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2018 Consulting Graduate Applications MEGA THREAD

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Has anyone applied to Bain or Mckinsey?

How did you select your office preference? did you just select London or did you include other locations as well?

I would like to include other offices and have my application sent to more places, but that means downgrading your preference percentage score for each,

I did first preference London, second Amsterdam or New York. Just thought it'd be worth a shot + shows that you're open to international opportunities (which they seem to like given that certain projects could be abroad/ see you working with international counterparts). Doubt it does any harm if you do it or choose not to though...

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lunnndoner

Original post by robin1125

I was under the impression that you had to be fluent at the local language to apply to an office, hence why I didn't even think of applying to other offices in Europe

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Speedfile123

Anyone had a PwC ac on 25th Oct?

Reply 103

mx321

Original post by Speedfile123

Anyone had a PwC ac on 25th Oct?

would this be for consulting? PwC tend to check apps after the deadline date so not sure what the AC on the 25th would have been for ?

Reply 104

username963570

Original post by lunnndoner

I was under the impression that you had to be fluent at the local language to apply to an office, hence why I didn't even think of applying to other offices in Europe

This is correct. Wouldn't worry about it, on my internship I didn't know a word of any other european language and one of my projects had me based in central Europe 3/4 days a week.

Reply 105

lunnndoner

Out of interest, which type of consulting have you guys applied for at pwc, and what made you choose that over the others?

Reply 106

robin1125

Original post by lunnndoner

I was under the impression that you had to be fluent at the local language to apply to an office, hence why I didn't even think of applying to other offices in Europe

I'm unsure on that to be fair, from what I read on the Bain website they said knowing the local language would be advantageous but not necessary.

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Speedfile123

Original post by mx321

would this be for consulting? PwC tend to check apps after the deadline date so not sure what the AC on the 25th would have been for ?

Ah right I didn't know that

Reply 108

mx321

Original post by lunnndoner

I was under the impression that you had to be fluent at the local language to apply to an office, hence why I didn't even think of applying to other offices in Europe

I have a friend who is working in at Mckinsey Dubai, knows no Arabic, so don't worry too much about it I guess

Reply 109

sara271

I got a place on the guest list for a Marakon case study workshop, I was wandering if anyone else has been to one of these type of workshops? I've got no idea what to expect and how much I should know before going. I'm not a business graduate and the whole case study thing is totally new to me

Reply 110

robin1125

Anyone else got an AC for Accenture/ know what the potential dates will be?

Reply 111

iac995

Original post by DarkWillow

The PwC tests were pretty standard. I actually failed the EY tests, and passed the PwC tests finding them easier. EY are the only online tests I've failed so far.

Did you answer the work style preference questionnaire with any method? im worried about it as I failed it last time i applied to a summer intern (got exceptional for num and inductive), but the questionnaire let me down. did you try to match the answers with the pwc values or anything?

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Giants SB 2011

Just took the Bain numerical test - pretty sure it went terribly which is disappointing given I've been doing well in all my practice tests! The verbal reasoning was pretty sound though. Alas I fear this as far as I'll make it - good luck everyone!

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lunnndoner

Has anyone had an interview or assessment centre with Deloitte S&O?

I was wondering if they're the same as PwC in that they arrange interviews/AC's after the application deadline?

Reply 114

mx321

Original post by lunnndoner

Has anyone had an interview or assessment centre with Deloitte S&O?

I was wondering if they're the same as PwC in that they arrange interviews/AC's after the application deadline?

Considering deadline for the online job simulation was the 31st i assume we'll find out soon. On the job simulation closing video it said we'll know in the next 2-3 weeks

Reply 115

ibd123

Original post by mx321

Considering deadline for the online job simulation was the 31st i assume we'll find out soon. On the job simulation closing video it said we'll know in the next 2-3 weeks

Just got an email saying my application is on hold 😕 and I'll be contacted by the 17th. Have you been sent anything?

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J Edgar

Original post by mx321

Considering deadline for the online job simulation was the 31st i assume we'll find out soon. On the job simulation closing video it said we'll know in the next 2-3 weeks