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Ask these Six Questions in a Case Interview

Tom Spencer

One of the most difficult tasks in a case interview is to ask the right questions at the beginning of the case. As a result, this don’t really help them to solve the case. However, the goal of the questions must be to scope the subsequent structure and tailor it exactly to the case at hand.

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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

Marketing consultants advise companies on marketing strategies and campaigns. Marketing consultants may work as freelancers, or as part of a digital agency (such as Slalom ), marketing agency (such as Ogilvy ), or larger firm that has digital and marketing capabilities (such as McKinsey Digital or BCG X ).

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4 Steps to a Strong Conclusion in Your Case Interview (Part I)

Tom Spencer

Today I’m going to talk about a very important aspect of the case interview, which is your conclusion to the case problem. There’s a Nobel prize-winning economist named Daniel Kahneman who has done a ton of research on how people perceive events and experiences, and essentially how the memory of those events is formed.

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How Taekwon-Do Prepared Me for Consulting Interviews

Tom Spencer

Just like I had to wait, you will have to wait to find out how that story ends. It turns out that preparing for case interviews is fairly similar to preparing for Taekwon-Do Competitions. For example, in Taekwon-Do you learn forms or patterns of moves, which increase in difficulty as you test for a higher belt.

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How to Approach Experiential Questions

Tom Spencer

Inevitably in any job, internship, or graduate school interview, you will hear these words. Example questions might include: Tell me a time when you handled a crisis. How did you resolve the situation? If answered incorrectly, the firm might deem you a poor fit, regardless of your case interview performance.

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Building the Perfect Team to Win Case Competitions

Tom Spencer

If you are looking to get into consulting, there are several ways to gain experience during your graduate studies. You can take classes, enroll in the graduate consulting club, or volunteer for pro-bono consulting projects. You can also participate in case competitions, which are in a league of their own.

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Brains for Short-Term Hire: Pro-Bono Consulting Projects

Tom Spencer

Once a solution is reached, the submission is graded, and the student receives a score on how well they learned and implemented this new skill. Preparing for a career in consulting contains milestones that roughly resemble this process. First you learn the elements of a case interview, memorizing frameworks and implementing strategies.