Consultant team conducting a company due diligence before telling the board to reduce costs and increase revenues.

WWYD?

Rappers drop albums 🎶
Consultant drop decks 🔥

Consulting: Year 1 vs. Year 3

How I look at my manager whenever they say “thank you for your hard work”

To all interested, this is how I was able to nail my interview and get a job at McKinsey:

1. Wake up at 4am on the day of the interview.
2. Squeeze in a good 10km run.
3. Have a protein-rich breakfast.
4. Arrive at the interview at least 30 mins ahead of time.
5. Visualize

What’s a dirty little secret that you know only because you work in management consulting?

“If we don’t know the answer, we act like it’s complicated, tell you ‘it depends’ then charge you a premium for it.”

POV: *watching the managing partner use Excel to update the model*

Client waiting to receive the bill from McKinsey after hiring them for a 4 week study on how to decrease costs

It’s ok to be not ok. Except in consulting because there is no timesheet code for that.

*partner email to all*

“Today, on intn’l family day, I want to remind everyone of the importance of being on client site, in buttfknowhere Arkansas. Therefore, remote work will be strictly forbidden and I expect everyone to be as far away from their families as possible. Tx”

Me watching someone who makes a 7 figure salary struggle to print a document.

Me being escorted off the premises after filling an “anonymous” upward feedback

If you don't think money changes people, just watch a consultant before and after they make partner.

Before start of every project: 'Maybe this one will be better than the last.'

“Hard work always pays off” -Partner to the team

Some people “😂😂” their way to a promotion

Client: “The recommendation seems very solid. It was apparently based on Expert Input and Firm analysis”

Overworked 22yo consultant in the room who googled all the recommendations:

Thought of the day:

'Sometimes, hearing a 'good job' and getting recognition and a tap on the back from management is all a consultant is looking for.'

Entry level jargon for consulting but gets the point across effectively.