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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart.

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How Companies Are Using Simulations, Competitions, and Analytics to Hire

Harvard Business

Contrast this model to the one that most companies use to source new talent. Finally, they assess candidates using loosely structured interviews—which are often not calibrated with later performance, and are rife with opportunities for implicit and explicit bias.

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Your Relationships = Your Net Worth

CaseInterview.com

A number of my McKinsey friends’ startups succeeded, in some cases wildly so (one of them was StubHub). I suffered from a moderate case of depression and an extreme case of self-doubt. In school, when you harness the talents, skills, and resources of other people, they call it cheating. Yes, I had hit rock bottom.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business

Wilson was an industry outsider (he had previously worked as a management consultant and the head of corporate planning at an airline), whom Stemberg described as a “provocateur” and an “in-your-face kind of guy.” In some cases, it pays to tailor the job to the candidate’s unique capabilities.