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All you need to know about the interview (Part 1: Overview and Fit Interview)

Tom Spencer

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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Why Consulting: The 2019 Ultimate Guide

QEmploy

Preparing for interviews. Preparing for interviews. Big consulting companies might even send you to workshops or events in new countries for you to gain further experience. One is going to different events where you can meet people that need your exact skill set. Where to find work? What is consulting? Why consulting?

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3 Ways to Make Time for the Little Tasks You Never Make Time For

Harvard Business

After one extended trip abroad during which he avoided email, he wrote that he had missed a large number of critical messages, including a fulfillment center crisis that caused him to lose more than 20% of monthly orders for his business, media interview opportunities that had expired, and more than a dozen partnership offers.

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Prioritize Your Opportunities with This Checklist

Harvard Business

Should you speak at that event? Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. In my own case, making complex ideas simple is a skill I have honed and that I enjoy to such a degree that if the answer is “yes,” I would rank this a 4 or a 5. Author a book? Attend a strategy summit?

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5 Ways to Say No to a Networking Request

Harvard Business

This is incredibly efficient, because you’re connecting with multiple people at one time (I regularly organize dinner gatherings of up to 10 people), and they get the benefit of making additional new connections, as well. Another way to protect your time is to defer the invitations you accept. Defer your acceptance.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

. “Even though you’re right 90% of the time, the 10% that you’re wrong”—if, say, a candidate has vastly overstated his qualifications or has other professional skeletons in his closet—“can be very damaging.” Case Study #1: Solicit feedback from team members to focus your questions.