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The real advantage of case interview preparation

Tom Spencer

Consulting case interviews require lots of preparation. Although you will hear of some geniuses who aced their cases after only one week of preparation, this is probably not true for us mere mortals. Maybe you will catch a bad day during the interview and will go home without the offer. On average probably 1-2 months.

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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

Marketing consultants advise companies on marketing strategies and campaigns. Marketing consultants may work as freelancers, or as part of a digital agency (such as Slalom ), marketing agency (such as Ogilvy ), or larger firm that has digital and marketing capabilities (such as McKinsey Digital or BCG X ).

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Launching the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online

Management Consulted

What started off as an informal blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. The case interview is the great equalizer. And after all that, even with 1.5M Who is it for?

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An Insider’s Look at The Case Interview Scoring System

Management Consulted

Sandy Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems, once summed up consulting interviews perfectly when she said, “The first rule of any game is to know you’re in one.”. In the research you’ve been doing into the wild world of management consulting, you should have noticed how important the case interview is on your road to a job offer.

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More on Confidence in Case Interviews

CaseInterview.com

Email: I am a regular reader of your emails discussing ways in which to succeed at case interviews and can without doubt say that they assisted me in getting an offer for an associate position with McKinsey in Johannesburg. I had prior to the final round).

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Frameworks for the Case Interview (Part III: Value Chain Framework)

Tom Spencer

For example, a link between procurement and manufacturing, or manufacturing and marketing. Supply: For many manufacturing cases, inputs are materials from suppliers. Candidates may want to identify sales channels (such as online, wholesale, retail, or department store), and logistics (such as train, truck, shipping, or air freight).

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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

In 2022, at the age of 46, I interviewed for a marketing executive position with a tool manufacturer. After five or so interviews, the hiring manager stated that they wanted a “digital native.” I responded that I held a certification in digital marketing and had a history of early adoption of technology throughout my career.