Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

My favorite part of Taekwon-Do is competition, with its categories of forms, sparring (hand to hand and foot to foot combat), weapons demonstration, and board breaking. While my martial arts journey has been long and difficult, it has also been rewarding and improved my professional life as a future consultant.

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Interviews Case Interview Consulting Cover Letters 88

Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2018

As consultants (or those recruiting to be consultants), we’re asked to handle and analyze vast amounts of information. However, while recruiting, how many of us actually pursue a data-driven approach to getting an interview? However, I hope to at least better guide your recruiting efforts with this series of posts.

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Recruiting Recruitment Data Case Interview 79

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

MECE (pronounced "me see") or Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive is a principle often used by management consulting firms such as McKinsey to describe a way of organizing information that is "Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive". Collectively Exhaustive – All items can fit into one of the categories.

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Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Examples 99

Management Consulted

JULY 22, 2013

In our last post, we discussed 5 major differences between 2 prominent types of consulting. From the variety of work and access to C-level executives to the wide array of exit opportunities, strategy operations consulting far surpassed financial advisory consulting as our recommended career to pursue. Missed part one?

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Financial Consulting Strategy Strategy 194

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 31, 2019

One of the more memorable parts of the consulting recruiting process was witnessing people attempting to network with consulting firms. Hence, I thought it would be helpful to highlight 6 pieces of tactical guidance for networking with consulting firms. Do Not Make the Conversation About How You Deserve Consulting.

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Guidelines Consulting Recruiting Recruitment 60

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

With the 2018 application cycle in full swing for a number of top-tier consulting firms, many of my MD and PhD colleagues have been inquiring about how they can leave academia, if only for a few years, and pursue a career change in management consulting. Boston Consulting Group : Bridge to BCG. Introduction. Case Practice.

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Healthcare Consulting Recruiting Recruitment 60

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2018

Welcome back to the data driven recruiting series! Taking one consulting company (company ten in Chart 6 below), students who were invited to an invite-only event got invited to interview 57% more than those who weren’t invited. Ian Glennon is a strategy consultant at BCG, but is not sure how he got there. Image: Pixabay.

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Recruiting Recruitment Data Interviews 68

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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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews Oliver Wyman Consulting 147

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I hadn't applied during the regular recruiting season as I was planning on going directly to an MBA program and trying to get into consulting afterwards. It would have been easy for me to give up after not getting a consulting internship junior year, or getting a consulting job after graduating, or getting into a top MBA program.

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McKinsey Case Interview Interviews Oliver Wyman 64

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

October was the peak of full-time recruiting, and it shows! You’ve bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives to consulting when you don’t make the cut. We edit about 600 consulting resumes a year – so we see a LOT of resumes.

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Resumes Consulting Case Interview McKinsey 133

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Uber. The work/life balance is known to be out of whack, with 80-100 hour work weeks common (so for those of you looking for better hours after working in consulting, you may want to look somewhere else). Related posts: Post Consulting Jobs.

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Culture Case Interview Interviews Transportation 100

Management Consulted

JULY 10, 2016

The following 7 categories of people have 8 days left to apply at McKinsey for a full-time position (provided they finish their programs in 2017/2018): PhDs. For most aspiring consultants, McKinsey is the gold standard. The post 7 People who NEED to apply to McKinsey in the next 8 days appeared first on Management Consulted.

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McKinsey Case Interview Interviews Resumes 100

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2016

Research has shown that attending an elite university can make or break a student’s chances of being recruited by the best firms ( whether or not that strategy makes sense for firms ). Since firms tend to recruit where they can find the most candidates, students in regions with many top schools may have a harder time being found.

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Recruiting Recruitment Consulting Study 35

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Here are two from our microlearning experts : University of Minnesota In one experiment, researchers at the University of Minnesota recruited two groups of volunteers and primed one group to think about money. The researchers showed participants pictures in one of four categories: furniture, seashells, leaves, and money.

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How To Sales Research Groups 36

CaseInterview.com

JULY 17, 2019

Following is a success story I received from a new BCG hire who has some insightful tips for those still recruiting as well as my follow-up where I elaborate on the importance of perseverance and hard work in obtaining a consulting offer. My way to consulting was not an easy one. Maintain optimism and a positive attitude.

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Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Bain 49

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

We recently chatted with Peter Woo, a graduate from the London School of Economics, to talk about his journey into consulting and life at Deloitte. He took an interesting pathway to get into consulting, and he dishes great info about what it was like to break in – and how life REALLY is on the inside. Peter : Yeah, sure.

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Deloitte Case Interview Interviews Case Studies 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Ranked at #8 in the Vault Consulting Top 50, Cornerstone Research may just be the most interesting consulting firm you’ve never heard of. The firm has four main areas of expertise: consulting for attorneys, performing research and analysis, obtaining and prepping expert witnesses, and preparing for deposition and trial.

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Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

MARCH 6, 2012

Keep in mind these 18 participants are the heaviest recruiters of math and science majors around the globe, these 18 produce more sophisticated algorithms than NASA, and they are smart enough to game the min max arithematic mean. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group.

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Benchmarking Consulting Banking Financial 99

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

As a former advanced degree candidate who applied to consulting while finishing medical school, I would like to share my experience with those of you who are in the middle of making a similar jump out of academia. As I stated in part 1 of this series , many of my M.D. As I stated in part 1 of this series , many of my M.D. Math Practice.

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting McKinsey 60

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

Which means that a consultant must be able to communicate in a linear manner that goes from step A to B to C to D and so on—not jumping around between topics in a way that the client won’t follow. This mimics the way that a client would trust their consultant to take charge of a case. What should we do about it?).

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Interviews Case Interview Video Consulting 53

Management Consulted

MARCH 7, 2016

Pierre was a junior at Harvard University who was offered 2 very exciting internships – one for BCG in management consulting (plus, after this call he got an offer for Bain as well) and the other for a VC firm in New York. Want to know the pros/cons of consulting vs. VC from our perspective? Are you in the same shoes?

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Consulting Bain Finance Development 100

Harvard Business

JANUARY 26, 2017

According to an assessment of over 700 sales professionals and senior executives conducted by GrowthPlay — a sales-focused consulting firm where one of us is Managing Director — the problem stems from gaps between the perceptions, attitudes, and information flows between executives and sales reps. So what’s the problem?

Sales 28

Sales Telecommunications Recruiting Recruitment 28

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 13, 2019

If you have time left over, either: 1) Practice some cases with a current/former consultant or a very talented friend who is also recruiting, or. specific categories of key issues. category of issue, the totality of your analysis would lead you to know. This should take about 5 - 6 hours. so that once you analyze each.

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Case Interview Interviews Video Case Studies 40

Henman Performance Executive

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

He outlined the challenges the Air Force will face, which I realized, are the same challenges facing private industry, education, consultants, and every other entity struggling to do more with less. We will address them only when we have recruited the best, educated and trained them, and given them best technology we can afford.

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Education Conference Training Training 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

The industrial services giant equips its elevator technicians to consult subject-matter experts through Microsoft HoloLens, an augmented reality headset. Recruitment, performance metrics, and career advancement all need to be viewed through a lens of technology-driven innovation. Thyssenkrupp is overcoming skill mismatches through AI.

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System Engineering Accenture Efficiency 28

Henman Performance Executive

JANUARY 23, 2012

Frequently I receive notice of a workshop or webinar that another consultant will offer. Where do these companies recruit? Categories. Advice for Consultants. Since I once belonged to a human resources organization, my name appears on virtually every mailing list on the planet. River Styx University? Leave a Comment.

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Government Recruiting Recruitment Education 28

1 to 1

DECEMBER 13, 2021

With a broad understanding of what is possible and what is pipe dream, leading CX consultants can help your team identify quick win opportunities that will deliver substantial CX improvements. Strategies that deliver memorable, personalized customer experiences should help drive growth in all these categories.

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Metrics Tools Case Interview Strategy 26

Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

RPA is a category of software tools that enable complex digital processes to be automated by performing them in the same way a human user might perform them, using the user interface and following a set of predefined rules. Two examples are described below (both clients of Symphony Ventures, David’s consulting firm).

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Company Process Improvement Case Interview Efficiency 45

Henman Performance Executive

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Apparently, I’m the only consultant with an English background who is willing to do this. When you run a company, and others consider you an expert, recruiting talent gets easier. Categories. Advice for Consultants. Executives Need the Write Stuff. by Linda Henman on September 27, 2010. One word—brand. Leave a Comment.

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Talent Recruiting Recruitment Travel 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Despite the fact that firms spend billions of dollars on developing and marketing new products, these products face persistently high failure rates — often up to 40% to 90%, depending on the product category.

Productivity 28

Productivity Advertising Study Marketing 28

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Ethan Rasiel practices what he preaches in the writing of the book as the book is less than 200 pages, covers a broad range of topics relevant to consulting, and is structured. In this part of the book the author shares how McKinsey (and management consulting in general) solutions are fact based, rigidly structured, and hypothesis driven.

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McKinsey Case Interview Interviews Consulting 213

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Consulting-style case interviews are highly effective, and the same format is being adopted more and more widely. The major consultancies have converged on a largely identical interview style, precisely because it excels in picking out the most genuinely capable candidates from the huge pools of applications received. Key Differences.

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting Case Study 78

Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2016

While academic institutions often gather feedback from students who are accepted but do not matriculate in order to improve student recruitment and retention and to better compete with rival institutions, doing so with job candidates in a systematic and consistent manner is rare in the corporate world.

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Interviews Company Resources Management 28

QEmploy

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This is the best ”top 50 list” of blogs, magazines and websites for consultants that you will find on the internet. That is why I have compiled a list of 50 different blogs, magazines and websites that every consulting firm should know about, and I explain what they all have to offer their readers. Consulting blogs.

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Consulting Boston Consulting Group Industry Finance 13

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Like a scientist uses an experiment to test a hypothesis, a consultant uses a framework called an issue tree. MECE is a principle used by management consulting firms to describe a way of organizing information. Collectively Exhaustive – All items can fit into one of the categories. The MECE Test.

Case Interview 59

Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Sales 59

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

BUCK CONSULTANTS. Today, we highlight another one of those consulting firms you may never have heard of – yet another reason why MC is here! That’s what Buck Consultants stands for – driving thinking-real-world solutions. BUCK CONSULTANTS KEY STATS. Buck Consultants Website: www.buckconsultants.com.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Healthcare 100

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

We recruited a panel of expert judges (see the list below), who evaluated the companies through the lens of their own expertise and gauged which transformations were most durable and had the highest impact in their industries. It’s a strategy that has also worked for others on the list.

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Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 53