Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Marketing & Sales. Working anywhere from the strategy related to the business unit to corporate finance and strategy to strategic foresight, A.T. The interview process at A.T.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. The firm has made up for its youth, however, by growing rapidly through innovation, famous cases and a lot of acquisitions. the consulting firm started off like a lot of American startups do – in a small, forgettable warehouse somewhere on the outskirts of town (in this case, in Annapolis, MD).

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. Sales Effectiveness and Rewards. 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.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

I vividly remember the last consulting interview during first-year MBA recruiting season. I had managed to get interviews with three firms but only made it past the first round with this final company. I’d known for some time that making the transition from sales management to consulting wasn’t going to be easy. I was tense.

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Consulting Case Interview How To Recruiting 88

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

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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Case Interview Retail Finance Conference 59

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

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

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

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.

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Company Case Interview Engineering Interviews 49

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

. – has grown to be the largest quick-service chicken restaurant in the United States based on domestic annual sales. Interview Tips & Tricks. You need to be prepared when interviewing with Chick-Fil-A, because the questions that you will receive are both behavioral, like “Why do you want to work for Chick-Fil-A?”

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Culture Cover Letters Case Interview Interviews 100

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

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. More background on Accenture careers in Sales is just a click away: [link]. Finance and Performance Management.

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Accenture Case Interview Operations Automotive 45

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. In quasi-mathematical terms, the VP of sales tries to achieve a “local” optimization.

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Case Interview Government Resources Interviews 71

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. It felt to me like I didn’t perform well in summarizing the cases.

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Resumes Consulting Case Interview Interviews 147

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In case you hadn’t noticed, the benefits are exceptional, and the pay is above-average as well. Interview Tips & Tricks. First off, congratulations – you have passed the online coding test to earn an in-person interview! Expect this interview process to take all day.

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Culture Case Interview Interviews Engineering 100

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

If you’re not great at finance, hire someone who is. If you’re not great at sales, find someone who is. If you find case interviews painful, you definitely don’t want to be a consultant. There are two lessons here: 1) As you move up the corporate hierarchy, hire into your weaknesses.

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Case Interview Fashion Comparison Analysis 93

MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Bloomberg reports REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition. Home Builders.

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Sales Real Estate Financial Advertising 73

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

MishTalk

JULY 18, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. Amidst all the happy talk that Europe is on the verge of some sort of recovery, here is yet another counterpoint: European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year Low. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition.

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Analysis Trends Sales Real Estate 73

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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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 53

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. In Italy, Markit reports Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. Home Builders.

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Retail Sales Real Estate Financial 70

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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Talent Finance Consulting Development 150

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. Another example could be where one segment may be very sensitive to price and always buy merchandise on sale, whereas the other may value time over savings and typically pay full price.

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Apparel Retail Examples Productivity 103

MishTalk

JULY 15, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% Sales dropped 2.2 Automobile dealer sales rose 1.8

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Retail Trends Sales Real Estate 64

Tom Spencer

JULY 15, 2015

The profitability framework is probably the most important framework for solving consulting case questions. If prices are changed, how will this affect sales volume and product perception? Declining sales volume. Market penetration: A strategy to increase sales to existing customers and increase market share.

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Case Interview Operations Sales Analysis 60

Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

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Sales Software Productivity Data 37

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. An empowered decision is required.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Case Interview Case Study Case Studies 60

Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

The Three C’s Framework may prove extremely valuable for consulting case questions. Are there opportunities to bundle or unbundle the product in order to increase sales volume? This can be done by segmenting costs into value chain activities: inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, sales & marketing, customer service.

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Case Interview Industry Productivity Interviews 60

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

We then conducted a series of in-depth individual interviews, delving into pivotal experiences in their personal history and career progression, and using Korn Ferry’s executive online assessment to measure key personality traits and drivers that had an impact. Women could be ready for the CEO role sooner. But what else did you do?

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Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 28

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In any case, I have a question for you regarding Consulting vs. industry. In which case, it's a human resources issue. In this case, the issue is a client service’s incorrect decision type problem. Worked in finance at Pepsi, HBS, Brand manager at Oral-B. * It was interesting and very concise. Is that a design problem?

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Case Interview McKinsey 40

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, I did not know a lot about any one thing — like sales, finance or technology. However, I find in many cases where someone is a C player, there are other factors at play — either fit, motivation or both — which makes any skill shortfall even worse. Coming out of consulting, I knew a little about a lot of things.

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Case Interview McKinsey Ethics Industry 45

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. Note -firmsodeling” done in case work may not be directly comparable to the financial modeling more common at investment banks.

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Banking Boston Consulting Group Consulting Management 272

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. At the time I only associated it with cryptocurrency and banking.

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Case Interview Retail Examples Sales 60

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

As the next installment in our popular Firm Profile series, we take a look at the evolution, reinvention, and current interview tactics of one of the world’s premier consulting firms – IBM. Finance Risk. Marketing Sales & Service. Enjoy the ride! KEY STATS FOR IBM GBS. Website: [link]. Headquarters: Armonk, NY.

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IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For reference, my first three questions to owners are: Have you worked with a financial advisor to see how much money you need from the sale to support your next great adventure in life (and do you know what your business is worth – not just what you want for it)? What will you be doing after the sale? Pretty straightforward, right?

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Financial Banking Sales Case Interview 40

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

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Tax Collections, Retail Sales Prove Otherwise. Spains Retail Sales Decline 36th Month. Reuters reports Spains retail sales slump stretches to three years, hampering recovery. Calendar-adjusted retail sales fell 5.1

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 70

MishTalk

JULY 23, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Scranton taxpayers could face a 117 percent increase in taxes next year as the citys finances continue to spiral out of control. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview.

Real Estate 77

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 77

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Investigators have discovered cases where as many as 150 loans have the same property as collateral. Clearly the pace of sales is very far below the business plan. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview.

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Banking Analysis Trends Real Estate 76