Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

To secure a final round interview at Bain, you would have to be in the top 3% of applicants for that office. No one enjoys being turned down, especially in the case of a consulting role where a lot of preparation is required. The key thing to do after a rejection is to reflect on the interview process and ask for feedback.

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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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Tom Spencer

APRIL 29, 2022

Stories of Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates who dropped out of Harvard are constantly used as examples to amplify this point. A few key examples include: Elon Musk , founder of SpaceX, has an MBA from Wharton. Informational interviews become second nature to the point that rejection no longer leaves a mark on you.

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Ethics Case Interview Case Study Case Studies 88

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Have an upcoming Oliver Wyman interview? And, of course, their claim to fame, Financial Services , is broken down into even more practices including: Finance and Risk. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. For example, here’s the straightforward Oliver Wyman career pathway: Analyst. KEY STATS FOR OLIVER WYMAN.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 16, 2020

1) Sample-Size Problem As of March 5th, 4 pm ET, the United States had: Total Cases: 164 Total Deaths: 11 Friends of mine have said, “Why is everyone freaking out over 11 deaths?” Only 164 cases, that's not bad compared to other countries." The closest proxy metric that’s easy to measure is # of NEW cases today vs. yesterday.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 11, 2019

While uncertainty is self-explanatory, if you're not from a finance background, the concept of arbitrage may be new to you. Here's a simple example: Let's say the price of 100 oranges in Los Angeles is $100, and the price of 100 oranges in San Francisco (about a 5-hour drive away) is $1,000. Your profit would be $850.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2020

To understand the target customers on this level, methods such as focus groups, surveys, interviews, and case studies can be successful. Attitudes toward the brand, the way they use it, and their knowledge base are all examples of behavioral segmentation. Brand loyalty is an excellent example of behavioral segmentation.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Peter: When I was at Warwick, it was a massive feeder school into investment banking, and finance, but slightly less into consulting. Can you talk a bit about the support network at the Consulting Society and how they prepared you for consulting interviews? When you actually began the interviews, what did you discover?

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Specializing in economic, financial and market analysis, specifically for cases in litigation, Cornerstone Research touts itself as the one player major law firms turn to when navigating the obstacle course that is the American and European legal systems. International Arbitration and Litigation. Labor and Employment. Real Estate. Securities.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 22, 2017

SpareHire is an online work marketplace for finance and consulting projects.” 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 company claims to have 4,000 professionals in its network, all paid on a 1099 tax basis.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

M&A case framework. Firms typically look at four areas when working on M&A cases. The first area consultants typically analyze in M&A cases is the market. Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? It is almost impossible to cover all these aspects in a 30-60 minutes case interview.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

” The first example that comes to mind when you think of the new sharing economy, Uber has fashioned itself as a quicker, cheaper and ultimately better alternative to taxis. Interview Tips & Tricks. Uber looks for and only hires the best, so be prepared to be asked what makes you stand out when you go in for your interview.

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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

APRIL 5, 2020

If the VP of sales maximizes sales without considering what the finance team needs for profitability, collections, or cash management, overall company performance suffers. For example, in basketball, if every player on the team personally tries to score as many points as possible, the team’s overall performance suffers.

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Case Interview Government Resources Interviews 71

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Consulting-style case interviews are highly effective, and the same format is being adopted more and more widely. The major consultancies have converged on a largely identical interview style, precisely because it excels in picking out the most genuinely capable candidates from the huge pools of applications received.

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting Case Study 78

freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Why are Case Studies used? Note that they are not looking for a “right answer”; they are looking for a “right method” Types of case studies. Here are some examples of different approaches across industries; Management Consulting : tend to use “operational” type case studies (more details below).

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2018

Case competitions are amazing opportunities to demonstrate your ‘case cracking’ abilities in front of industry judges, quickly expand your network, and win great prizes. I even started one, which is now one of the largest case competitions in the Waterloo, Canada region. All case competitions are not created equal.

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Case Interview Benchmarking Analysis Industry 68

Management Consulted

JUNE 5, 2016

If healthcare decision-making processes and drug development get you out of bed in the morning, or if you simply want to learn from someone who successfully navigated the consulting interview process just last year, be ready to pick up some great networking and interview tips for yourself. interview on Friday.

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Healthcare Case Interview Consulting Interviews 100

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The problem, he reasoned, was that the history books were littered with examples of consulting firms and IT companies failing to mesh well. To overcome this obstacle, Pratt set himself to studying the examples available and devising a strategy that would create a cohesive culture across the entire Infosys spectrum. HR Processes.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Interviewing with NERA Economic Consulting? The firm advises government divisions, law firms, and major global corporations on governmental regulation (like anti-trust rulings), public policy implications, public, competitive forces, and private financing. NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING. Well, NERA is no MBB. Employee Lifestyle. .

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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews Oliver Wyman Consulting 147

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Interview Tips & Tricks. When pursuing a position at GP, be prepared for a behavior-based interviewing format. For example, you will be asked to describe a time when you used good judgment and logic to solve a problem, or a time you used your coping skills when faced with a stressful situation. Prepare for interviews.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

Corporate finance advisory. For example, in the United States, their presence is limited to The Ivy League, Stanford, Northwestern, and University of Virginia. The hiring process involves a mixture of both behavioral interviews and case interviews. Public policy. Strategic IT. Customer relationship management.

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Oliver Wyman Case Interview Interviews Bain 49

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Dropping these terms in interviews can be good, but only as a Master’s student, and only when appropriately practical. Her biggest hangup in case interviews was “de-jargonizing” her language and really understanding the fundamentals of business which an Econ degree had not taught her. And why not math?

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Case Interviews. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Categories. Select Category. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer. All rights reserved. Enjoy the Consulting Blog?

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2015

You would be expected to manage the junior client interactions for example working with the finance or marketing team, and be given opportunities to present work to senior business leaders. How does finance link to strategy and basic accounting? How many interview rounds are there? There are two interview rounds in total.

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Case Interview Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 60

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? You’ll typically receive a rejection call after the interview. Example questions to ask are: “Mark – thanks for the call.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Stacked full of big-brained folks, most of Analysis Group’s 600+ staff hold advanced degrees in law, economics, finance, accounting or business. To use their legal work as an example, Analysis Group has worked with the 25 largest law firms in the country, which would give you access to some of the greatest legal minds available.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In any case, I have a question for you regarding Consulting vs. industry. For example, if a customer complains that customer service is lousy: Why is it lousy? In which case, it's a human resources issue. In this case, the issue is a client service’s incorrect decision type problem. It was interesting and very concise.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2020

In most cases you’ll get one or two of these, rarely all of them. Here are a few examples: 1. You’re writing a book and need to interview people: “I’m looking to connect with top-level leaders who have a reputation for shifting their culture.”. I know you work with medium-sized companies on their finances.

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Meeting B2B Case Interview Resources 62

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 17, 2019

years ago my touchpoints with blockchain increased, for example, while writing my master degree thesis on “Possible Applications on Health Data and Health Insurance” I interviewed someone in the health space that was working on a blockchain project for his health data startup. Let’s take a product, a banana, as an example.

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Case Interview Retail Examples Sales 60

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. TOWERS WATSON CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Be prepared for several rounds of interviews, the first of which usually consists of connecting with a recruiter for a phone screen. It may also consist of a group interview. We offer resume editing and interview prep.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, I did not know a lot about any one thing — like sales, finance or technology. For example, if you're a brilliant intuitive thinker (and by contrast not a particularly linear and logical thinker), then being a management consultant is a terrible idea. Coming out of consulting, I knew a little about a lot of things.

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Case Interview McKinsey Ethics Industry 45

Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

The Three C’s Framework may prove extremely valuable for consulting case questions. For example, a doctor may prescribe medicine, paid for by an insurance company, and used by the patient. For example, customer service, warranties, or spare parts. (Source: Flickr ). It involves examining customers, competition, and the company.

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Case Interview Industry Productivity Interviews 60

MishTalk

JULY 25, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Via Mish-modified Google translation from Libre Mercado (LM), Enrico Colombatto, Professor of Economics at the University of Turin says in an interview "The only hope for Italy is the bankruptcy of the State". This Week in Money Interview.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Case Practice. Excelling in the Interview. If you happen to attend a non-target school then the next best thing would be to attend a virtual recruiting and case interview workshop. For example: Mckinsey: Insight 2018 and Insight STEM + Healthcare. The Application Process. Boston Consulting Group : Bridge to BCG.

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Healthcare Consulting Recruiting Recruitment 60

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. and DoubleLine Capital LP and at least 18 trade groups representing the finance industry, homebuilders and real estate firms. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition. Home Builders.

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Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising 75

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

For example, Geraldo Rivera said in a Facebook post , “Like victims of sexual assault, those alleging harassment deserve the presumption of credibility.” ” The Ailes case commanded a lot of media attention, but it was not all that unique. Why were many Fox employees initially so reluctant to stand up for Carlson?

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