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PARADE Method

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. Interviewers want to know what you did.

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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. Business A can be profitable if it grows revenues enough to cover the non-product-related operating costs (such as sales, marketing, customer service, finance, and human resources).

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Case Interview Retail Finance Conference

Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Home Builders. Union Watch.

Sales

Sales Real Estate Financial Advertising

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

MishTalk

JULY 18, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. in June, bringing total sales for the first six months of the year to just 6.44 Kathy Lien.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Sales Real Estate

Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition.

Retail

Retail Sales Real Estate Financial

Each Firm's Favorite Cases

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

A reader sent me an email asking if there was a pattern or trend to what kind of case problems are given by each firm? So, does BCG give M&A questions while McKinsey gives business cases? My answer is the cases you get are all over the place and there's no pattern that I've ever seen or heard about.

Case Interview

Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Insurance

Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

MishTalk

JULY 15, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% Sales dropped 2.2

Retail

Retail Trends Sales Real Estate

You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?

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? You’ll typically receive a rejection call after the interview. It felt to me like I didn’t perform well in summarizing the cases.

Resumes

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Economic Recovery in.

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Tax Collections, Retail Sales Prove Otherwise. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Home Builders. Pension Tsunami.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Illegal Public Seizure of Mortgages Via Eminent Domain

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. and DoubleLine Capital LP and at least 18 trade groups representing the finance industry, homebuilders and real estate firms. Home Builders.

Real Estate

Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising

Blockchain for Supply Chain – Insights from Berlin

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 17, 2019

years ago my touchpoints with blockchain increased, for example, while writing my master degree thesis on “Possible Applications on Health Data and Health Insurance” I interviewed someone in the health space that was working on a blockchain project for his health data startup. At the time I only associated it with cryptocurrency and banking.

Case Interview

Case Interview Retail Examples Sales

Scranton Needs 117% Property Tax Hike to Balance Budget

MishTalk

JULY 23, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Scranton taxpayers could face a 117 percent increase in taxes next year as the citys finances continue to spiral out of control. Kathy Lien.

Real Estate

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Expect Another "Bad Bank.

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Investigators have discovered cases where as many as 150 loans have the same property as collateral. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition.

Banking

Banking Analysis Trends Real Estate

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jewel Food Store Amazing.

MishTalk

JULY 16, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Hormel Cure 81 hams were allegedly on sale for $3.99 Kim notified me "the sale price was $3.99" and it was reflected on the receipt.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: About that "Beat the Street.

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. annualized real final sales per capita rates would have been reported as contracting. Top Financial Blog Citations. Home Builders.

Trends

Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial

Japan Near Stagnation Following 9 Months of Growth

MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Business activity increased only marginally, whilst new business and employment stagnated, in each case ending eight-month sequences of growth.

Real Estate

Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising

EU officials Give Greece Three Days to Deliver Reforms or Face

MishTalk

JULY 2, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Top Financial Blog Citations. Time Magazine : Best 25 Financial Blogs. Bloomberg : Financial Blogs: The Best of the Bunch.

Real Estate

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Avalanche of City Debt.

MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Philadelphia : 5th Largest City in US is Effectively Bankrupt; Mayor Holds Closed Meeting With Wall Street to Discuss Asset Sales.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Declares War on.

MishTalk

JULY 4, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. And that is bad news for an industry whose sales in their home markets is already complicated by the financial crisis. Home Builders.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Japan Tells Firms "Stop Sitting on Cash", Ignore the Lack of Customers

MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Top Financial Blog Citations. Time Magazine : Best 25 Financial Blogs. Bloomberg : Financial Blogs: The Best of the Bunch.

Real Estate

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: US Consumer Spending.

MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Consumers opened their wallets some more in March, spending an average of $89, reflecting the normally expected seasonal spring increase in sales.

Trends

Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: D.C. City Council Proposes.

MishTalk

JULY 9, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. an hour wages, but only for retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more. Top Financial Blog Citations. Home Builders.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Magazine Ad Revenues Plunge; Google Collects Half of Mobile

MishTalk

AUGUST 4, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Top Financial Blog Citations. Time Magazine : Best 25 Financial Blogs. Bloomberg : Financial Blogs: The Best of the Bunch.

Advertising

Advertising Real Estate Financial Case Interview

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Bill Gross Discusses the.

MishTalk

JUNE 29, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. The Fed, we would argue, is too cyclically oriented, focusing substantially on housing prices and car sales. Home Builders. Pension Tsunami.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. 30/F, One International Finance Centre. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Case Interviews. Enjoy the Consulting Blog? Tel: +852 2868 0014. Website: www.atkearney.com. 38 Gloucester Road.

Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy&

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

Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

Published articles are high-level sales tools. Retirement benefits thoughtleader Dan Cassidy makes it a practice to show up at every sales meeting with a briefcase filled with reprints of his many published articles. Sales of your book increase as a result. Let me see if I have it with me.”.

Journal

Journal Case Interview Conference Meeting

Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia

Tom Spencer

MAY 31, 2012

Accenture offers management consulting services covering finance & performance management, talent & organisation performance, strategy, customer relationship management, and supply chain management. Hey Tom, Terrific blog, much appreciated! Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog.

Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy&

Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." Who Is Kristi Culpepper? You should be.

Financial

Financial Engineering Finance Government

GameStop, Robinhood, & Reddit

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Due to COVID-19, very few people currently go to shopping malls, so their sales have gone down significantly. From a financial-results standpoint, GameStop sales and earnings have declined dramatically over the years — and especially during the pandemic. Well… in this case, it was not. Wait, how can this be possible?

Retail

Retail Case Interview Media Marketing

GameStop, Robinhood, & Reddit

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Due to COVID-19, very few people currently go to shopping malls, so their sales have gone down significantly. From a financial-results standpoint, GameStop sales and earnings have declined dramatically over the years — and especially during the pandemic. Well… in this case, it was not. Wait, how can this be possible?

Retail

Retail Case Interview Media Company

Plague of Gold Bears Now Say "Gold Unsafe at Any Price"

MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. They cite jewelry, mining production, central bank sales, and all sorts of other irrelevant factors in their analysis. Home Builders.

Real Estate

Real Estate Financial Case Interview Banking

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: World's Dumbest Idea

MishTalk

JULY 22, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. What applies to certain high-tech companies does not apply to the vast majority of manufacturing and retail sales businesses. Home Builders.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Advertising

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Detroit Files Chapter 9.

MishTalk

JULY 18, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. ” 10 Pages of Bankruptcy References on This Blog. I have 10 pages of Detroit Bankruptcy References on this blog. Home Builders.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Municipal Bonds an "Outrageous Bargain"? Compared to What?

MishTalk

JULY 29, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. In a followup guest post on the Big Picture blog, Kotok offers More on Munis, Detroit, Bloomberg, Whitney & Wilson. Home Builders.

Real Estate

Real Estate Insurance Insurance Financial

Drones are a Major US Export and they Perpetuate War

MishTalk

JULY 20, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. sale and spread of drone technology by the U.S. for more weapons sales and wars that bring billions in returns; a. Home Builders.

Real Estate

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PARADE Method

Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

Trending Sources

Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

Each Firm's Favorite Cases

Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Economic Recovery in.

Illegal Public Seizure of Mortgages Via Eminent Domain

Blockchain for Supply Chain – Insights from Berlin

Scranton Needs 117% Property Tax Hike to Balance Budget

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Expect Another "Bad Bank.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jewel Food Store Amazing.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: About that "Beat the Street.

Japan Near Stagnation Following 9 Months of Growth

EU officials Give Greece Three Days to Deliver Reforms or Face

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Avalanche of City Debt.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Declares War on.

Japan Tells Firms "Stop Sitting on Cash", Ignore the Lack of Customers

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: US Consumer Spending.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: D.C. City Council Proposes.

Magazine Ad Revenues Plunge; Google Collects Half of Mobile

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Bill Gross Discusses the.

List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

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

Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia

Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

GameStop, Robinhood, & Reddit

GameStop, Robinhood, & Reddit

Plague of Gold Bears Now Say "Gold Unsafe at Any Price"

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: World's Dumbest Idea

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Detroit Files Chapter 9.

Municipal Bonds an "Outrageous Bargain"? Compared to What?

Drones are a Major US Export and they Perpetuate War

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