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From Ad Agency & Non-Target School to McKinsey Offer

CaseInterview.com

Second, after college, I got a job at [ ad agency ], a top advertising agency, but not exactly a common (though not unprecedented either) route to management consulting. In total there were five rounds: 30-minute personal experience interview with the recruiter (phone). First of all, I have a liberal arts degree from [ U.S.

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A Platform Strategy Won’t Work Unless You’re Good at Machine Learning

Harvard Business

before we had Twitter, and recruiters before we had LinkedIn. Because what do you get when you pile up a million resumes, dating profiles, or 280-character thoughts? The pile of resumes was too large, and the simple algorithms attempting to serve up relevant content were insufficient for the size and varied needs of the user base.

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A More Humane Approach to Firing People

Harvard Business

The date will depend on the employee’s level of contribution and where we are in recruiting a replacement. I have reviewed their resumes at their request, made introductions and offered to serve as a reference. Ideally, you want the replacement to step in before or at the same time the departing employee leaves.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

Shortly after this, the junior enterprise organized a recruitment fair in which I had the chance to talk to major consulting companies about their career opportunities, the kind of projects they worked on and what their daily activities were. .” At the end, we delivered to our client a great report and it helped him a lot.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

.” Explaining the tag line in a company statement, KPMG marketing officer Tim Pearson said, “The emphasis on clarity – not simply knowledge management or insight – in our brand advertising campaign strongly differentiates KPMG in the increasingly crowded business advisory arena and articulates KPMG’s business strategy.”