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When to Seek Help from a Coach for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case coaching is an industry of its own. It seems like coaching is a necessary part of the consulting interview prep process and without it you don’t have a chance of getting an offer. It can be a tough decision as the price point for case coaching can be very high (10x more than the average hourly wage in the US).

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From Case Interview Mistakes to Bain Offer

CaseInterview.com

I interviewed with a number of top firms, and despite feeling well prepared, I wasn't invited to the next round. The first key insight that I got from your resources was the importance of understanding how consultants (the interviewers) think. I had thought doing 7 or 8 'live' cases was good practice.

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The Slide Writing Bible

Tom Spencer

This post will provide you with a guide to creating and perfecting typical slides used to present information in a business context, whether you are a student preparing for a case competition, a fresh consultant who just graduated, or a project manager who has to constantly deliver milestones and progress reports to multiple stakeholders.

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Archstone Consulting Culture and Interview Tips

Management Consulted

Archstone Consulting was founded and built on a different premise than more traditional players in the industry; namely, that being smaller allows the firm to deliver quality services more efficiently than the competition. Industries. It is also quite easy to make the jump in to almost any industry from Archstone Consulting.

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Consulting Interview Questions

CaseInterview.com

You can perform better in a consulting interview by having an upfront preview of what types of questions might be thrown your way. Profitability cases directly tackle the amount of money a business is generating. If possible, some benchmark data -- either internally (against different stores, regions, plants, etc.) 3) Pricing.

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Case Competition Tips & Tricks

Tom Spencer

Case competitions are amazing opportunities to demonstrate your ‘case cracking’ abilities in front of industry judges, quickly expand your network, and win great prizes. I even started one, which is now one of the largest case competitions in the Waterloo, Canada region. All case competitions are not created equal.

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Management Consulted

For my new readers, here are some recommended and popular articles for you to browse: Management Consulting and the Consulting Industry 101. Top 10 Interview Tips. It showed me the “benchmark” that I need to meet in order to be successful in business. Day in the Life of a Management Consultant (client version).