Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2023

This is the third of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. After conducting interviews and surveys, it became clear that the root cause of the problem was a lack of transparency on the part of management. Who should it protect in case of an unavoidable collision?

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Emotional Intelligence Ethics Consulting Case Interview 88

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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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Have an upcoming Oliver Wyman interview? At its start, Oliver Wyman capitalized on the deregulation of the financial services industry. If you have experience in a particular industry, network strategically in that field. Industrial Products. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. KEY STATS FOR OLIVER WYMAN.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

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. Industries. Accounting. Antitrust and Competition. Labor and Employment.

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Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 5, 2019

(Note: These tips are geared towards MBA1s, but are applicable to anyone interviewing with consulting firms.). Starting strong will give off a great first impression to your interviewers. The firms you interview with will want to know why you’re interested in the industry. Keep calm and practice medium-level cases.

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Case Interview Consulting Interviews Recruiting 60

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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Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Insurance 40

Management Consulted

APRIL 11, 2016

The Brattle Group is now considered one of the European Union’s top consulting firms in the areas of energy, finance and competition. In 2013, the New York office was established, providing a home base in one the most important finance and legal markets in the world. Regulatory finance. Industries. Accounting.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

As if he wasn’t already impressive enough, he also led a team that provided expert services during the Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation, one of the largest price-fixing cases in U.S. In case you hadn’t figured it out by now, Bates White is a boutique economic consultancy firm headquartered at Washington, D.C. Practice Areas.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

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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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Management Consulted

JUNE 14, 2015

Then, underneath three of these sub-subsidiaries are, you guessed it, more subsidiaries, such as Seabury Airline Planning Group LLC and Seabury Maritime Corporate Finance LLC. Industries. If you’re applying to work at The Seabury Group, book an interview prep session with Michael here. INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Interviewing with NERA Economic Consulting? That being said, NERA is still a major player in the consulting industry and here’s why: NERA Economic Consulting is the top econom ic consulting firm, period. NERA’s first clients were in the natural gas industry. NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING. Well, NERA is no MBB.

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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews Oliver Wyman Consulting 147

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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Interviews Case Interview Bain Finance 100

Tom Spencer

APRIL 29, 2022

MBA candidates have the opportunity to acquire a multitude of skills that are applicable to a variety of industry and managerial positions. Informational interviews become second nature to the point that rejection no longer leaves a mark on you. The majority of the MBA programs will cover similar business cases.

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Ethics Case Interview Case Study Case Studies 88

Tom Spencer

JUNE 23, 2018

If you are targeting the consulting industry, increase that stress quotient by a few more points due to intense competition in the sector. Preparation for case interviews is an essential component of getting into consulting. The happiness points you accumulate will be needed to offset the stress points you accrue later.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Healthcare 68

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. The Products Operating Group concentrates on Air Freight & Travel Service, Automotive, Consumer Goods & Services, Industrial Equipment, Infrastructure & Transportation Services, Life Sciences, and Retail. Finance and Performance Management.

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Accenture Case Interview Operations Automotive 45

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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

And so in PPE, were you interested in business in general, before everything happened with Lehman Brothers did you think you are probably going to stick with the investment banking industry? Peter: When I was at Warwick, it was a massive feeder school into investment banking, and finance, but slightly less into consulting.

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Deloitte Case Interview Interviews Case Study 100

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

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

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

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Birthed in 2004 as a spin-off of Indian tech outsourcing behemoth Infosys Technologies, Infosys Consulting is quickly climbing the charts as an industry leader in IT Operations and Strategy consulting. Finance and Controlling Processes. Industries. Industrial Manufacturing. INFOSYS CONSULTING. Transformation Strategy.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Deloitte 100

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.

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Consulting Engineering Finance Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2015

Tom: Did your work in financial services relate to the payments industry at all? Alex Formstone: No, but we have a new director who joined us last month who has a lot of experience in the payments industry, having worked at World Pay, Barclaycard and RBS. Are graduates expected to pick an industry specialisation?

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Case Interview Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 60

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Compared to its peers, FTI Consulting is a youngster in the consulting industry. The firm has made up for its youth, however, by growing rapidly through innovation, famous cases and a lot of acquisitions. How has the firm grown from a podunk, small-town cluster to a global behemoth?

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

Oliver Wyman consultants here gain a broad exposure across industries and issues. Consumer and Industrial Value Transformation. Corporate finance advisory. The hiring process involves a mixture of both behavioral interviews and case interviews. Health and Life Science. Public policy. Strategic IT.

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Oliver Wyman Case Interview Interviews Bain 49

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Founded in Boston, MA , and containing the heart and DNA of consulting industry giant Bain & Company, Bridgespan is the key non-profit consulting firm in today’s consulting industry. Bridgespan is the offspring of none other than consulting industry giant Bain & Company.

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Interviews Culture Bain Consulting 150

Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

Because of this, we sat down with consulting veteran Lisa Bright (who is now part of the MC interview coaching team!) I majored in accounting, finance and supply chain management at a college in the state (Miami of Ohio). I was going down the route of finance, asset management, investment banking, or something like that.

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McKinsey Interviews Case Interview Consulting 100

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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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 60

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. Industries. Access – Maintaining close ties to top level individuals in government, academia and industry, with the goal of providing clients access to the best people possible.

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Analysis Groups Interviews Culture 100

Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Kearney becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of EDS in September, nearly doubling in size and vastly expanding its industry expertise and information technology capabilities. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Industries.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In any case, I have a question for you regarding Consulting vs. industry. I have been told that one year in consulting = 2 - 3 in industry. I imagine someone interested in product/marketing management is better off going into industry. So yes, I do think that 1 year in consulting is worth 2-3 years in industry.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Case Interview McKinsey 40

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I have taken on numerous jobs in industry where I frankly was in over my head. However, I did not know a lot about any one thing — like sales, finance or technology. If you’re in consulting or use consulting-type skills in industry, you might want to take a look at my Ultimate Consultant Toolkit.

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Case Interview McKinsey Ethics Industry 45

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

You may have a few outliers in the mix, but unless you’ve been deliberate about your networking, the vast majority of people you know probably work in the same field or industry as you. First, if your network has become too narrow, you limit your options in case of a career change, or a downturn in your company or industry.

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Industry ROI Case Interview Meeting 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Many consulting, corporate strategy, and corporate development roles require the interviewee to go through an M&A case study. Depending on the firm and specific role this case could be very strategic and operational like doing a market entry/growth-type case or very technical (i.e. Image: Pixabay.

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Balance Sheet Case Interview Case Study Case Studies 60

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. Insurance Industry Consulting. Out of the massive laundry list of HR and benefits options for any old large global firm to choose from, Towers Watson specializes in the Health and Group Benefits, Insurance Industry Consulting and Talent Management practice areas. Industries.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

In case you were wondering, the company’s current trademarked slogan, “We Didn’t Invent the Chicken, Just the Chicken Sandwich,” does indeed refer to their flagship menu-item, the Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich. Interview Tips & Tricks. Following this discovery, he registered the name Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

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Culture Cover Letters Case Interview Interviews 100

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? The advice applies equally to industries like investment banking. You’ll typically receive a rejection call after the interview. No surprise here.

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Resumes Consulting Case Interview Interviews 147