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S22E20: Consulting Unpacked | The Best Decision I Made in My First Year at Bain

Send a textIn your first year in consulting, it’s easy to chase the projects that sound the most impressive.But the work that actually accelerates your career often looks very different.In this episode of Consulting Unpacked, Jenny Rae shares the single best decision she made dur ... Show More

12m 5s

Mar 4

S22E19: Recruiting Reality Check | Sophomore Stan + When Deadlines Move Up 3 Months

Send a textIn this episode of Recruiting Reality Check, Katie Neff and Japheth Mast break down the real story of “Sophomore Stan” – a strong candidate at a target school who has done everything right with networking… but hasn’t started case prep yet.With internship recruiting tim ... Show More

21m 12s

Feb 27

S22E18: Life Sciences Consulting in 2026: Impact at Scale

Send a textAI is accelerating drug development. Precision medicine is going mainstream. Rare disease innovation is reshaping pipelines.So what’s really happening inside life sciences consulting right now?In this panel, leaders from Guidehouse, Clarkston Consulting, ClearView Heal ... Show More

58m 27s

Sep 2025

811: Look at long term (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

How do you decide on which firm you want to join? For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss the decision-making criteria for choosing a firm, the three levels of consultant, and the impact of learning from a senior partner i ... Show More

14m 24s

Aug 2025

808: Advice for deeply experienced candidates (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we look at the profile of an older MBA candidate who has extensive oil and gas expertise. We offer some counter-intuitive advice to this candidate for their career and planning. While we use an ... Show More

10m 43s

Mar 2025

766: The different types of interview approaches (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we spoke about the different interview approaches used by big consulting firms. We also discuss brainstorming, estimation case, and full case, and how cases are conducted—which we know will be ... Show More

15m 21s

Sep 2025

813: What is to be a management consultant (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss the responsibilities of a management consultant, how they should act and how they manage certain kinds of situations. We also cover the type of jobs that management consultants do an ... Show More

18m 13s

Oct 2025

818: Exit opportunities (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we spoke about the reality of exit opportunities in management consulting. Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsu ... Show More

15m 34s

Feb 2025

754: Giving interviewers benefit of the doubt (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we talk about the importance of you, the candidate, never ever giving the interviewer the benefit of the doubt, why this is vital, how to do this in a case and the improvement it will immediate ... Show More

8m 57s

Jul 2023

597: Speaking advice for cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we speak about communication skills. If you read forums worldwide everyone is obsessed with cracking the case. Yet, most people cannot communicate like a consultant. We hope by reading this pos ... Show More

5m 59s

Jan 2025

Navigating the Job Market in 2025 - In Conversation with Dr Kyle Elliott

Love Your Career Podcast? Let us know!In episode 270 of Your Career Podcast I welcome back Dr. Kyle Elliott, tech industry specialist and trauma-informed career coach, to discuss the evolving job market in 2025 and practical strategies for job seekers. I first interviewed Kyle in ... Show More

32m 18s

Feb 2025

751: Ignoring partners in an interview (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

You have been brainwashed by every single forum and case book to assume that McKinsey wants a framework and set of hypotheses, that you have stopped listening as carefully to the interviewer and simply providing hypotheses even when the interview is not asking for them! Here are ... Show More

9m 41s

Jan 2025

How To 10x Your Networking By Starting A Podcast | Ep #652

Austin shares how you can 10x your networking by starting a podcast!Time Stamped Show Notes:[0:30] - Barriers to networking[1:15] - Podcast guests are new networking contacts[2:32] - Yeah, but how do I start a podcast? ... Show More

12m 26s

S15E27: Simulated BCG Market Entry Case ...