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Consulting Case Interviews at Non-Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

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.

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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

CaseInterview.com

If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. I believe a well-run business is one with a well-defined target customer, a well-differentiated product, and sound financial ratios. Gross Margin = Price of Your Product - Cost of the Product. but was still profitable!

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Why Write and Publish Business Articles? For 5 Good Reasons!

Emerson Consulting Group

In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, a thousand TV channels and podcasts galore, is there any point to toiling away at an article, then seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? Publishing articles can promote your business. Publishing articles offer higher levels of credibility.

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Transitioning from Management Consulting to Corporate Strategy/M&A – the Interview Process

Tom Spencer

Interviews. After going through a handful of interviews through referrals, direct reach out from HR/hiring team, and LinkedIn/company website applications I would categorize my interviews into three buckets: Corporate strategy. In terms of the interview process it followed the following steps: HR interview (fit).

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5 Entrepreneurship Skills You’ll Get from an MBA

Tom Spencer

In this article, I want to talk about 5 key entrepreneurship qualities that an MBA fosters. Informational interviews become second nature to the point that rejection no longer leaves a mark on you. The majority of the MBA programs will cover similar business cases. Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. Final thoughts.

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How to Be a Superstar in Corporate

CaseInterview.com

Ask to obtain deep understanding of the goal and how your work product fits into the work product of others. Finance people do not see the sales and marketing implications of their “finance” decisions. Most people rarely ask more than a superficial clarifying question. Easily less than 1%, and probably less than 0.1%

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Have an upcoming Oliver Wyman interview? They seized this opportunity to establish a firm that would help firms gain clarity about their business models, products, and clients and then advise them by creating long term strategies. Industrial Products. Retail and Consumer Products. Corporate and Finance and Advisory.