Tom Spencer

JANUARY 18, 2020

Since graduation, I have had the pleasure of working for both a boutique and a large strategy consulting firm and wanted to share my insights on the differences in: Undergraduate recruiting. Undergraduate recruiting. Oftentimes interviewers ask case questions based on their previous projects and industry experience.

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Consulting Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview 78

Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

The Advisory Board Company is perhaps best known for its membership platform which provides information, research and tools specifically targeted to companies pursuing operational and strategic organization improvement in the U.S. The Advisory Board Company began in 1979 and was initially called the Research Council of Washington.

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Interviews Culture Company Healthcare 147

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . In 2003, Bridgespan created the “Bridgestar” initiative to focus on leadership development and to help professionals transition into nonprofit careers. Leadership Program: Leading for Impact. Leadership Effectiveness. KEY STATS FOR BRIDGESPAN. Funding Strategy.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

We’ve worked with folks both going into and leaving Altman Vilandrie, so we will give you what we’ve gleaned from them and from their research. INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Interviews at Altman Vilandrie are held over 2 rounds. Round 0 – A phone interview if you’re an employee referral.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? He began by helping firms recruit competent executives, acquire new customers, and establish conducive office space. We want you to nail it. Organization and Change. Program Management.

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Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Interviewing with NERA Economic Consulting? NERA helps companies predict likely lawsuits and litigation, which anyone would think valuable – but it doesn’t make them the darling of the advisory industry, especially when analysis or research predicts bad news. NERA (National Economic Research Associates), Inc.

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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews Oliver Wyman Consulting 147

Management Consulted

APRIL 11, 2016

Founded in 1990, The Brattle Group is a relatively new kid on the block, but its story began in 1983, when Incentives Research Inc. IRI was kept intentionally small by its leadership, many of whom became founding principals at The Brattle Group, so that they could close their doors for a month at a time and take vacations together. .

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Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

As if he wasn’t already impressive enough, he also led a team that provided expert services during the Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation, one of the largest price-fixing cases in U.S. In case you hadn’t figured it out by now, Bates White is a boutique economic consultancy firm headquartered at Washington, D.C.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

Management Consulted

MAY 10, 2015

A global firm with a very interesting history, they’re known for motivating, developing and training their clients’ staff as well as the for research they carry out on the companies they work with. Basically, they’re HR and research gurus, and it all comes down to their founding father, Edward N. 1. Leadership and talent.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2018

We conducted additional research on 360 executives, analyzing their careers in depth. While all of them experienced a variety of setbacks, 18% of executives in this dataset faced what many view as the very worst-case scenario: getting fired or laid off. This data was gathered through structured 4-5 hour interviews with every executive.

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Research Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 28

Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2017

Once you do your research though, you should be able to figure out what sets them apart from one another. Consultants and recruiters often spend no more than a few seconds looking at your application when shortlisting interview candidates. Get comfortable with case studies and develop your own style.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 18, 2015

IMS HEALTH INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . In 1954 , Bill Frohlich, and David Dubow, teamed up to form IMS, a market research company aimed at enabling organizations make informed, strategic decisions about the marketplace. In 2004 , IMS Health engaged in building consulting capabilities in both health economics and outcomes research.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Georgia-Pacific. Interview Tips & Tricks. When pursuing a position at GP, be prepared for a behavior-based interviewing format. Are you an employer,recruiter, or hiring manager? ———— History & Culture.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 9, 2019

A strong cover letter presents an excellent opportunity for you to demonstrate why you’re the best candidate for the job, and to plead your case as to why the firm should hire you over other applicants. Interviewing candidates is not a cheap process. Strong leadership and communication skills.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Case Practice. Excelling in the Interview. Make sure you take time to find who the recruiting contacts are for your region of the country or even your specific school and be comfortable reaching out to those individuals. The Application Process. Now depending on what school you attend this may or may not be possible.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2018

As part of our research for the book, we interviewed over 40 successful leaders of large corporations, startups, and non-profits to get their views about what it takes to become a leader. Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018.

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McKinsey Handbook Case Interview Leadership 52

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Doing a few things will put you on track for advancing high up the leadership ladder. There are typically multiple layers of leadership in a department, which offers more possibilities for promotion but also can be frustrating to deal with. Generally, the main focus of department leadership is billable hours.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn what skills you need to display in a case interview in order to impress your interviewer. The skills that they are looking for can differ between interview formats,types, and rounds. Topics Covered: Interviewer’s Mindset. How to Prep for Candidate-Led and Interviewer-Led Interviews.

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Interviews Case Interview Video Consulting 53

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I got a lot of very good experience while I was there, learning market research, analysis, DCF calculations, financial valuations, etc. Can you talk a bit about the support network at the Consulting Society and how they prepared you for consulting interviews? When you actually began the interviews, what did you discover?

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Deloitte Case Interview Interviews Case Study 100

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Typically, they feature perks like rotations on various teams, face-time with leadership at the company, and strong alumni communities with robust networks. The increased 1:1 time with leadership could be instrumental in generating increased career growth and learning. What kind of involvement does leadership have with the APM program?

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Productivity How To Recruiting Recruitment 60

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

Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

For years, companies, universities and nonprofits have researched the reasons why women are less likely to enter STEM field s — and why, once they enter, they face challenges that frequently push them out. We hear, in interviews and focus groups, that women are consistently spoken over and even robbed of their ideas.

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Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment Engineering 43

Harvard Business

JANUARY 22, 2018

Listen to Angelia Herrin, Special Projects editor for Harvard Business Review, interview Dr. Terri Cooper, Principal and Chief Inclusion Officer of Deloitte Consulting, as she discusses six attributes of leaders who display the ability to not only embrace individual differences, but to potentially leverage them for competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

This is particularly the case in biopharmaceuticals, where turning molecules into medicines is notoriously fraught with risk, and failure. As a result, teams are perversely incentivized to protect and prolong dubious drug-development programs, diverting resources from more promising avenues of research.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

Bringing light to Africa , mobile banking to Bangladesh , low-cost health care to Nepal, or better school lunches to the American cafeteria: In all these cases, the private sector is a big part of the action. Know that funding alone is not going to solve the recruiting problem. But there is plenty of potential left to unlock.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

Ron and his partners at Navalent help companies that are in pursuit of a substantial transformational change, whether it be strategic formulation, organizational design, cultural shifts, or executive leadership behaviors. We love being in the trenches with our clients, a case with every professional services firm.

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Development Consulting How To Case Interview 189

Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

The business case for diversity is clear. Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. Interviews were recorded and professionally transcribed. For example, Gap Inc.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 4, 2022

Case Studies. There is a lot to think about when preparing for consulting interviews , and you may want to check out some of our other blog posts and guides for preparing your resume , creating your cover letter , and improving your network. Many of these processes also include early round interviews. Generalist Firm Interviews.

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Interviews Case Interview Engineering Case Study 88

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But what if there were a way to make breakthrough progress by applying research-based tools and strategies to boost these numbers faster? One woman echoed the sentiment we heard throughout our interviews: “Sure, the shareholders made a lot of money and we hit all our targets. Women could be ready for the CEO role sooner.

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Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 28

Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

The Washington, DC office’s recruitment team hires highly intelligent people who start as great communicators but are trainable. The leadership set you up for success. The BAH office culture is a happy one marked by flexibility and managers who are very supportive and collaborate with the team. Lynn Street in Arlington.

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Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2017

When I conducted over 200 interviews with great bosses as part of my research into the secrets of so-called superbosses , I identified four practices that managers follow to truly become inclusive leaders and — not coincidentally — build innovative, high-performance, high-growth businesses.

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Management Talent Case Interview Culture 37

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

CEOs routinely tell me that their teams “get the business case, they just need to understand how to change,” but our anonymous interviews with their colleagues quickly call this assumption into question. Leadership is changing — fast. Do you have a recruitment, retention, or promotion issue?

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Company Talent Recruiting Recruitment 28

Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

You might be completing case studies, conducting experiments, and writing lengthy legal reports, all of which will prepare you for your career. Conducting Literature Reviews I remember learning about how to carry out literature reviews as an early step in the research process. Whether you are studying for your MBA , Ph.D.,

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Consulting Engineering Case Interview Course 88

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

holders – one studied integral programming algorithms and the other researched the use of higher math in meal planning in the military – it’s safe to say that this is a company founded on intelligence, excellence, and genius insight. ZS ASSOCIATES INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. ZS ASSOCIATES KEY STATS.

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Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2017

Our research — more than 60 in-depth interviews with executives at large corporations and founders of startups as well as numerous innovation projects with large and midsize companies — shows that it takes at least 12 months between the first touchpoint of the CVC with a startup and the kick-off of a pilot with the business unit.

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Case Interview Company Talent Interviews 28

Management Consulted

AUGUST 7, 2016

Acquired in 2009 by The Nielsen Company, a world leader in market research, and with only one location in downtown Chicago, the Cambridge Group has taken the most basic concept of “supply and demand” and concluded that there is a better way. There are about 70 employees that aren’t a part of the senior leadership team. Practice Areas.

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