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Mar 2014
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187: Case Interview Selection Criteria

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This series of detailed podcasts provides prospective applicants to our program all the information they need to put together an application package, do well in the screening interviews, and, should they be the offered a place in the Firmsconsulting program, succeed at their McKinsey, BCG et al interviews. How we select candidates: We select candidates from ... Show More
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