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Consulting Case Anatomy – A Simple Breakdown

Management Consulted

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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Duke University undergrad prepares for BCG Interview Superday

Management Consulted

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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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

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. The knock on engineering?

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Three C’s Framework

Tom Spencer

The Three C’s Framework may prove extremely valuable for consulting case questions. Competition can come from firms within an industry, or from firms in other industries who produce substitutes. What is the concentration of competitors in the industry? Industry Lifecycle. Where is the industry in its lifecycle?

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Eight years later Marwick, Mitchell & Company launched a banking practice, for the first time focusing its efforts on one industry in an effort that proved to be very successful. This boom was caused by increasingly complex tax laws, securities laws, and industry regulations. Capabilities: Finance. Peat & Co.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

Prestige : How much influence does the consulting firm carry in the industry? It has consistently been the #1 most valued brand in the consulting industry and is associated with cutting-edge strategic approaches. It was known for a concierge business model: one client per industry, letting it maximize value per client.

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The Fundamentals of Leadership Still Haven’t Changed

Harvard Business

The challenge, she said, was that these managers were highly proficient in their own disciplines such as finance, marketing, research, clinical care, and insurance reimbursement — and had demonstrated that they could manage people in these areas — but she needed them to be “bigger” leaders.