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What are interviewers from consulting firms really looking for?

Tom Spencer

Some firms, like the MBB (McKinsey, BCG and Bain) will go as far as requesting your GPA, test scores and the names of your undergraduate institutions. Don’t forget to memorize some key formulas (like breakeven and ROI), and learn to become familiar with complex graphs and charts. Here are the top three things they’re looking for: 1.

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Is Your Marketing in the Right Place but at the Wrong Time? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GOOGLE

Harvard Business

By Laura Beaudin and Francine Gierak, Bain & Company. How exactly are they doing that, and thereby realizing further gains in ROI? Bain & Company recently surveyed nearly 1,700 marketers globally , in partnership with Google, and found three areas of importance. Beaudin leads Bain’s Marketing Excellence practice.

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How Customers Perceive a Price Is as Important as the Price Itself

Harvard Business

As pressure intensifies to reduce prices, either by cutting the list price or offering a discount, managers may act hastily, without the same rigor they apply to investments elsewhere, such as capital deployment or product enhancements. All too often they don’t.

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4 Factors to Design the Right L&D Strategy for Your Company

LSA Global

Recent research by Bain found that the active engagement of stakeholders during the strategy design phase has the highest correlation to strategies being successfully implemented. No different from any other function, L&D should create a clear business case outlining the ROI of their training plans.

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Consultant Ninja: Dipping my toe in the health care debate.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. They also happen to be expensive, not because some greedy fat cat is out there, but because that high price justifies the ROI for the R&D in that product in the first place.

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Consultant Ninja: Another One Bites the Dust: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Whether helping non-profits in the Bay area or helping a start-up, there seems to be numerous opportunities, yet you have decided this option provides the highest ROI?