freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Why are Case Studies used? Note that they are not looking for a “right answer”; they are looking for a “right method” Types of case studies. Strategy Consulting : tend to use “strategic” type case studies (more details below). How to answer the case study.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Here area couple of success stories received from readers who used case interview preparation techniques for securing an offer outside of consulting. Success Story: I would like to share my positive experience of a business case interview, thanks to your website! I watched the videos first and found them amazing!

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Management Consulted

JUNE 7, 2015

Sandy Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems, once summed up consulting interviews perfectly when she said, “The first rule of any game is to know you’re in one.”. In the research you’ve been doing into the wild world of management consulting, you should have noticed how important the case interview is on your road to a job offer.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 13, 2021

A question I am asked often is how to utilize all of the various frameworks and advice on frameworks out there on other case interview prep sites? It is very hard to remember a lot of case study frameworks… let alone master all of them. Again, this reflects real life consulting as well.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 21, 2013

Andy had failed a case interview with one firm but had a confirmed chance with McKinsey London, and he didn’t want to walk away without the offer. Just got off the phone with McKinsey and have been offered an Associate position!!!!!! I have absolutely no doubt that I couldn’t have done this without you.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Email: My success is really your success at case preparation. Preparation: - LOMS and McKinsey's Problem Solving Test for the case studies (four weeks). Personally, I found the best case interviews [ in LOMS ] to be the most helpful. Your case prep is clearly a winning formula. Thanks again!

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

Recently I received the following email from a reader who was recently rejected by McKinsey in the second round. What follows is our exchange and my advice on how to prepare for second chance interviews after a rejection. Readers Email: I have a question pertaining to second chance interviews and case interview preparation.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 21, 2019

In her success story she shares some case interview preparation tips and I am also including my response because I find this student’s background slightly unusual for management consulting and wanted to point out that even those with non-typical career and education backgrounds can succeed in management consulting.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 13, 2021

A question I am asked often is how to utilize all of the various frameworks and advice on frameworks out there on other case interview prep sites? It is very hard to remember a lot of case study frameworks… let alone master all of them. Again, this reflects real life consulting as well.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 27, 2014

A prospective management consultant without basic business understanding is like a camera tripod with 2 legs — it just won’t work out for you. Here, we’re not talking about actually developing case interview skills per se – we have a whole bunch of suggested articles at the end that will help you do that.

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freshminds

JANUARY 4, 2015

The Case Study of the consulting interview process may seem like the most daunting part for some. At the end of the day, you have to remember that these are the kinds of scenarios you will be dealing with every day as a consultant, so the true future consultants will be eager with enthusiasm for this stage of the process.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 3, 2016

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 13, 2019

10 years, one of the most common questions I am asked is how much time is needed to prepare for a case interview and how to prepare when you don’t have much time. I want to address in this article the 2 nd question of how to prepare for a case interview when you don’t have much time. Reader #2 – 3 Days Until Interview.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. Some information is more important than others.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 20, 2019

The following is a success story from a CaseInterview.com student who recently received an offer from Monitor Deloitte and his tips for consulting interview success. Success Story: Here is the short and sweet version of my story (longer version below): Doctoral student applies for McKinsey APD -- rejected.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 13, 2015

As you’ve likely already figured out, the case interview is a very unusual creature. Though the process was created as a means of testing your on-the-job potential as a consultant, they’re more like the microwave version of a crock pot recipe. Overview of consulting case frameworks.

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Management Consulted

MAY 12, 2019

Whether you majored in Economics, English, or History, you will be expected to be comfortable with math during your consulting case interviews. The post Fast Math: Quant Skills appeared first on Management Consulted. To be more specific, you’ll need to be good at fast math. If math isn’t your … Continue Reading.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Similarly, in traditional management consulting roles, employees often utilize the latest tools to solve their clients’ problems, often without considering the impacts beyond the client themselves. Let us look at an example as a sort of case study. He aspires to become a management consultant in the aerospace and defense fields.

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Consultant Ninja

JANUARY 20, 2009

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. How not to do a consulting case study. Im trying not to pick on Kevin Gao of Management Consulted. Labels: Consulting.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Here’s what’s coming up: -A series of posts on “breaking into consulting” from non-business/economics backgrounds (eg, engineering, liberal arts, etc). The “ultimate” interview guide – complete with fit/behavioral questions, sizing/quantitative questions, and brain-teasers.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

In a competitive field like consulting, it’s important to stay ahead of the game if you want to have an advantage over the many similarly qualified candidates. The main ones to consider are: Big Three: BCG, McKinsey and Bain. These are smaller firms that specialize in one industry and are usually run by ex-Big Three consultants.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

We recently chatted with Peter Woo, a graduate from the London School of Economics, to talk about his journey into consulting and life at Deloitte. He took an interesting pathway to get into consulting, and he dishes great info about what it was like to break in – and how life REALLY is on the inside. Peter : Yeah, sure.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of OC&C Strategy Consultants. KEY STATS FOR OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS . OC&C Strategy Consultants Website: [link]. OC&C Strategy Consultants Headquarters: Worldwide.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

It’s good to travel with an ex-consultant! The next evening was amazing – a stop by UCL, which was the birthplace of the Consulting Bootcamp program last year. The team draw on their vast experience to deliver a unique take on how to excel at the interviews, with an emphasis on tackling a variety of case study scenarios.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Addressing this type of case question is achievable, provided you can identify the root of the problem. Below we look at a specific case scenario. Before we can begin discussing growth strategy, the direction of the case must be determined by asking vital questions regarding the current state of the museum. Consentino.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 18, 2015

IMS HEALTH INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . With so many diverse arms of the company, today we will be focusing on IMS Consulting Group, a branch of the massive IMS Health organization. With so many diverse arms of the company, today we will be focusing on IMS Consulting Group, a branch of the massive IMS Health organization.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 27, 2008

Thanks to Marquis first and foremost, who is both a fellow Stanford grad and fellow ex-McKinsey consultant. He regularly blogs about management consulting and MBA issues and has sensible, smart advice for just about everything career-related. Day in the Life of a Management Consultant (client version). Top 10 Resume Tips.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Email: I am an MBA student at a leading Indian B-school and successfully secured offers following my AT Kearney interview and BCG interview for their [ City in India ] office last week. I had three interview rounds each at both A.T. Each person may (and probably should) have his/her own way of going about solving cases.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Kearney, which was the original split from McKinsey & Company, has a storied and impressive history. Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Here’s a timeline for ATK: 1926 – McKinsey is established. KEARNEY HISTORY.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Question: I recently completed six interviews with BCG and am about to receive my offer to join them as a Project Lead. I found your case study videos very useful, as is the one-page framework handout, to prepare me for the interviews. Consulting expertise is very much a function of years of experience in consulting.

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freshminds

MARCH 10, 2015

As it says in the title, here are the Top Ten websites online for a plethora of consultancy resources. Consulting career connection A nice easy to navigate website with blog posts from consulting experts on their own 'Top Tips' on everything from networking to preparing for an assessment or interview.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 25, 2019

Some thoughts/observations on the BCG Internship interview process below, which might be of interest to you (although I imagine you get a lot of these!). I think the key thing is that as soon as the interviewer stops, you (the candidate) need to continue onwards with the case unless they pull you another way. I had an L.E.K.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 14, 2019

Below is a success story from a CaseInterview.com student that received a LEK internship offer recently, she elaborates on how my free videos helped in her preparation and the importance of the concept of developing a consultant mindset in your preparation. Without that I don't think my case study preparation would have been the same.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I first started recruiting for consulting jobs, an interviewer at Bain shared a story (arguably a legend at this point) about how Bain (or it might have been McKinsey) was asked to advise Motorola on whether or not they should enter the mobile phone market. This would be a textbook strategy created by McKinsey, Bain or BCG.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Success Story: I am most certain that you receive hundreds of emails from people world-wide expressing their thanks for your provision of case study materials. With only two weeks to go until my final round interviews with another one of the MBB firms, I was on a quest to find a solid way to improve my case analysis skills.

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Management Consulted

MAY 6, 2019

The post Porter’s Five Forces appeared first on Management Consulted. Named after its founder, Michael Porter, Five Forces provides a structured way of analyzing an industry and understanding how companies fit into the overall competitive … Continue Reading.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 22, 2019

There are lots of little things that separate a candidate who does a good job on a case vs. an excellent job. While it's not necessary to be perfect on every case, it is necessary to come pretty close most of the time. By the time you master the case interview, will you have any interview opportunities left?

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