Postgrad CV & Cover Letter Writing for Management Consultancy ...

Examples of comments from other Oliver Wyman recruiters
“He seemed very intelligent, and had done very well in his case interview.
However, there was nothing else on the CV, such as work experience,
hobbies, interests, team sports, etc. to indicate he ever did anything out
of the Lab.
The interview was rather hard work, as you can imagine, and despite his
excellent case score, we didn’t take him through to the second round”
“A 4 page CV with 2 pages listing academic presentations and papers.
This clearly shows no understanding/appreciation for what we're looking
for in an applicant”
“ I think my takeaway is that you don’t have to try too hard to show you
are ‘business-minded’- there really is no such thing. What we look for are
smart, analytical, and social people. You can be a nerd and satisfy all
these criteria and be an excellent consultant.”
“If they can, demonstrate their ability to summarise complex information
by explaining to me, in one sentence on the cover letter or CV what the
PhD is about, I’m impressed.”
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