Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

Unlike Bain or LEK, the firm doesn’t restrict itself to junior hiring and you have a great opportunity to learn some grand consulting processes and get a brand name on your resume with absolutely no experience. Candidates will be interviewed on campus or over the phone. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING .

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 18, 2019

At consulting firms like McKinsey, you will receive a personal experience interview (or McKinsey PEI). Sometimes an entire interview is devoted to these types of questions. Other times, you will receive 10 - 15 minutes of these kinds of questions before you get a case interview. This is why the case interview exists.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 21, 2022

While there are multiple blogs on networking tips and tricks to help you build your late-stage network (right before applying to jobs), there are steps you can take early in college that will ease the networking process. I interviewed and was then offered the position. In registering for the event, I was able to submit my resume.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

In May, we launched the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online. But today, we’re putting all of that activity on pause because we’ve completed a huge undertaking – the launch of the Consulting Fit Interview Bootcamp – Online. You have told us – over and over again – that you loved it.

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Management Consulted

MAY 5, 2015

What started off as an informal blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. The case interview is the great equalizer. And after all that, even with 1.5M Who is it for?

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LSA Global

APRIL 27, 2020

Virtual Interview Tips to Hire Top Talent. The option of interviewing and hiring virtually, rather than through typical in-person interviews, is quickly becoming the new norm as recruiters and hiring managers adapt to social distancing, look to open up their talent pool, and manage travel expenses.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Wanted to let people know that I’ll be taking a (very) short blogging break from today through Monday, as I am traveling and making it way home for the holidays. I offer a personalized consultation service – from re-writing your resume to simulated interviews/case studies to thorough Q&A.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Hi readers: I hate to pause the blog train, but for the next few days I will be traveling and enjoying the last moments of 2008. The “ultimate” interview guide – complete with fit/behavioral questions, sizing/quantitative questions, and brain-teasers. You can expect my posting to start again on Friday, January 2.

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Tsavo Neal

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Treat your LinkedIn profile like marketing material — not a resume. Posting your resume is marketing Interviewing is sales Salary negotiation is pricing Your employer is your customer. Where can I get free blog post formats/templates? Backlinko has a list of fantastic blog post templates you can use.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 15, 2019

As a former consulting resume and cover letter reader for McKinsey, and someone who has reviewed thousands of applications, I have noticed an interesting trend. Most cover letters stink, and many resumes emphasize the wrong things. Most people obsess over resume format -- what font size, margins, etc. Here's why it works.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The online MBA students I talk to are rather well versed on what they have seen on reddit or blogs, which is often outdated or lacks meaningful context. For most MBA students, they won’t get an interview offer unless they have done some level of networking with practitioners at the firm, be it via Consulting Club events or backdoor channels.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. VC: In case interviews , often the problem you think you are solving at the start of the case ends up being quite different by the end. VC: I think this person is referring to an issue tree. ].

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

There are plenty of YouTube videos, blogs, and book summaries that can help you get a surface level knowledge of various topics. As a bonus, this exercise will also help you craft stories for your interviews and could help you sharpen your resume by using more technical terms. Learning new skills. How to build a learning plan.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 9, 2019

Between a resume and cover letter , most job applicants will tell you that the resume is more important. While your resume provides a more complete summary of your education, skills, and experiences, the cover letter also plays a very important role during the application process. Interviewing candidates is not a cheap process.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Those are of great help as well, especially the ones about "how not to feel nervous on the interview" and "how to get the most from the LOMS" and other tips. What is the best way to summarise/remember the case interview question ? 3) Confirm with the interviewer what you heard. 2) Remember what you heard. I always go slow.

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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? You’ll typically receive a rejection call after the interview. to schedule a quick call for post-interview feedback.

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Comatch

JULY 15, 2022

As a result, most organizations look for direct competitor candidates based only on their resumes, to ensure that they get the right talent that can hit the ground running. To illustrate the above, two real-life examples come to mind: A headhunter once shared, “I want to present candidates while my clients want resumes.”

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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. Check out his blog here. Top 10 Resume Tips. Top 10 Interview Tips. 2 Why did you start this blog? In future weeks, I plan to release case studies, interview guides, and the like.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 23, 2019

Step one in preparing to be interviewed by Accenture is to get to know Accenture. You should know all this cold by the time you are interviewed. Another good resource on the Accenture site that you should read prior to interviewing is this recruiting and careers blog: [link]. The Screening Interview.

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Tsavo Neal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Blog: Demonstrate how your content will benefit people — and prompt them to click on and read it. And a few nice-to-have pages — you don’t have to have these, but they can be useful depending on your goals: Resume: Write a compelling resume that increases your chances of landing a job interview.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 6, 2020

I receive 2-3 LinkedIn messages per day asking to schedule a call so that I can share my personal experience in consulting, answer recruiting-related questions, and sometimes even review a resume on the spot. Do you want to schedule a mock interview? To get the ball rolling, start with a one or two sentence background about yourself.

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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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Tom Spencer

MARCH 2, 2019

Jesse had many interesting speaking points, which I personally found useful, and which I will share with you today in this blog post. When I was completing my HBA and applying to jobs, I didn’t have much luck landing a consulting interview. I think the combination of the two is what landed me the interview with Deloitte.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

“Cheaper” Computer Programming Languages Statistics Software Github Team Platforms The best way to know what exact software you might need to use in your future job is to ask during your interview or talk to current employees there. Use your network to get an idea of what you might need to learn before you graduate.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Question: I am a loyal subscriber of your emails and a big fan who also benefited a lot from your case interview materials. However, the interview experiences have solidified my determination to become a consultant. You mentioned in your emails that MBA and brand employers are the key factors that get us to the interview.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

Going through the interview process, I became convinced, more than ever before, that I was going to stay in academia. it doesn’t provide you with business acumen and healthcare policy fundamentals, nor does it prepare you for case and behavioral interviews, or teach you how to properly format a business style resume.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 21, 2019

Sometimes, when struggling through yet another case interview practice , candidates might wonder: "Why consulting again?" Indeed, many other job opportunities have straightforward interviewing and hiring processes that don't require hours of practice and coaching. The first challenge is getting in.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Your videos are by far the clearest and the most helpful in aceing the case interviews. The person never returned my call and passed along my consulting resume to the McKinsey recruiting coordinator instead. A resume attached to an in-person conversation or a face is more meaningful than an anonymous resume or CV.

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LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2021

The problem with hiring salespeople is the very fact that they’re salespeople – they are good at persuading sales managers in job interviews that they can do things they can’t. So when you’re interviewing candidates, you need to be able to winnow out those who only say they can – let’s call them impostors – from those who really can.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 10, 2012

If you’re not selected for an interview, you’ll never regret having tried – and if you do make it through the interviews and obtain an offer, you can always decide to take or leave it at that point. (By Q: Your blog has been valuable and I am a big fan of your work. Our typical response?

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CaseInterview.com

JANUARY 29, 2020

For example, recruiters will look at two identical resumes — one with a man’s name at the top, and another with a woman’s — and the male's resume will get more interviews. Some career advantages are unalterable and well documented by the empirical evidence.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Interview Tips & Tricks. If you make the cut, you can expect to be contacted for a phone interview within 3-6 weeks. Be ready to take notes and have your resume with you. If it’s a phone interview, make sure you’re in a quiet place with strong cell reception. Prepare for interviews. Relax and you’ll do fine.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Because this is exactly what I'm going through now: I work in a top ad agency in [ European city ] and I'm in a middle of my preparation process for interviews in MBB. My Reply: Given your background, there are two things I would suggest: Make sure your resume emphasizes your quantitative analysis and math skills.

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

An interesting question, perhaps, but irrelevant to a job interview. You are not your resume. The campus you spent four years on thirty years ago makes very little contribution to the job you're going to do. Here's what matters: The way you approach your work. What have you built? What have you led? How do you make decisions?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 4, 2022

There is a lot to think about when preparing for consulting interviews , and you may want to check out some of our other blog posts and guides for preparing your resume , creating your cover letter , and improving your network. I also applied during the Covid-19 Pandemic so I cannot comment on in person interviews, just virtual.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. Below are two examples of what I did to land an interview. Essentially, he referred me to the hiring lead and was able to get me an interview.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 5, 2018

We send out our resume, pitch our book, ask for a donation, swipe right on a social network. This is hiring a virtual assistant to spam your contacts, or sending out 200 resumes, or pounding your email list again and again for orders. Every day, we shoot for unlikely outcomes. Don't personalize, be personal. Don't spam, in any form.

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