Tom Spencer

JANUARY 8, 2022

Interview process and preparation. Definition of experienced hire. In some cases, especially for firms with emerging practice areas, experienced hires are used to fill expertise gaps that strengthen their offering. You can’t shine in an interview without first finding an open position. Interview process.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 26, 2016

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And I think I have the gist of getting a case down, as well as understanding those details.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 4, 2019

Is a job in consulting really what you expect it will be when you are a student, knee-deep in case prep and coffee chats? He shares some thoughts on his first months as a strategy consultant, and gives a few tips on how to make the most out of your business school time – beyond the hours of case prep. And definitely take Cost Analysis!

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Use your initial discovery meetings as a way to connect, not sell. Initial discovery meetings are unique opportunities for you to use your empathy superpower to make your clients feel understood. It's not in their best interest and it's definitely not in yours if you want to be profitable over the long-term.

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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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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

Now, to move forward, you have to understand and prepare extremely well for the interviews. This article will give you a helicopter view of the interview process, and then dive into one part of it. The structure of the interview process is surprisingly similar across firms. One is called the ‘Fit Interview’.

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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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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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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

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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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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Management Consulted

APRIL 9, 2017

A recommendation from a consultant will fast-track your application inside the firm, and in fact will take it through an entirely different path, virtually guaranteeing you a first-round interview invite. You know how important your resume is in getting your foot in the door for an interview. Actually, your resume is all-powerful.

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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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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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Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

As if he wasn’t already impressive enough, he also led a team that provided expert services during the Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation, one of the largest price-fixing cases in U.S. In case you hadn’t figured it out by now, Bates White is a boutique economic consultancy firm headquartered at Washington, D.C.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Interviews at Altman Vilandrie are held over 2 rounds. Round 0 – A phone interview if you’re an employee referral. This will be a screening interview with HR. In this interview, you can expect mostly behavioral and fit type questions like “Why do you want to be a consultant?

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Management Consulted

JUNE 12, 2016

The co-founders saw an opportunity to leverage their existing client relationships from Bain to create a collegial, tight-knit firm atmosphere (there is definitely an unspoken mantra of work hard, play hard!). Generally, weekly meetings with your supervisor are available if you make the first move to set them up.

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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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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Success Story: First, I would like to thank you for providing a lot of useful materials on case interviews. Second, I cannot agree more with your advice on handling job interview schedule conflicts. Success Story: I thought I would drop you a quick e-mail to say thank you for your help with my consulting interviews.

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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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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From the very beginning, Booz Allen Hamilton has been involved in some very high profile cases. Candidates will be interviewed on campus or over the phone. A definite high point about being a Boozer, however, is the firm’s ongoing commitment to junior staff members’ career development. Exit Opportunities.

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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

MARCH 29, 2015

Because of this, we sat down with consulting veteran Lisa Bright (who is now part of the MC interview coaching team!) The school I was at isn’t one of McKinsey’s core schools, so I had to do a lot of reading online to prepare for the interview, get accustomed to case interviews and stuff like that. That was rough.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 25, 2019

What the student was asking about is what is the dress code for an informal interview like this and what would be the best use of the 20 minutes or, so they were being giving to “chat” with the consultant. . Definitely no tie, or blazer. By and large, 95% of people who attend meetings like this do nothing with it after the fact.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Definitions. It is surprising that ratings agencies did not classify the writedown as a default when you consider that S&P defines sovereign default as “the failure to meet interest or principal payments on the due date…contained in the original terms of the rated obligation when issued”. Case Interviews.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

This also means they’ve definitely got friends in the highest places in the land, so you probably don’t want to mess with them. Candidates will be interviewed on campus or by phone. It must be a case of not missing what you never had. Exit Opportunities. Former BAH employees have pretty much done it all. Core Values.

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. SRI was founded in 1969 and its expertise in psychological research/interviews identified the “fit” of individuals is specific positions or roles in an organization. Meet Gallup Press – yet another branch of an already rapidly growing information empire.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Definitions. Case Interviews. Helpful Links. The First 100 Days as a CEO. by Tom Spencer on November 23, 2012 · 0 comments  ·  Image Source. in Leadership. The approach a new CEO takes during their first 100 days can determine whether they succeed or fail. FIRST impressions count! Graduate Consulting Group.

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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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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2018

It’s great CV and interview fodder. For most students, this will probably be the main reason why they join a student consultancy – it looks great on the CV and gives you something to talk about in interviews. This was definitely the case for me. Clearly there is much more to student consulting than meets the eye.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. However, the downside is definitely the long hours that they were expected to put in – A.T. KEARNEY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. The interview process at A.T.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Definitions. A company that tries to pay workers less money is likely to meet with resistance. Case Interviews. Helpful Links. Death to Pennies. by Tom Spencer on December 5, 2011 · 0 comments. in Economics. Inflation erodes the value of real currency. Graduate Consulting Group. Categories. Select Category.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 18, 2013

Definitions. The case of the Nundah Co-op. SVA Consulting has a lot of experience working with social enterprises, and Lockard shares a recent case of the Nundah Co-op. Case Interviews. Helpful Links. Sustainable Social Enterprise. by Tom Spencer on March 19, 2013 · 0 comments  ·  Image Source.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 29, 2019

Being insightful in a case interview is an important skill, especially as you get in more competitive environments (like a final round interview). 3) Problem Re-definition. 3) Problem Re-definition. This is not to say all insights are "positive," "avoid a negative," or a "re-definition of the problem."

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

When I am contacted by candidates who have made it through the case interview process with a successful offer, often I get emails like the one below with tips for those still interviewing. I can confidently say that LOMS is the best tool for developing your case interviewing skills. Apply under pressure.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 21, 2019

I've had several requests to provide an example of a case involving the Capacity Change Framework as described in my case interview frameworks article. First, you don't see this kind of case very often. I did 60+ case interview questions and never saw this case even once. DEFINITIONS. .

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Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Let’s start with a recent Seattle Executives meeting where five members talked about multi-generation businesses, succession, transition, and selling. The most powerful message came from Brian Quint with Aqua Quip, who sold to Leslie’s Pools a couple years ago (hear more from Brian on his podcast interview with me). Is there a note?

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Comatch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I recommend conducting an extensive interview that evaluates more than hard skills. However, most people would be surprised to know that this is the case in traditional consultancies as well. Sometimes these teams meet the Monday the project begins! Consultant Use Cases. Probably not.

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