Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

and serving as a thermal science engineering consultant for the past year, here is my reflection on some software to master before you enter the world of consulting. Serving as a pro-bono consultant or competing in case competitions while in graduate school are ways to work on these skills. After graduating with my Ph.D.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2021

First you learn the elements of a case interview, memorizing frameworks and implementing strategies. These interviews are relatively short and focus mostly on applying skills. The parallel to group projects are case competitions. These projects offer multiple benefits over the case interview and case competition.

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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

JULY 18, 2021

Mechanical and aerospace engineers might want exposure to manufacturing and testing processes for large scale machinery. Computer science and computer engineering students might take a break from developing algorithms and instead develop code for a technology firm. If you are pursuing a Ph.D.

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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

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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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 22, 2020

Each public health department's objective is to reduce COVID-19 cases in their county. Let’s say that I take a trip to a board meeting just outside of Washington D.C. Nobody can say, “I am responsible for the Victor Cheng case. In the case of U.S. Let’s walk through how this can be problematic. Answer: Nobody.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. Interviewers want to know what you did.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

You can perform better in a consulting interview by having an upfront preview of what types of questions might be thrown your way. Profitability cases directly tackle the amount of money a business is generating. This tends to be how engineers think of pricing. New product cases deal with a fresh invention or idea for a company.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In case you hadn’t noticed, the benefits are exceptional, and the pay is above-average as well. Engineers and designers work in concert in small teams; 90% of meeting spaces at the company’s offices are built for eight people or less. Interview Tips & Tricks. Expect this interview process to take all day.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Let's meet in a week to go over your plan.". Engineers don’t grasp how making a single engineering change might cause a customer training and education issue. Members get access to 6 hours of video tutorials on case interviews , the actual frameworks I used to pass my interviews, and over 500 articles on case interviews.

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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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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

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

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. Booz, it’s also been known as Business Engineering Service; Edwin G. Systems Engineering & Integration. Engineering . Candidates will be interviewed on campus or over the phone. Starting off as Edwin G.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

After flying out to Bangalore to pitch their idea, Pratt and Joshi were surprised to be given a meeting with the whole board of directors and went on to explain that their GDM would allow Infosys to undercut its competitors. Thankfully though, we don’t have any recordings of their set… INFOSYS CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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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. Tom: Does Accenture use the case interview in its recruitment process? How many interview rounds are there? Accenture: Applications for 2015 are closed.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. And my engineering capability allows a couple of things. So welcome. Dave Saliaris: Well hi Betsy.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

Booz, they’ve also been known as, Business Engineering Service; Edwin G. Systems Engineering & Integration. Engineering . Candidates will be interviewed on campus or by phone. It must be a case of not missing what you never had. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Starting off as Edwin G.

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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. . By and large, 95% of people who attend meetings like this do nothing with it after the fact. It is a missed opportunity.

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Confessions of a Consultant

AUGUST 12, 2018

Talent Wars : As the ‘war for talent’ increases, there’s emerging evidence of systematic poaching, in some cases encouraged by headhunters who make a living from ‘executive churn’.Don’t Not wanting to meet socially and generally withdrawing from others. The engineer sits up straight and says: “Wow! Don’t take talent for granted.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. And my engineering capability allows a couple of things. So welcome. Dave Saliaris: Well hi Betsy.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 18, 2013

Lack of a sustainable ‘business engine’ is a Social Enterprise’s Kryptonite. To assess the performance of a social enterprise, Lockard explains that “ [t]he first step is to see through the haze of the different incomes and costs and assess the ‘business engine’ that sits at the core. The case of the Nundah Co-op.

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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. Data Manager.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 20, 2022

Prospects are visiting my website when I’m asleep and key decision makers want to know more about me and my services, long after the meeting is done. She had heard bunch of my interviews and follows the podcast. Look out for a few case studies, and more under the hood posts on my consulting work in the future.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

In prior research , we at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that women leave STEM fields in droves: 52% of highly qualified women working for science, technology, or engineering companies leave their jobs. We find that about 1/5 of women currently employed in STEM meet that bar. Telegraph confidence.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In the emergent career path, I would recommend you read industry publications, attend industry events, network with people in that field, and set up informational interviews (e.g., I ended up having about 10 - 15 meetings in New York and San Francisco. take people out for lunch or coffee) to learn about their careers. Half kidding.).

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Catalant connects the world’s leading companies with over 40,000 experts and firms to meet on-demand business needs.” Formerly MBA & Co, TalMix is based in London, and I get the impression that most of their projects are in the European Union, but that may not be the case. The home of independent business talent.”

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The event brings together experienced project management practitioners from various industries: finance, technology, pharma, telecommunications, engineering, and more. The conference’s agenda involves keynotes, presentations, case studies, and interviews with leading pharma experts dealing with project portfolio management.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Beyond shipping new features on a regular cadence and keeping the peace between engineering and the design team, the best PMs create products with strong user adoption that have exponential revenue growth and perhaps even disrupt an industry. Some examples of these competencies include: Conducting customer interviews and user testing.

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Comatch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Consider examples like data analysis experts, Google search engine advisors, and CRM strategists. 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. Consultant Use Cases.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn : Hey, it’s Betsy Jordyn of the Consultant’s Institute, and I’m so excited to interview Charles Browne. So, I’m not a strict engineer. My mom was an English teacher, and my dad was an engineer. And our topic today is really focusing on those product companies.

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Confessions of a Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

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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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

But when some CEOs in this position look at the people they employ, they discover a problem: a swath of their existing team doesn’t have the necessary skills or metabolism for change to meet the new challenges. “Once, you needed mechanical engineers. He was creative and, in some cases, counterintuitive.

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