Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. How best should you use it? You did it! Learn a New Skill.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

You can generally tell whether you did well in an interview based on the connection you built with the interviewer. You have probably been in situations where an interview felt uneasy and awkward because of a lack of chemistry with the interviewer. The interview process is not a perfect system. Talk about them.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

Yes, I think it is, but you can't always manage it when you want to manage it. At other firms, they often go to the client for meetings, to conduct interviews, gather data, etc. Travel is hard on the lifestyle because you are just not at home. Traveling to the client often involves just taking a taxi or Uber.

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Comatch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

More than ever, organizations are using independent experts and freelance management consultants to address critical challenges. In a recent webinar, I addressed some of the typical issues that arise when working with a freelance management consultant. Travel costs matter less than capabilities. . Consultant Use Cases.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

This project sparked my interest in marketing & sales consulting, and provided me with directly relevant experience that will help me to apply and interview for jobs in the industry. Acquire hard skills so you can deliver results Building hard skills can help you at the interview stage and on the job.

Marketing 78

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It turns out that preparing for case interviews is fairly similar to preparing for Taekwon-Do Competitions. Martial arts have taught me discipline and the ability to learn new things, while also striving to perfect what I already know, which I employ as I prepare for the case interviews. Learning Frameworks.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Soft skills teach you how to grapple with the abstract and work in the gray area of life. They teach you how to find common ground with others and build meaningful relationships with colleagues. The case interview is a method designed to test your confidence before landing a consulting job.

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Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

Bulger Partners really got off the ground in 2012, and was the brainchild of Founder and Managing Partner Chris Bulger. In the firm’s flagship Boston office, 100% of employees – including the Managing Partner and Senior Leadership – sit out in an open bullpen (software company style). . – Revenue: $20M.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

colleagues had similar questions about how to best position themselves to land a job in management consulting, and so I thought it might be helpful to share my thoughts with a larger audience. Case & Fit Practice. Case & Fit Practice. Excelling in the Interview. Case & Fit Practice.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Email: I am an MBA student at a leading Indian B-school and successfully secured offers following my AT Kearney interview and BCG interview for their [ City in India ] office last week. I had three interview rounds each at both A.T. Each person may (and probably should) have his/her own way of going about solving cases.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Consulting compensates with perks that banking does not offer – from better travel allowances to more generous health and retirement packages. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2021

You can also participate in case competitions, which are in a league of their own. Each case competition is different depending on the organization behind it. However, the commonality between all case competitions is that they give you a real taste of the consulting world. Usually, case competitions have 4 to 5 team members.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

As a result, the consulting firms want to see strong soft skills demonstrated in the interviews. Which ones will interviewers be looking for you to demonstrate? You’ll need to communicate effectively with teammates, managers, client contacts, partners, executives (all the way up to the CEOs). So what skills really matter?

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In these cases, just connecting the work you are doing to these concerns (and showing how they are related for better or for worse) is perceived as valuable. The system that failed was the flight management system -- the one that tells pilots when to fly, what routes to take, and when. I certainly have my vote.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 28, 2014

As if traveling across the ocean on the plane wasn’t enough, we felt it necessary to use as many forms of transportation as necessary…so we took a train up to Durham University. I feel that I am more confident in describing my story and in how to deliver that. Time just flew, and yet it didn’t leave me exhausted.”

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

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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Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

Bulger Partners really got off the ground in 2012 and was the brainchild of Managing Partner Chris Bulger. In the firm’s flagship Boston office, 100% of employees – including the Managing Partner and Senior Leadership – sit out in an open bullpen (software company style). Associate -> Manager (6-11 yrs.

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Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

Bulger Partners really got off the ground in 2012 and was the brainchild of Managing Partner Chris Bulger. In the firm’s flagship Boston office, 100% of employees – including the Managing Partner and Senior Leadership – sit out in an open bullpen (software company style). Associate -> Manager (6-11 yrs.

Software 100

Software Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 100

Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

Bulger Partners really got off the ground in 2012 and was the brainchild of Managing Partner Chris Bulger. In the firm’s flagship Boston office, 100% of employees – including the Managing Partner and Senior Leadership – sit out in an open bullpen (software company style). Associate -> Manager (6-11 yrs.

Software 100

Software Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 100

Management Consulted

JANUARY 15, 2017

Kalypso’s day-to-day operations are run by George Young (Chairman), Mick Broekhof (Founding Partner, Head of Kalypso Europe), and Bill Poston (Founding Partner, Managing Director). Intellectual Property (IP) Management. Portfolio and Pipeline Management (P&PM). Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Practice Areas.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. A lot of things that I had done within the time period of managing people; so I was a mentor to people.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

After working on the management team at CSMG, a boutique global communications, technology and digital media consulting firm (now Cartesian) Rory Altman formed the company with Ed Vilandrie in 2002. Beneath them are the managers, who are considered part of the consulting team. INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Industries. Technology.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. A lot of things that I had done within the time period of managing people; so I was a mentor to people.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 12, 2016

Parthenon-EY Chief Executive : Bill Achtmeyer, Parthenon Founder and Senior Managing Director. Senior Managing Director Bill Achtmeyer leads the practice, assisted by 3 other managing directors. Due to the firm’s private equity focus, you will be traveling less than you would at other strategy firms. Practice Areas.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It helped me a lot in getting ready for case interviews , and now I have an offer from BCG [ Eastern Europe ] and A.T. To transition to another region starting from BCG Eastern Europe, you will have to physically travel to the country you want to work in, to network and interview. Kearney [ Western Europe ].

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

Going through the interview process, I became convinced, more than ever before, that I was going to stay in academia. it doesn’t provide you with business acumen and healthcare policy fundamentals, nor does it prepare you for case and behavioral interviews, or teach you how to properly format a business style resume.

Healthcare 84

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Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

Because of this, we sat down with consulting veteran Lisa Bright (who is now part of the MC interview coaching team!) I majored in accounting, finance and supply chain management at a college in the state (Miami of Ohio). I was going down the route of finance, asset management, investment banking, or something like that.

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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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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

With the 2018 application cycle in full swing for a number of top-tier consulting firms, many of my MD and PhD colleagues have been inquiring about how they can leave academia, if only for a few years, and pursue a career change in management consulting. Case Practice. Excelling in the Interview. The Application Process.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

It’s good to travel with an ex-consultant! Here was some specific feedback we got from the Manchester Business School attendees/organizers: “Management Consulted’s Bootcamp was a fantastic opportunity to gain an intimate insight in to the consultancy world. The case cracking session was most insightful.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Headquarters: Chicago, IL Employees: 3,200 Locations: 58 offices, 40 countries Chief Executive: Johan Aurik, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Revenue: $1B Consulting Engagement Cost: $400K. 1935 – Tom Kearney becomes managing partner. Kearney back to its management team.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Hence, this is one of the primary skills that incoming candidates are tested on in the case interview. People skills will help with managing a team and dealing with clients. Prioritization and Resource Management. With that kind of list, it is important to know how to apply the 80-20 principle. Presentation Skills.

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Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

While The Hackett Group’s brain trust is located in Miami, FL, the 11 regional managers who lead Archstone Consulting day-to-day are spread out across the country. At the Manager, Director and Principal level however, the firm requires that you have a specific area of specialization. Archstone Consulting Revenue: $150M.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

From there, assuming all goes well, you will then become a Manager, then Vice President, followed by Principal and Managing Principal. Clark Kibler – Director of Product Management – MPARTICLE. Jiaona Zhang – Product Manager – Pocket Gems. Internships. ANALYSIS GROUP CULTURE.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . OC&C Strategy Consultants Chief Executive: Chehab Wahby (Worldwide Managing Partner). Their head or “Worldwide Managing Partner” is Chehab Wahby. Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of OC&C Strategy Consultants.

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. He developed research methods and programs for the television and movie industry to help clients determine advertising effectiveness and how to identify what the market wanted to watch in film and television. During the 1990s, Gallup experienced its largest growth. Gallup, Inc.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I probably put in over 100 hours preparing , and only about 80 of those were for the case, I believe those additional 20 hours of prep for the experience portions helped put me over the top when competing with other candidates from more target schools. Basically, to get interviews, network, network and then network some more.

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