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Consulting salary by city: same base, different take-home
MBB US campus base is usually one number. City changes tax, rent, and Big 4 bands. NYC, Dallas, SF, London, Dubai, Singapore with sources.
Case interview prep
Compass Lexecon interview: the written case is an audit, not a debate
What Compass Lexecon publishes about its two-stage analyst interview, what the written case really scores, and a critical-loss calculation you can reproduce.
Recruiting
BCG Cover Letter: Write to the Office and Track You Named
BCG letters follow the portal: required or optional by office, then name the same city and track with one proof that fails a firm-swap.
Firm guides
What Is MBB Consulting? Three Firms, Not One Brand
MBB is a nickname, not a firm. Who McKinsey, BCG, and Bain are on their own pages, why candidates group them, and what that grouping does to your prep.
Case interview prep
Slalom Case Interview: Local Bench, Sprint Plan, Delivery Truth
Slalom screens for local staffing realism and MVP delivery, not MBB travel prestige. Worked clinic portal example, scoring heuristic, and what fails.
Getting started
Reapplying After a Consulting Rejection: Change the File, Not the Calendar
How MBB and Big 4 reapplication rules work, how recruiters use your old file on the second look, and a 12–18 month plan that changes the evidence.
Case interview prep
PA Consulting Case Interview: Build a Trial, Not a Framework
PA cases reward trial design and build paths over MBA trees. Official early-careers loop, a worked quay-safety example, and how interviewers score you.
Case interview prep
NERA Case Interview: Expert Drafts Beat Profit Cases
NERA screens for regulator-facing draft instinct, not MBB closes. Worked water rate-case math, what the firm publishes on process, and how strategy prep fails.
Firm guides
Monitor Deloitte Case Interview: Strategy, Not Core Consulting
Monitor Deloitte hires for where-to-play work. How its case differs from core Deloitte Consulting, what the written packet tests, and a worked example.
Frameworks
7-S in Cases: Org Alignment, Not a Profit Tree
Trace the 7-S model to its 1980 source, skip it on profit and market cases, and use it for org and PMI prompts with one worked example.
Case interview prep
Life Sciences Case Interviews: Devices Inside Someone Else's DRG
How life sciences cases are scored: map the episode payment and physician bottleneck before ASP math. Worked ClearLine IVUS numbers included.
Case interview prep
Huron Case Interview: Score Institutional Constraints First
Huron is roughly half healthcare and a third education by revenue. Learn the constraint-first case approach interviewers score, with worked denial math.