"Stop Learning Excel" – Bain Senior Manager

Management Consulted · Beginner ·📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence ·1mo ago

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Prioritizing thinking like a partner over Excel skills in consulting

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If you're starting at a consulting firm soon, a former Bain Senior Manager says to stop wasting time on Excel formulas and PowerPoint tricks — AI handles that now. What matters from day one is thinking like the partner leading the case. At Bain, they called it "answer first": always have a hypothesis, iterate on it, but never walk in without an answer. Full episode: https://youtu.be/xbEK3kxut_4
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