The Consulting Offer Blueprint: Strategy, Cases & MBB-Level Thinking

Welcome to  Consulting Knowledge : Our weekly series where we Deep dive into industries, business models, and core concepts you need to understand to ace your interviews and thrive as a consultant. ==============================================   The Iran war isn’t just geopolitical — it’s breaking the global aviation system. In this episode, we break down how the conflict is affecting the Airline...

Welcome to  Decoding the Interview: A weekly behind-the-scenes breakdown of what interviewers are actually testing in case and fit interviews, and how to ace your interview. ============================================== Two industries. Completely different economics. In this episode, we break down dental services and food delivery cases to show how structuring profitability cases must adapt to bu...

Welcome to Consulting Mindset Shifts: Every Sunday we bring big ideas and mental models to reshape how you think about your consulting recruiting journey and your interviews. ============================================== Most profitability cases go wrong in the first five minutes. Candidates jump into cost-cutting before diagnosing revenue. In this episode, we break down: • The structural differe...

Welcome to  The Recruiting Playbook : Our weekly series where we discuss tactical strategies to get interview invites, referrals, and ultimately, offers. ============================================== Most networking messages get deleted. Not because candidates aren’t smart — but because they don’t understand how consultants think. In this episode, we dissect real LinkedIn messages sent to an ex-B...

Welcome to  Consulting Knowledge : Our weekly series where we Deep dive into industries, business models, and core concepts you need to understand to ace your interviews and thrive as a consultant. ==============================================  Private equity cases aren’t complicated — candidates make them complicated. In this episode, we simplify PE due diligence using a powerful analogy: house...

Welcome to  Decoding the Interview: A weekly behind-the-scenes breakdown of what interviewers are actually testing in case and fit interviews, and how to ace your interview. ============================================== Growth cases look similar on the surface. They aren’t. In this episode, we compare electric vehicle and pharmaceutical growth cases to show: • Industry-specific growth constraints...

Welcome to Consulting Mindset Shifts: Every Sunday we bring big ideas and mental models to reshape how you think about your consulting recruiting journey and your interviews. ============================================== Growth isn’t a buzzword. It’s math. In this episode, we break down the “physics” behind growth cases — market size, penetration, pricing, product expansion — and how consultants...

Welcome to The Recruiting Playbook: Our weekly series where we discuss tactical strategies to get interview invites, referrals, and ultimately, offers. ============================================== Submitting your resume and hoping for the best is a losing strategy. In this episode, we break down the data-backed networking strategy that can quadruple your odds of landing consulting interviews. Dr...

Welcome to  Consulting Knowledge : Our weekly series where we Deep dive into industries, business models, and core concepts you need to understand to ace your interviews and thrive as a consultant. ==============================================  The Strait of Hormuz is only 21 miles wide. But right now, it’s holding 20% of the world’s oil supply hostage. Following the late February 2026 U.S. and I...

Welcome to  Consulting Knowledge : Our weekly series where we Deep dive into industries, business models, and core concepts you need to understand to ace your interviews and thrive as a consultant. ==============================================  Airlines are one of the most misunderstood industries in consulting cases. High revenue. High utilization. Massive brand presence. And yet — razor-thin ma...

Welcome to  Decoding the Interview: A weekly behind-the-scenes breakdown of what interviewers are actually testing in case and fit interviews, and how to ace your interview. ============================================== How do you double revenue in a niche, regulated pharmaceutical market? In this Decoding the Interview episode, we walk through a rare disease growth case and break down: • Revenue...

Welcome to Consulting Mindset Shifts: Every Sunday we bring big ideas and mental models to reshape how you think about your consulting recruiting journey and your interviews. ============================================== Frameworks aren’t the problem. Misusing them is. In this episode, we map the ecosystem of consulting frameworks — profitability, growth, market entry, M&A — and explain why m...

Welcome to the Recruiting Playbook . Our weekly series where we discuss tactical strategies to get interview invites, referrals, and ultimately, offers. ============================================== The old consulting playbook is dead. If you're still following advice from five years ago — polished resume, a few MBB applications, memorized frameworks — you’re already behind. In this episode,...

Welcome to  Consulting Knowledge : Our weekly series where we Deep dive into industries, business models, and core concepts you need to understand to ace your interviews and thrive as a consultant. ============================================== Not all markets behave the same. A fragmented market requires a completely different strategy than a consolidated one — and consultants must recognize the...

Welcome to  Decoding the Interview: A weekly behind-the-scenes breakdown of what interviewers are actually testing in case and fit interviews, and how to ace your interview. ============================================== Watch Ian Glennon solve the full case live here: https://youtu.be/tJ3a_iUY2H4 ============================================= Manufacturing profitability cases punish vague thinking...

Welcome to Consulting Mindset Shifts : Every Sunday we bring big ideas and mental models to reshape how you think about your consulting recruiting journey and your interviews. ============================================== Most candidates preparing for consulting interviews make the same mistake: They memorize frameworks. Profitability. 3Cs. Market entry. Risks at the end. And then under pressure,...

Welcome to Consulting Mindset Shifts : Every Sunday we bring big ideas and mental models to reshape how you think about your consulting recruiting journey and your interviews. ============================================== If you’re serious about landing McKinsey, BCG, or Bain, this is where you sharpen your edge. I’m Ian Glennon — ex-BCG consultant, founder of Custom Case Coach, and I’ve run 5,00...