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Sample Consulting Case Questions

Tom Spencer

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. How should it price this product? Turnarounds. Revenues have instead fallen 50% to $20 million. What’s going on and how can we turn this around?

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The consulting case study: What you need to know

freshminds

Different industries need to test different skills and therefore depending on whether you’re applying to management consultancies, strategy consultancies or investment banking, your case study will be slightly different. Investment Banking : tend to use a very different case study compared to consultancies.

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Consultant Ninja: Finally, two counter-cyclical markets: Management.

Consultant Ninja

The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Productivity. (6). After seeing so many markets down, my cousin in the hunting business informed me that gun sales have been surging, due to Obama winning the presidency. Who knew he could stimulate the economy so quickly? WaMu made a motion to designate William C.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

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. Restructuring/Turnaround Services.

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MC Coach Interview: My First Year at McKinsey

Management Consulted

I was going down the route of finance, asset management, investment banking, or something like that. One of the guys does mostly investment banking, and he gave me a tough insurance case. I spent my first day on an actual project using power tools because we were doing bottom up costing for different products. That was rough.

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Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Overlooking Artificial Intelligence - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business

How Banks Are Capitalizing on a New Wave of Big Data and Analytics. Improved operational efficiency: AI-based needs analysis systems allow insurers to not only improve their probability of lead-to-quote conversion but also re­duce turnaround time conversions. At its essence, AI is about embedding human intelligence into machines.

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Monitor addresses all the problems that are involved in growth: strategy, marketing, pricing, innovation, product development, organization, leadership, economic competitiveness. Value Partners has turnaround and change management expertise working with industrial and service multinationals. Navigant Consulting. 9/F, Somptuex Central.