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PARADE Method

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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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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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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

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The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. Business A can be profitable if it grows revenues enough to cover the non-product-related operating costs (such as sales, marketing, customer service, finance, and human resources).

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Accenture Careers

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Further information about this area can be found here: [link]. Sales Transformation services consultants focus on improving the performance of a client's sales team and the challenge of maintaining profit margins in a rocky economy and a world of emerging markets. Finance and Performance Management. Risk Management.

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Each Firm's Favorite Cases

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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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COVID-19: Local vs. Global Optimization

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If the VP of sales maximizes sales without considering what the finance team needs for profitability, collections, or cash management, overall company performance suffers. In quasi-mathematical terms, the VP of sales tries to achieve a “local” optimization. Read Our Privacy Policy. No, Thanks!

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MBB or Tech Company?

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as an inside sales associate for half the salary than the consulting offer. Inside sales in tech is a dead-end job. As an engineer + MBB + tech business experience, you could raise financing from a VC if you wanted. As an engineer + inside sales, that's a very rare profile in terms of self-raising capital. No, Thanks!

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