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Case Interviews via Video Conference

CaseInterview.com

Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to handle case interviews via video conference. At the time of writing this article, many firms are not meeting candidates face-to-face due to COVID-19. While video conference case interviews weren’t unheard of before, they are much more common right now.

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Case Interviews via Video Conference

CaseInterview.com

Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to handle case interviews via video conference. At the time of writing this article, many firms are not meeting candidates face-to-face due to COVID-19. While video conference case interviews weren’t unheard of before, they are much more common right now.

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Defense, then Offense

CaseInterview.com

The reason this occurs is that these two things happen in a recession: First, some opportunities get destroyed (think: airlines, hotels, restaurants). Think Zoom video conferencing; they grew from 10 million to 300 million meeting participants in five months. economic history. That’s 30X growth in less than two quarters!).

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Tour Recap – Day 6 (Harvard)

Management Consulted

If you want a small group setting to accelerate your case interview performance (like, 0-60 in a day) join us next weekend in San Francisco – September 21 for our last 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp in the U.S. One great question that was asked (via index card from the audience): “Is there a right answer in a case interview?”

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 2 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Case & Fit Practice. Excelling in the Interview. So, the rest of this post will focus on the two remaining areas: proper case practice, and things to remember during the interview. Case & Fit Practice. Case Practice. The Application Process.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

In 2001, Michael hired a no-name like me after an informational interview to become the Associate Marketing Director for GIA Publications. In a shop at the hotel in which she stayed, she found card decks published by The School of Life — a British organization committed to promoting fulfilling lives for people. References De Botton, A.

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Getting an Intricate Operation Back in Sync

Harvard Business

Before I became general manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, I held the same position at another luxury hotel up the coast. Later, he privately told me he was thinking of leaving the hotel. In the case of the recruiting issue, we made faster hiring a competition, rewarding individuals and teams that showed the best results.