Jerry Fletcher

MAY 8, 2021

Meeting name. Don’t call it a Discovery meeting or chat or whatever. In most cases the answer will be that some metric in the sales equation is off. Each of us learn in the course of an engagement. This interview is about getting as much information as you can from the prospect as possible. Do not sell.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2020

I’ve been writing a lot about the importance of setting up meetings with prospective clients and those who can lead you to prospective clients. How to Get 100 Meetings. More Meetings = More Clients. But what do you actually say in such a meeting that will move things forward and lead to more valuable connections?

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 10, 2022

There are many steps to take in preparing to apply and interview for a consulting position. If you are just starting out, you will find yourself editing your resume, preparing answers for experiential questions, and practicing business frameworks to use in the case interview. Rather, it can encompass the entire interview.

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Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

In some cases the engagement team may create (up front) an entire blueprint to execute the project. Develop interview guides according to the problem solving structure and conduct interviews with the interview guides in mind. Take raw notes roughly in line with the interview guides.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

You might be completing case studies, conducting experiments, and writing lengthy legal reports, all of which will prepare you for your career. However, do not go right to the registrar and enroll in every course you are interested in taking. Whether you are studying for your MBA , Ph.D.,

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Case interviews are synonymous with consulting recruitment and are characterised by unfamiliar problems. How then can you ace the interview confidently when it’s your first encounter with a particular business case scenario? Practise more cases. Interview with multiple firms. Of course not.

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Buzzsprout

JANUARY 8, 2024

Asking your guests engaging questions is pivotal to the success of interview podcasts and helps differentiate your content from other shows. This guide breaks down how to come up with great questions so you can nail your interviews and keep listeners hooked. " In this case, "where" isn't relevant.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

So maybe you’ve gotten to the second round, maybe you’re still waiting to hear back, or maybe you’re hoping to interview again in the next recruitment cycle. Regardless of whichever bucket you fall into, it always helps to see things from the interviewers’ perspective. Here are the top three things they’re looking for: 1.

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Management Consulted

MAY 4, 2014

We recently had the opportunity to interview Jason, a student at NYU Stern who landed a summer internship with Deloitte Consulting S&O. It was a lot of professional development on a broad level, which meant how to network properly and preparing for interviews. None of the big 3, of course. Jason: Right.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

In May, we launched the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online. It’s almost July, and we’ve got big plans – MBA meet-and-greets and a 1-month consulting immersion course in South Africa. While the case interview is the great equalizer, the fit interview is the great differentiator.

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Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Conduct surveys or interviews to gather insights, and consider creating learner profiles to guide your design process. Incorporate real-world scenarios and case studies to connect theoretical concepts to practical workplace applications. Identify their job roles, skill levels, and specific learning needs. Contact us today!

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

But what if your school doesn’t offer these programs (yet) – and you want to come spend 1 power day to focus on breaking into consulting – with emphasis on networking, fit interviews, and most of all, case interviews? 10AM – 11AM - Fit Interview – Key consulting questions. Who leads the day?

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2018

After mastering both fit and case interviews, the remaining parts of your consulting interview are the Intro and Q&A. So, candidates generally need to achieve two goals during the Introduction: Generate buy-in from the interviewers; and. Show excitement about the opportunity to meet the interviewers.

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Rod Burkert

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In case you missed last week: Why you should charge a price that scares you – and then add 20%. They meet spec. If they all meet spec, is it any wonder our pricing is collapsing. Join me this Friday at 1pm ET on Practice Development INSIDER for my interview with Michael Gregory. Greetings from Big Bend, Texas.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. You did it! However, you have multiple months before you begin.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 24, 2021

For example, imagine your boss wants you to create an Excel spreadsheet in which you calculate a business case for the next 5 years. In nine out of ten cases, however, you will realize after some time that you are absolutely on the wrong track. This is exactly how I solve my case interviews.”

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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.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 12, 2019

Below is a question I received from a CaseInterview.com student about 2 nd round case interviews and time limits. My first real case (all my trainings were with friends) was at Roland Berger. And the feedback I had was that it was excellent, a great fit with both consultants and great abilities to crack the case.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

More important than memorizing the main case frameworks is the ability to take your hypothesis and build an issue tree (or customize a standard framework) that will test your hypothesis in this specific case. Using Issue Tree’s in a Case Interview. Your Hypothesis. The MECE Test. Basically, everything they can think of.

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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. It also represents an exciting new moment for us – the first in a series of video interviews we’ll be posting on the site. Jenny Rae: Hi Andy, how are you?

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Case & Fit Practice. Excelling in the Interview. So, the rest of this post will focus on the two remaining areas: proper case practice, and things to remember during the interview. Case & Fit Practice. Case Practice. The Application Process.

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Management Consulted

JULY 8, 2013

Additionally, if you’d like to keep working with us on 1:1 interview prep, you receive a discount on one of our interview packages. In one day with you, we are going to give you a TON of insider info, practice tips and practical demonstrations so you can ace your interviews! Structuring the fit interview.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Management Consulting Networking Success Story: I just want to drop you one additional thank you e-mail, as I heavily relied on your preparation sources throughout my interviewing journey (and the corresponding case interview preparation). I interviewed last autumn for a post-MBA/PhD position at the top firms in Germany.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 7, 2021

It takes a day to “understand” case interviews. This is, of course, quite obvious. Maybe you think you speak loud enough in meetings. This is true in every domain. It takes weeks and months of practice to master them. It takes five minutes to explain multiplication to a child. Maybe you think you’re charming.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2017

Nothing tells you more about a firm than meeting the people who work there – the notion of a ‘company culture’ may sound like a cliché at first, but it genuinely provides insight. Consultants and recruiters often spend no more than a few seconds looking at your application when shortlisting interview candidates.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 18, 2021

Now I am not talking about brief stays at national laboratories where you conduct your doctoral research, nor clinical rotations for course credit, nor programs where summer internships are required. You pass your courses, ace examinations, conduct research, and write lots of reports. Test Drive Your Degree.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 15, 2021

Your website was no doubt the best case interview preparation material I found, and that was the case even before Look Over My Shoulder ® was rolled out. Before I found your website, I used Case in Point , which was my only source of solving business problems because I have an engineering degree.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Your website, LOMS program and daily emails were definitely great resources that helped me learn more about consulting and more importantly, the case interview process. It really is just ridiculous how much you get to do, who you meet, and how much you learn. The other half of the data is from interviewing people.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 12, 2019

She offers tips for successfully using LOMS and I include my response where I go into more detail on the best way to prepare for a consulting interview with LEK. I honestly would not have been able to develop my interviewing skills so quickly without your Look Over My Shoulder ® program , so again, thank you! Consulting.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Finally, if you do this in a staff meeting in industry, you will blow your boss away. I could wait for Rio in 2016, but the girls would be, of course, much older then. For many candidates, the constraint is not performing on the case, it's securing the interview. this kind of thinking rarely happens in industry.).

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Success Story: I interviewed with both McKinsey and BCG today and they both made me offers, despite me telling them I was as likely to pursue graduate studies as I was to take up a job with them. It helped me ace the interviews (especially your business situation framework ) after only practicing for a week or so.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

By the time the executive considered cancelling the project, our team had completed almost a hundred 90-minute interviews, two 100-slide PowerPoint decks, five board meetings, and about 15 job description files. To an extent, all these are tested in the case interviews that guard the entrances of all consulting firms.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I probably put in over 100 hours preparing , and only about 80 of those were for the case, I believe those additional 20 hours of prep for the experience portions helped put me over the top when competing with other candidates from more target schools. Basically, to get interviews, network, network and then network some more.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 12, 2016

Expect to be a member of two teams at the same time, as Parthenon-EY is one of a handful of firms that still subscribes to the two-case model (a great learning experience but killer for work-life balance). Generally, weekly meetings with your supervisor are available if you make the first move to set them up.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart.

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Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

Ramit is a junior at Duke University who successfully aced his on campus interview. However, he did receive some puzzling feedback from his interviewers, leading him to contact Jenny Rae to guide him through how to use the input constructively for his final interview on site at BCG. I thought I bombed the case.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 26, 2015

There are certainly opportunities for employees to transfer between our offices locally and globally to meet both their personal and professional needs. Accenture: From training courses in our regional training facility in Kuala Lumpur to on-the-job training we offer our graduates a wide range of training and development opportunities.

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