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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

As the next installment in our popular Firm Profile series, we take a look at the evolution, reinvention, and current interview tactics of one of the world’s premier consulting firms – IBM. 2004 was the next major shift towards a services focus for IBM. Finance Risk. Consumer Products. Enjoy the ride!

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business

From 1970 to 2004, the percentage of CEOs hired from outside the firm increased from 12% to 39%. We came to this conclusion through interviews with CTOs across a range of industries, which we conducted as part of an NSF study to identify factors explaining differences in firms’ RQ.

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How to Know If Joining a Startup Is Right for You

Harvard Business

But in an age when Google and Facebook — founded in 1998 and 2004, respectively — are two of the biggest companies in the world, those days are over. “You might move from product to engineering to ops.” Case Study #1: Get to know the founder and spend quality time with the team. Get discouraged.

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