews Nassim Taleb’s book – Fooled by Randomness. Nassim Taleb is a Lebanon-born American mathematician and statistician whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. He’s very well known for his popular books, including The ... Show More

1 h

Feb 2024

ATH Tout va bien dans le meilleur des mondes : Vraiment Vrai ?

Tous les matins en Podcast, je décrypte l'actualité économique, les marchés et Cryptos, et partage mes stratégies de Trading et d'Investissement.Des fois, les Samedis (OUI il FAUT QUE je relance ça ! ), l'Interview d'un expert ou d'un investisseur sur les marchés pour partager ex ... Show More

32m 15s

S7E24: McKinsey Mergers & Acquisitions C...