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Generalist vs Specialist Firm Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case Studies. For example, BCG requires one-way video interviews. Typically, a generalist interview consists of two types of questions – experiential and business case study. These might include three to four questions about sub fields of interest, potential client examples, and theoretical questions.

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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

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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Tackling the Case Interview

Tom Spencer

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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Emerging Technology in the Accounting Industry: Instrument not Obstacle

Tom Spencer

This can be seen from their graduate recruitment process. Recruitment screening assessments increasingly ask how candidates, as newly appointed auditors, would use emerging technologies. In recent years, the Big 4 accounting firms have placed an increasing emphasis on emerging technology.

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Completing Graduate School Like a Consultant

Tom Spencer

Whether you are studying for your MBA , Ph.D., You might be completing case studies, conducting experiments, and writing lengthy legal reports, all of which will prepare you for your career. One common example of this is the 80/20 rule, which states that “80% of the outcomes come from 20% of the inputs.”

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How to Approach Experiential Questions

Tom Spencer

You are sitting in a chair facing a recruiter, manager, or professor asking you to share an experience where you displayed a particular emotion, dealt with a problem, or overcame a challenge. Example questions might include: Tell me a time when you handled a crisis. Tell me about a time you took the initiative to start something.

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Consulting Case Interviews at Non-Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

As such, I’ve increasingly seen case interviews being used to recruit for corporate strategy roles in all sectors and business operation (“BizOps”) roles at startups. Now, case interviews for non-consulting industries tend to really intimidate candidates. For example, for those applying to department stores (e.g.