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"Why Consulting?": Anatomy of the Perfect Interview Answer

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Interviewer's are looking for 3 things in a candidate when they ask them "Why consulting?". Don't check those boxes and you've started with a left foot...

“Hey Bruno, why do you want to go into consulting?” I have heard this question in a consulting interview setting at least a few dozen times. It’s such a simple question… How could anything go wrong? Yet, I still remember the first time I answered it, in my very first consulting interview at BCG. I’ll be blunt: my answer sucked. I rambled some half-though-out reasons and tried to be clever. I was nervous. There was a case interview coming my way in a few minutes. My mind was in the case, my heart was in the case. I had heard from everyone that THE CASE was the important part. So I was ner

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