Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In this article, I want to share you with practical tips on how to leverage this meeting towards establishing your credibility with your future client while positioning yourself to maximize your contribution AND compensation. It is an opportunity to literally change your client's life. It is your strategic partnership.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 13, 2021

Do you know what keeps your ideal client up at night? Not only do you have to know what's on your ideal client's mind, but you need to know what they need - hint - it is NOT the process you are trying to sell. It's what many business owners dream of, and it might just be one of those things that keep his ideal clients stressing over.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 8, 2014

The case study question is a fundamental portion of any consulting interview. Consulting firms used to say, “You don’t need to practice for case interviews – anyone can do them, even an English major.” 2) Don’t Be Afraid to Get Creative. There are not particularly intuitive for the uninitiated.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 15, 2023

This article provides three practical steps to help you develop your character strengths and pass your next character test. Every leader wants to be successful. But sometimes, the results achieved come at the cost of character. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. link] Why is Character Important to Your Success?

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LSA Global

MAY 26, 2023

Complete Frontline Manager Assessment Center Pre-work Once scheduled, participants receive access to pre-work which includes instructions, psychometric tests , and background reading of the level- and role-specific job simulations and assignments for a day in the life in a fictitious organization.

Management 36

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Having a successful career in consulting requires sustained motivation. A sensible first step towards a consulting-career would be to understand whether you have what it takes to excel in consulting. Here is a list of six skills that will make a difference in your consulting career and ensure your long-term success.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 14, 2017

Most independent consultants have no budget for marketing or advertising, yet they all wish they had a bigger client list. Having a well-crafted LinkedIn profile is free and one of the first things potential clients will look at when they hear about you. This is what you want potential clients to see when they skim your profile.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 9, 2017

If you’ve been around the management consulting industry for any amount of time at all, you know how different of a beast it really is to conquer than nearly any other industry. Even if you’ve done a masterful job of networking , you still have to jump through the hoops and meet the stringent criteria of consulting firms.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

So, after writing the perfect resume and cover letter, and preparing at least 6 Hero Stories, it’s time to face the music. In addition, they are excellent test scenarios for communication on your feet. For now, however, let’s just get started. They are meant to test both your analytical and creative thinking process.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Many management consultants hardly complete two or three years in their jobs before they realize that there’s more to life than consulting. Some consultants leave for personal reasons, because they want to start a family or spend more time with their loved ones. Interviews. Corporate Strategy. What is corporate strategy?

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Markovitz Consulting

AUGUST 19, 2020

Instead, focus on becoming faster and more nimble, so that you can get to the head of the market quickly, when the timing is right. Solution: carefully assessing the skills and traits required for each key position in a company , rather than simply promoting based on résumé, tenure with the company, or prior career path.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

A major portion of the consulting case interview tests your quantitative skills. Consultants work with a lot of data and can spend a significant amount of time crunching numbers. Let’s face it. So your interviewers want to know that you’re comfortable with math and have strong analytic reasoning skills. Use structure.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 17, 2019

Properly preparing for strategy consulting interviews doesn’t just mean learning the process, memorizing frameworks, and casing all-out; in order to ensure success it’s also critically important that a mindset shift occurs. Good candidates get to the right answer. Too often, candidates approach a case like a test.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Most consulting firms are wrapping up their recruitment process for this year and offers have been sent out. The hard skills help you do the analysis, but once you’ve got an answer, you need client buy in. To get client buy in, you almost always need exceptional soft skills. Communication is key.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 27, 2016

Consultants work on projects of varying lengths, and are often required to travel to work on site with the client. The specific tasks that a consultant undertakes will depend on which firm she works for, the project requirements, as well as her level of seniority and experience. (Source: Flickr ). Hypothesis Generation.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

One of the most vivid memories I have from my early consulting career was the time a Chief Operations Officer (COO) nearly torpedoed my first engagement. To an extent, all these are tested in the case interviews that guard the entrances of all consulting firms. Talk about beginner’s luck. Vested Managers.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 13, 2016

A Stanford graduate who worked in consulting during his early career, Victor speaks from his experience as someone who sat on both sides of the interview table. Today, he spends his time advising Inc. WHY READ IT? It takes focused, specific preparation to ace your case interview. QUICK REVIEW.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 17, 2019

In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year. This goes to show just how important it is to write a strong resume when applying to be a consultant.

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Management Consulted

JULY 5, 2015

One of the best things about strategy consulting is that you get to work across a broad spectrum of industries , giving you exposure to a lot of the wonderful variety that exists around us in the business world. The same is true in management consulting. With each different client project comes a different team.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Having a successful career in consulting requires sustained motivation. A sensible first step towards a consulting-career would be to understand whether you have what it takes to excel in consulting. Here is a list of six skills that will make a difference in your consulting career and ensure your long-term success.

Consulting 68

Consulting Industry Case Interview Analysis 68

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year. This goes to show just how important it is to write a strong resume when applying to be a consultant. Unsubscribe at any time.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year. This goes to show just how important it is to write a strong resume when applying to be a consultant. Unsubscribe at any time.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

I nailed 3 issues with the customer segment but may have missed a 4th). I nailed 3 issues with the customer segment but may have missed a 4th). How can I tell that it is time to conclude a case? My Reply: If you ask the question to a consulting firm partner, the answer is never! 1), 2), 3). It focuses on clarity.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 22, 2016

We have commented on consulting jargon before, but we will do it again. Organisations hire management consultants to provide advice on their most challenging business problems. Senior management are busy people, and so consultants need to communicate as clearly as possible. Big 3: McKinsey, Bain and BCG.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 7, 2015

Sandy Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems, once summed up consulting interviews perfectly when she said, “The first rule of any game is to know you’re in one.”. In the research you’ve been doing into the wild world of management consulting, you should have noticed how important the case interview is on your road to a job offer.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I first started recruiting for consulting jobs, an interviewer at Bain shared a story (arguably a legend at this point) about how Bain (or it might have been McKinsey) was asked to advise Motorola on whether or not they should enter the mobile phone market. But like anything overdone, it creates vulnerabilities.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Though the process was created as a means of testing your on-the-job potential as a consultant, they’re more like the microwave version of a crock pot recipe. Interestingly, however, we were trained at MBB that doing a project for more time gets you NOWHERE. High impact in a short time is the name of the game.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Does Oliver Wyman really offer a “different kind of consulting”? Oliver Wyman’s strategy consulting practice has made waves specifically in the financial services sector , and beyond as well. They have served Global 1000 clients over the past 40 years. KEY STATS FOR OLIVER WYMAN.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING. Interviewing with NERA Economic Consulting? In fact, if you look at a list of top 20 consulting firms, NERA won’t be on it. That being said, NERA is still a major player in the consulting industry and here’s why: NERA Economic Consulting is the top econom ic consulting firm, period.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

What was missing from current consulting resources? It was simple – you wanted 3 things: more practice cases for use by yourself or with partners. An update to The Consulting Bible wasn’t enough. Starting today you can get BOTH for the price of the Consulting Case Bank. And we’ve done it!

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Tom Spencer

MAY 6, 2018

After some reflecting, I decided maybe I could both work and do backpacking at the same time. After some reflecting, I decided maybe I could both work and do backpacking at the same time. After quick Googling, I compiled a list of consulting firms in Mongolia, which was limited to three of the “Big 4” and some local firms.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 15, 2017

Today we highlight Kalypso, a young but emerging player in the consulting market. Although the firm lacks a long, storied history, it counts many Fortune 1000 companies as clients. The new kid on the block is finally being noticed, and now it’s time to see what sets Kalypso apart – and if it could be the right fit for you.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2018

As a startup, the pressure is always on for getting new clients, hitting sales goals, and building trust in a new market. Whether you’re building apps for clients, releasing them in the competitive app stores, or using them internally, here are 5 key tips to designing apps that your startup can be proud of.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 18, 2019

At consulting firms like McKinsey, you will receive a personal experience interview (or McKinsey PEI). Other times, you will receive 10 - 15 minutes of these kinds of questions before you get a case interview. Be sure to allocate some time to prepare your answers for these questions and to practice delivering them.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

ALIXPARTNERS CONSULTING. With over 30 years of history behind it, AlixPartners has worked with several high profile clients, including GM’s Saab division, Kodak, Barney’s New York, and JCPenney. KEY STATS FOR ALIXPARTNERS. Today, we continue our Firm Profile series by looking at AlixPartners. ALIXPARTNERS HISTORY.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

How in the world did Josh go from a PhD in cell and molecular biology to a job in federal consulting for The Tauri Group? Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

ORGANISATIONS hire management consultants to help them solve their most challenging business problems. Senior management are busy people, and so consultants need to communicate their message clearly and concisely, preferably accompanied by some colourful powerpoint slides. Consulting Jargon 101. Big 3: McKinsey, Bain and BCG.

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