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Ask these Six Questions in a Case Interview

Tom Spencer

One of the most difficult tasks in a case interview is to ask the right questions at the beginning of the case. As a result, this don’t really help them to solve the case. However, the goal of the questions must be to scope the subsequent structure and tailor it exactly to the case at hand.

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Breaking Down Case Interview Frameworks – Profitability

Management Consulted

Welcome back to our series on using frameworks to break down case interviews. In our first article, we provided an overview of frameworks and how you can use them to solve any case that gets put in front of you. If you get a case that deals with declining profits, the first question you should ask is “why?”

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Breaking Down Case Interview Frameworks – Profitability

Management Consulted

Welcome back to our series on using frameworks to break down case interviews. In our first article, we provided an overview of frameworks and how you can use them to solve any case that gets put in front of you. If you get a case that deals with declining profits, the first question you should ask is “why?”

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Each Firm's Favorite Cases

CaseInterview.com

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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Buck Consultants Firm Profile

Management Consulted

A 94-year-old HR consulting and global employee benefits company that helps clients better manage their ‘human resources’, Buck is an independent subsidiary of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Buck Consultants Chief Executives: Mike Roberts, President & Executive Managing Director. Human capital management.

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Oliver Wyman Careers

CaseInterview.com

Marsh and McLennan is a large, publicly-traded professional services and insurance brokerage firm with over 50,000 global employees and $10 Billion in revenue. Today, the four practices are: General Management Consulting. The General Management Consulting practice most resembles that of a traditional strategy consulting experience.

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Towers Watson Consulting specializes in HR consulting of all kinds, and risk management consulting in particular, while also counting actuarial and investment consulting practices under its umbrella. Watson & Sons became the prime advisor to the British government on social insurance programs. Insurance Industry Consulting.