Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

You received an interview with a consulting firm! Management consulting interviews generally have two types of assessments, behavioral and casing. Behavioral interview questions help shed significant light on you as a candidate. A structured method to present your response. Congratulations! Knowing Yourself.

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Management Consulted

JULY 25, 2019

BCG interviews are unique in several ways. Find out 4 specific things that you can do to shine at your BCG case interview. No, we’re not talking about the usual things like case timing, case structure, or case math. The post BCG Interview: How To Shine appeared first on Management Consulted.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 8, 2021

Cracking a case can be a daunting task. As you prepare for your next consulting case interview, here are 4 quick tips that will help you to tackle any case. Remember, the interviewer may have additional information that they will only share if you ask! Generate a Hypothesis and Structure Your Approach.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 23, 2020

Case interviews can be a hurdle or stepping stone at the beginning of your consulting career. The interview tests your problem solving ability, communication skills, composure and interpersonal skills. There is no magic number of cases one should do in preparation. Within the interview you need to act like a consultant.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 27, 2021

The biggest challenge of getting into a consultancy is the case interviews. Fortunately, there are numerous resources to help you prepare for these case interviews. One mistake that almost all applicants make during their interview preparation is, although it may sound counterintuitive, to practice too many full cases.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 28, 2019

Case Interview Prep Guide. Be More Structured” – that’s the most famous tip. Lots of case interview practice.” The post Case Interview appeared first on Management Consulted. Ask any consultant, and they’ll have their own take and probably a few tips. “Be There’s another zinger.

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Management Consulted

JULY 11, 2019

MECE case framework example is great for understanding how to be MECE during your case interview. You must be able to structure your case in a way that demonstrates to your interviewer than you understand how to be mutual exclusive … Continue Reading.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Acing the Fit Interview: Strategy and Approach Motivation Questions Effective Storytelling Finessing Negative Stories In the second article of this series, you will learn about the often-underestimated motivation questions like “why consulting?” The interviewer will be expecting a few concise and well-supported reasons. Why consulting?”

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

On top of regular life commitments, you also must spend time on preparing applications, practicing for interviews, and partaking in the interviews themselves. With such a busy schedule, it can be tough to find a partner to practice cases with. The idea is simple: Identify aspects of the case interview that you are weak on (e.g.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The Mutually Exhaustive Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) framework is an important problem structuring principle that consultants use to organize data efficiently and comprehensively. In this article, we will cover how to utilize MECE in a case interview setting. To watch a video … Continue Reading.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 8, 2014

The case study question is a fundamental portion of any consulting interview. When it comes to evaluating case studies, none of your other skills really matter. The bad news is that case study questions require a very particular way of thinking. 1) Focus on Structure. 2) Don’t Be Afraid to Get Creative.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 13, 2021

One of the most difficult tasks in a case interview is to ask the right questions at the beginning of the case. As a result, this don’t really help them to solve the case. However, the goal of the questions must be to scope the subsequent structure and tailor it exactly to the case at hand.

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Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

Here are a few concepts I have used (but situations vary widely based on the situation and team composition): Document the problem statement, the problem solving structure, the set of workstreams and activities to execute the project, governance process, and structure of each deliverable.

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Steve Shu Consulting

AUGUST 20, 2018

Engagement manager – The engagement manager has responsibility for the client problem statement and the problem-solving structure (i.e., These often breakdown the workstreams, key activities, deliverables, project roles, and governance structure. Here are some of the main ways I’ve seen consultants get briefed on projects.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Joining a consulting club can provide you with numerous benefits: networking, learning how to do a case study, assistance with resume and cover letter writing, and access to resources to prepare for interviews. Through a case competition, you can increase your knowledge and skills in preparation for the actual case interview.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 8, 2022

Interview process and preparation. In some cases, especially for firms with emerging practice areas, experienced hires are used to fill expertise gaps that strengthen their offering. You can’t shine in an interview without first finding an open position. Interview process. Evaluation criteria for experienced hires.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

If you are interested in consulting you have probably heard of the case interview. It is a key component of the consulting interview to test how you approach problems. Practicing cases can teach you how to think like a consultant, yet they can also be a large source of stress and anxiety for candidates.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

A major portion of the consulting case interview tests your quantitative skills. So your interviewers want to know that you’re comfortable with math and have strong analytic reasoning skills. Here is a play-by-play of how you should approach a case interview: . Use structure.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2021

Consulting case interviews require lots of preparation. Although you will hear of some geniuses who aced their cases after only one week of preparation, this is probably not true for us mere mortals. Maybe you will catch a bad day during the interview and will go home without the offer. On average probably 1-2 months.

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Management Consulted

MAY 8, 2016

Last month, we reviewed the nuances of case interview anatomy , emphasizing how interviewer- and interviewee-led interviews have similar case anatomy. Fit interviews, case interviews, frameworks, and 80/20: there are a whole heap of words that don’t mean a lot to a lot of people outside of our world.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

If you missed Part 1, where we do a video walkthrough of a case structure, you can check that out here. The post Top 3 Tips for Case Interviews appeared first on Management Consulted. Welcome back to Part 2 of our new video series! Today, Jenny Rae (ex-Bain) and Lisa (ex-McKinsey) share their … Continued.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

So maybe you’ve gotten to the second round, maybe you’re still waiting to hear back, or maybe you’re hoping to interview again in the next recruitment cycle. Regardless of whichever bucket you fall into, it always helps to see things from the interviewers’ perspective. Here are the top three things they’re looking for: 1.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 1, 2017

Welcome back to the last in our series on breaking down case interview frameworks. By the end of this article, you’ll be well on your way to becoming an M&A case framework master. In consulting cases you often have to pick scenarios and use numbers to identify what the likely outcomes may be. Have no fear!

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Buzzsprout

JANUARY 8, 2024

Asking your guests engaging questions is pivotal to the success of interview podcasts and helps differentiate your content from other shows. This guide breaks down how to come up with great questions so you can nail your interviews and keep listeners hooked. " In this case, "where" isn't relevant.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Consulting firms rely heavily on case interviews to find the right candidate and, therefore, you should practice them – practice them well, start practicing them early (2-3 months prior to the interview), and then keep practicing them often. The 2 case interview styles are Interviewer-led and Interviewee-led cases.

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Management Consulted

JULY 10, 2016

Once you’ve passed the resume screen, you’ll be invited in to a local office for a first round interview. Except this first round interview isn’t so much an interview, per se, but rather a written test. This is mostly a math test, and doesn’t have much to do with the case interview at all.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 3, 2016

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 13, 2019

“Case study interviews put you in the driver’s seat: you’re given a real business problem to work through and solve. The logical reasoning you use to work through the case is just as important as the conclusions you reach” ( The University of Sydney, 2019 ). There are many different case study examples online.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Interviews. After going through a handful of interviews through referrals, direct reach out from HR/hiring team, and LinkedIn/company website applications I would categorize my interviews into three buckets: Corporate strategy. In terms of the interview process it followed the following steps: HR interview (fit).

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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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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

Now, to move forward, you have to understand and prepare extremely well for the interviews. This article will give you a helicopter view of the interview process, and then dive into one part of it. The structure of the interview process is surprisingly similar across firms. One is called the ‘Fit Interview’.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 8, 2015

Now that you have a basic understanding of case interviews – you know their purpose, format, and structure – it’s time to move on to the meatier topics. Because of that, nailing the case interviews is a challenge. Top interviewers make use of a variety of tools that enable them to master the case interview.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 24, 2021

The key is the use the paper and the pen to structure the problem. For example, imagine your boss wants you to create an Excel spreadsheet in which you calculate a business case for the next 5 years. In nine out of ten cases, however, you will realize after some time that you are absolutely on the wrong track. Simple as that.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 21, 2014

” The question is in the forefront of interviewers’ minds throughout your whole interviewing process. In fact, if you nail the case interview, but are unable to convince them that you’ll be a good fit with the firm, you won’t be hired. Because of that, it is essential to prepare for fit interviews.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

So, a few minutes into your case interview, the recruiter slides a chart across the table and asks what you can tell from that particular exhibit. The objective of the chart is to help you drive the case forward by approving or disapproving your hypothesis of the business problem. Structuring the delivery. Revenue = 2.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Email: I am an MBA student at a leading Indian B-school and successfully secured offers following my AT Kearney interview and BCG interview for their [ City in India ] office last week. I had three interview rounds each at both A.T. Each person may (and probably should) have his/her own way of going about solving cases.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 18, 2016

One of the most daunting things about case interviews is the uncertainty you’re faced with as you step inside the door. What if your interviewer is having a bad day and just feels like asking impossible questions?! Next, ace your interview! Well, that’s what our frameworks are for.

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