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Note-Taking in a Case Interview

CaseInterview.com

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. Some information is more important than others.

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Saving RadioShack

Tom Spencer

By comparison, rivals Amazon and Wal-Mart have continuously adapted and maintain a significant competitive advantage in pricing these products due to scale. In a competitive landscape fraught with declining sales of consumer electronics and falling margins, RadioShack has fallen into a precarious situation.

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Know Your Weaknesses

CaseInterview.com

When I buy a new product, the first thing I do is throw out the product manual. If you’re not great at sales, find someone who is. If you find case interviews painful, you definitely don’t want to be a consultant. This has been true since I was 16 years old. Yes, I’m one of those people.

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. Start your own business. .

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Three C’s Framework

Tom Spencer

The Three C’s Framework may prove extremely valuable for consulting case questions. It can help to assess the business situation in the context of entering a new market, M&A, product development, and starting a new business. What products and services do they offer? (Source: Flickr ). Large versus small customers.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Have an upcoming Oliver Wyman interview? They seized this opportunity to establish a firm that would help firms gain clarity about their business models, products, and clients and then advise them by creating long term strategies. Industrial Products. Retail and Consumer Products. OLIVER WYMAN INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart.