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Treat the Interviewer Like a Client

CaseInterview.com

Your materials have been helpful in many different ways, from the psychologic preparation to the technical approach to solving the case. In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. Live, written, creating cases for yourself.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Some employees explain that they need to be available 24/7 to meet the rigorous demands placed upon them. 3 in the chemicals and pharma sector – brand eins. 3 in the chemicals and pharma sector – brand eins. ALIXPARTNERS INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . A phone interview with a consultant. Effectiveness.

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Investigating Career Journeys

Tom Spencer

In chemistry, a catalyst is something that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed by providing an alternative pathway for the reaction that has a lower activation energy. I was fortunate enough to find teams for two case competitions. Embracing catalyzing events. It’s your journey. Summary .

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. You have to be prepared for Sunday – Friday travel, which is the flip-side of client exposure – you get to meet and collaborate with the client, but you are NEVER at home.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. The firm has made up for its youth, however, by growing rapidly through innovation, famous cases and a lot of acquisitions. the consulting firm started off like a lot of American startups do – in a small, forgettable warehouse somewhere on the outskirts of town (in this case, in Annapolis, MD).

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business

Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. HBR: Of the interviews, what jumped out at you? But it’s hard to make that case at the scale of mitigation measures that are required.

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The 6 Million Euro Man (or Woman): Sourcing Superior Talent

Confessions of a Consultant

Big Idea #1: Targeted Selection: Selection interviewing is a notoriously subjective process. A substantial body of research has indicated the reliability rate (the likelihood that two skilled interviewers will judge a candidate’s ability in the same manner) to be less than 50%. It’s based on a fairly simple premise.

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