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Experienced Hire Recruiting in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Experienced hire recruitment can be a puzzling, confusing environment. Compared to on-campus recruits (undergraduates and MBA students), experienced hires confront much more irregular processes, prolonged timelines, and unclear standards. Interview process and preparation. In other words, they are not campus recruits.

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How to Interpret Charts During Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

So, a few minutes into your case interview, the recruiter slides a chart across the table and asks what you can tell from that particular exhibit. The objective of the chart is to help you drive the case forward by approving or disapproving your hypothesis of the business problem. Knowing the exhibit. Common mistakes.

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Fireside Chat – Consulting Recruiting at Target and Non-Target Universities

Tom Spencer

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. Afterwards, my curiosity grew and I took the initiative to participate in other case competitions and business plan competitions.

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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

When one speaks with business owners, executives, or recruiters, about and during the hiring process, the message has become more pointed post-Thanksgiving from “We’re not sure when we will make our decision” to “We’ll make a decision after the holidays.” The positive affect felt among workers now can carry over to 2024.

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

In this case, you may determine that gaining market share will be your client’s biggest challenge. This may involve traveling to the client’s site to collect data, interview employees, and examine daily operations. Accounting (Financial Advisory Consultants) Large accounting firms also offer consultation services to their clients.

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How to avoid being blacklisted from consulting (or any other) recruiting

Tom Spencer

Offer to Buy Coffee in an Informational Interview. The worst case scenario is that the recipient thinks, “oh wow I don’t even know this person and he has the audacity to send me his resume”. The reality of the situation is that even if they think this is the case, they open the resume 99% of the time. Image: Pexels.

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How to Handle Rejection from a Consulting Firm

Tom Spencer

To secure a final round interview at Bain, you would have to be in the top 3% of applicants for that office. No one enjoys being turned down, especially in the case of a consulting role where a lot of preparation is required. The key thing to do after a rejection is to reflect on the interview process and ask for feedback.