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Having Flexibility in Case Interviews

CaseInterview.com

Reader's Email #1: I have been practicing cases for management consulting case interviews for more than a month using your videos and on your Look Over My Shoulder ® program. [ I received this email nearly a month ago, so in total this person has been practicing for nearly two months before the final round interview.

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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

In 2022, at the age of 46, I interviewed for a marketing executive position with a tool manufacturer. After five or so interviews, the hiring manager stated that they wanted a “digital native.” The interview ended. I interviewed with several members of the team, including the parent of one of the executives.

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Consulting Survival Guide

Tom Spencer

You’ve passed your interviews and you’re now a consultant. It will never be “easy,” but if it were, you would not grow and develop. See this as your consulting handbook – your consulting survival guide. Keep a one-page version of the case story up-to-date every couple of days. The essentials. Find them and stick to them.

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Hay Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

A global firm with a very interesting history, they’re known for motivating, developing and training their clients’ staff as well as the for research they carry out on the companies they work with. Robert Rock – Milton Rock’s son and co-author of the Compensation Handbook and Mergers & Acquisitions Handbook.

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Consulting Survival Guide

Tom Spencer

You’ve passed your interviews and you’re now a consultant. It will never be “easy,” but if it were, you would not grow and develop. See this as your consulting handbook – your consulting survival guide. Keep a one-page version of the case story up-to-date every couple of days. The essentials. Find them and stick to them.

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The 6 Fundamental Skills Every Leader Should Practice

Harvard Business

Over the past year we have been writing the HBR Leader’s Handbook — a primer for aspiring leaders who want to take their careers to the next level. We also explored several decades of research on that subject published in HBR; and we reflected on our own experience in the area of leadership development.

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Business Spotlight: Stanford GBS grad launches Returnships

Management Consulted

It’s their largest portfolio investment ever, and one of the things I did for them was to develop their MBA recruiting strategy, and their MBA internship program. In the meantime, I’m also developing some full-blown programs to really engage with these returnee women. Does she go through interviews? ” Great.