Introducing Dear HBR:

This new podcast features real-life coaching sessions with leaders working to overcome professional challenges. In this episode, host Muriel Wilkins speaks with a woman who’s been walking a tightrope between addressing a superior’s microaggressions and making her team feel safe. ... Show More

Is it time to do something different in your career? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Bruce Feiler, a researcher and the author of Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age. They talk through what to do when you’ve been out of work and can’t fin ... Show More

Is it hard for you to give or get feedback virtually? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Marcus Buckingham, a cohead of the ADP Research Institute and the author of Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World. They talk through what to ... Show More

Our guidance on choosing between a corporate job and a job in a start-up. 

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we speak about case solutions. Candidates sometimes prefer to be cautious and offer a solution earlier rather than waiting to fully flesh out the drivers and key issues in a case. The problem w ... Show More

Most preparations for interviews at a consulting firm like McKinsey, BCG or Bain focus on solving the case interview. While the case is an important part, a mindset that focuses on „I need to solve the case to get an offer“ leads you down the wrong path. Learn a better approach a ... Show More

Tackles some the recent problems we have seen with candidates. We have tried to stay away from conventional advice and address issues not commonly discussed. Since this is largely based on the tactics we advise our clients to follow, it is bound to be counter to the plethora of a ... Show More

On this episode we’re answering an intern’s question about overtime. How do you approach your manager when you’re working overtime and not getting paid for it? Donna Morris, the Chief Human Resources Officer of Adobe, offers advice.  This is the first episode of a series called W ... Show More

An interview is not a one-way street where only the interviewer asks a lot of questions. In this episode, I show you a simple, 5-step approach to asking the right questions to help you determine whether the company, the role and the work environment are a good fit for you. Visit ... Show More

Part 2 of our guidance on thinking about your Work From Home habits and what they say about you. 

In this episode, 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 very helpful to you and your career.   Enjoying our podcast? Get acces ... Show More

Candidates sometimes prefer to be cautious and offer a solution earlier rather than waiting to fully flesh out the drivers and key issues in a case. The problem with this approach is that if you offer a solution before identifying the problem, it raises concerns to the interviewe ... Show More

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we speak about a way for candidates to ask information in a case interview. A steep hurdle for many candidates is knowing how and when to ask for information / advice from an interviewer. To he ... Show More