Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Especially if your first job is management consulting as you will be presented with many opportunities to jump into industry. My primary career philosophy is to manage my career like an experiment. When making career decisions, I prioritize myself over the interests of my parents, manager, company, or others.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Management Consulting Networking Success Story: I just want to drop you one additional thank you e-mail, as I heavily relied on your preparation sources throughout my interviewing journey (and the corresponding case interview preparation). I then started crafting my own frameworks for different case scenarios.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

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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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

Yes, I think it is, but you can't always manage it when you want to manage it. At other firms, they often go to the client for meetings, to conduct interviews, gather data, etc. At McKinsey, my colleagues who had investment banks as clients by far worked the hardest. You end up going to where the client is located.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

Because of this, we sat down with consulting veteran Lisa Bright (who is now part of the MC interview coaching team!) I majored in accounting, finance and supply chain management at a college in the state (Miami of Ohio). I was going down the route of finance, asset management, investment banking, or something like that.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

By the time the executive considered cancelling the project, our team had completed almost a hundred 90-minute interviews, two 100-slide PowerPoint decks, five board meetings, and about 15 job description files. To an extent, all these are tested in the case interviews that guard the entrances of all consulting firms.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

After working on the management team at CSMG, a boutique global communications, technology and digital media consulting firm (now Cartesian) Rory Altman formed the company with Ed Vilandrie in 2002. Beneath them are the managers, who are considered part of the consulting team. INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Industries. Technology.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? The advice applies equally to industries like investment banking. You’ll typically receive a rejection call after the interview. No surprise here.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 7, 2020

I made the case (that I still stand by) that a collapse of the consumer banking system (in the 1930s) and the investment banking system (in 2008) would not be reasons why our current economy would go into a depression. You’ll meet a lot of very grateful people along the way. Here’s an example. Read Our Privacy Policy.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From this noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. From the very beginning, Booz Allen Hamilton has been involved in some very high profile cases. Beneath the board of directors are the senior management staff, including CEO Horacio D. Acquisition & Program Management. CAPABILITIES.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 27, 2008

He regularly blogs about management consulting and MBA issues and has sensible, smart advice for just about everything career-related. For my new readers, here are some recommended and popular articles for you to browse: Management Consulting and the Consulting Industry 101. Day in the Life of a Management Consultant (client version).

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I probably put in over 100 hours preparing , and only about 80 of those were for the case, I believe those additional 20 hours of prep for the experience portions helped put me over the top when competing with other candidates from more target schools. Basically, to get interviews, network, network and then network some more.

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. SRI was founded in 1969 and its expertise in psychological research/interviews identified the “fit” of individuals is specific positions or roles in an organization. Meet Gallup Press – yet another branch of an already rapidly growing information empire. Gallup, Inc.

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MishTalk

JULY 3, 2013

Case Against The Fed. Non-Manufacturing Services ISM Fails to Meet Expectations; New Orders Plunge. Non-Manufacturing Services ISM Fails to Meet Expectations; New Orders Plunge. Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. This Week in Money Interview.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Headquarters: Chicago, IL Employees: 3,200 Locations: 58 offices, 40 countries Chief Executive: Johan Aurik, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Revenue: $1B Consulting Engagement Cost: $400K. 1935 – Tom Kearney becomes managing partner. Kearney back to its management team.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

From this innovative and noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of their finest moments in the early years was when Time magazine dubbed the firm, “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm”, at the end of the 1950s. Acquisition & Program Management.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 4, 2011

A company that tries to pay workers less money is likely to meet with resistance. Avoiding the liquidity trap: central banks normally conduct monetary policy by controlling short term interest rates. Case Interviews. Management Consulting. A moderate level of inflation helps to avoid the liquidity trap.

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QEmploy

JULY 16, 2019

Preparing for interviews. Preparing for interviews. For instance, you have consulting within Business Strategy, Marketing, IT, Management and so on. If you’re able to prove your worth and manage your projects, you could be facing more responsibilities or even managing roles in your next project. Where to find work?

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2018

It’s great CV and interview fodder. For most students, this will probably be the main reason why they join a student consultancy – it looks great on the CV and gives you something to talk about in interviews. This was definitely the case for me. Clearly there is much more to student consulting than meets the eye.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

IN OCTOBER 2011, private banks accepted a 50% writedown on Greek debt. Case Interviews. Management Consulting. Whatever you say it is, it isn’t ~ Alfred Korzybski. European leaders negotiated the writedown to avoid a technical default. Graduate Consulting Group. Categories. Select Category. Business Frameworks.

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Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Let’s start with a recent Seattle Executives meeting where five members talked about multi-generation businesses, succession, transition, and selling. The most powerful message came from Brian Quint with Aqua Quip, who sold to Leslie’s Pools a couple years ago (hear more from Brian on his podcast interview with me). Conclusion.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

Below we provide a selection of sample consulting case questions. Our client is a mid-sized retail bank in Kazakhstan. The bank has achieved sustained revenue growth over the last two years but its profits have consistently declined. It is currently summer, and Cabana is having trouble meeting demand. (Source: Flickr ).

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In the emergent career path, I would recommend you read industry publications, attend industry events, network with people in that field, and set up informational interviews (e.g., I ended up having about 10 - 15 meetings in New York and San Francisco. a venture capitalist, and a management consultant. What’s the worst?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines. We find that about 1/5 of women currently employed in STEM meet that bar. In their book The Confidence Code , Katty Kay and Claire Shipman make a research-backed case that many professional women suffer from a lack of confidence.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. If you have views on on-boarding, shaping, and training young product managers, you can effectively mold these programs to fit your vision.

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MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2013

Case Against The Fed. A 29-page report by the Treasury, obtained by the Financial Times, details Italy’s debt transactions and exposure in the first half of 2012, including the restructuring of eight derivatives contracts with foreign banks with a total notional value of €31.7bn. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 17, 2019

Having completed CEMS, an international master in management degree, with many of its alumni entering the realm of consulting, how did you find yourself in blockchain, and what was it that intrigued you to start participating in this space? While completing my management degree, I worked in strategy consulting like you did.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Interestingly, I’ve also had conversations with Airbnb, Walmart and Silicon Valley Bank, which have actually been hugely responsive. My point to them is that if they want these capable senior women, they need to meet them where they are, and it’s not always this linear career path, which I saw while working in recruiting.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

A Quick Introduction to Agile Management. In an agile organization, HR needs to provide the same services it’s always provided — hiring, professional development, performance management — but in ways that are responsive to the ongoing changes in the culture and work style of the organization. Related Video.

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MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Case Against The Fed. According to Moodys Chicago has $19 billion in unfunded pension liability and faces a "tremendous strain" in meeting their budget and paying law enforcement. Philadelphia : 5th Largest City in US is Effectively Bankrupt; Mayor Holds Closed Meeting With Wall Street to Discuss Asset Sales. Home Builders.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 27, 2018

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hello there everybody it's Betsy Jordyn of the Consultants Institute, and I am so excited to finally be interviewing Michael Zipursky of Consulting Success. inaudible 00:01:59] Panasonic and Dow Jones and Financial Times Japan, Royal Bank of Canada and a whole host of others. Time flies.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

For more than four hours, Stumpf fielded a range of questions about why the bank, which had over $1.8 The recordings of the hearing are a shocking but illustrative case study of how leaders are at risk of being corrupted by power. ” One CEO we interviewed for our upcoming book was very open about this problem.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Although she was sad to see her longtime colleague, Anne Bank, go, she was more consumed with trying to figure out who should replace her. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Meeting Ed Yu.

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MishTalk

APRIL 20, 2015

Grexit is now the base case as Europe Braces for Messy Greek Endgame. It’s still possible that Greece can remain in the eurozone—though that is no longer the base case for many policy makers. I very much doubt that that is the case. At long last the deniers have thrown in the towel. who''s next?

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MishTalk

JUNE 24, 2013

Case Against The Fed. Most of this pain has occurred since the FOMC meeting last Wednesday, and I am sure the talking heads at CNBC have no idea how much interest rates have spiked. Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. This Week in Money Interview.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

To better understand this puzzling incoherence, we used interview data to study how 11 venture capitalists from two Swedish government organizations used notions of gender in their assessments of applications by 126 entrepreneurs (43% women and 57% men). .” Risk-taking.

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