Tom Spencer

JANUARY 5, 2019

Today I’m going to talk about a very important aspect of the case interview, which is your conclusion to the case problem. So just as you begin the case interview itself by structuring a nebulous business problem, you’re going to want to structure your conclusion as well. Data supported arguments.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. Some information is more important than others.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 3, 2016

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 23, 2020

It’s important to be constantly monitoring key performance metrics so you can tell what’s going on in your business quantitatively. Yes, the metrics say they are happy but are they really actually happy?) I also have them improve their situational awareness of their own business. Did we generate the number of leads we were expecting?

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 16, 2020

1) Sample-Size Problem As of March 5th, 4 pm ET, the United States had: Total Cases: 164 Total Deaths: 11 Friends of mine have said, “Why is everyone freaking out over 11 deaths?” Only 164 cases, that's not bad compared to other countries." It turns out that there is an actual metric that measures this.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2020

If your business suffers in a recession because you had poor financial metrics, you’ll learn (the hard way) why you need them and need to look at them regularly. In both cases, there’s pain. First, realize that, in every adversity, there is an opportunity to learn and grow. It’s called “growing pain.”. It’s called “suffering.”.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 8, 2022

Below is a question I received from a candidate about a specific case given to them, and my response about how to keep it simple. If you fail one case, you are dinged automatically. If that’s the case, you can be sure that a client would also get stuck trying to follow your explanation. car) so 9 m cars of which approx.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 16, 2023

Include real-life examples and case studies to illustrate the potential impact. Day 4: Thought Leader Thursday Interviews with Industry Experts Conduct interviews with influential coaches, consultants, or corporate advisors. Provide design principles, tool recommendations, and showcase examples of your firm’s work.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 9, 2017

A recommendation from a consultant will fast-track your application inside the firm, and in fact will take it through an entirely different path, virtually guaranteeing you a first-round interview invite. You know how important your resume is in getting your foot in the door for an interview. Actually, your resume is all-powerful.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Interview Tips & Tricks. Uber looks for and only hires the best, so be prepared to be asked what makes you stand out when you go in for your interview. First off, you can expect to connect with a recruiter for a general phone interview. At Uber, all coding interviews are done with CoderPad.

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Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

Ramit is a junior at Duke University who successfully aced his on campus interview. However, he did receive some puzzling feedback from his interviewers, leading him to contact Jenny Rae to guide him through how to use the input constructively for his final interview on site at BCG. I thought I bombed the case.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 17, 2016

Welcome back to our case interview frameworks series, giving you a step by step approach to solve any case that’s set before you. Case interview frameworks are used to open a case and to solve a case. Try it on the Mexican car market case and post your approaches in the comments below).

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Comatch

AUGUST 29, 2022

We complied- describing our butter use cases and agreeing to reduce our intake accordingly. This will force you to consider the causal reactions on variables that influence the “problematic” outcome metric. More often than not, this is also the case with most unresolved problems in a professional environment. five times (a.k.a.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A case in point is WeWork, the provider of coworking spaces, which has grown its enterprise customer base in the last year by 370%. But our research and reporting show this isn’t the case. We’ve separately toured and interviewed principals in more than a dozen corporate coworking spaces in the U.S.,

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2018

Internal and external analyses are performed, interviews with key stakeholders are conducted, and key strengths and opportunities are identified. Assessing the current state of an organization involves a substantial amount of information gathering and evaluation. The proliferation of corporate data (e.g.,

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1 to 1

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Qualitative research methods—such as customer interviews, focus groups, and even ride-a-longs—can help collect insights directly from the customer. In this step, you’ll want to build out the logistics, timeline, objectives, and metrics that will help your organization achieve CX success.

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Jerry Fletcher

MAY 8, 2021

In most cases the answer will be that some metric in the sales equation is off. This interview is about getting as much information as you can from the prospect as possible. Start by determining the primary problem that has caused them to consider your services. I find that it is best to be direct. Often this is a narrow view.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

However, in most cases it’s still necessary. It’s also likely that the person interviewing you is super busy, so they’ll want something they can easily skim before talking with you. 6 new global process owners clearly identified and now accountable for monitoring process metrics to support the shift to a continuous improvement culture.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

The Three C’s Framework may prove extremely valuable for consulting case questions. Relevant performance metrics might include profit margins, net income, and return on investment. For more information on consulting interviews, please download “ The HUB’s Guide to Consulting Interviews “ ]. Performance.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Dropping these terms in interviews can be good, but only as a Master’s student, and only when appropriately practical. Her biggest hangup in case interviews was “de-jargonizing” her language and really understanding the fundamentals of business which an Econ degree had not taught her. The knock on engineering?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 9, 2018

Over the two-week period, I received 64 messages related to media interviews, podcasts, and webinars I had agreed to. to fill out in advance of the interview. Agreeing to a podcast interview is never just an hour, and agreeing to promote a colleague is never just one email. In some cases, it was easy to say no.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. CFOs of these companies themselves admit that they cannot justify their market capitalizations based on traditional metrics.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 2, 2020

Recently, an economist by the name of Steve Keen was interviewed on Youtube. If Keen is sincere in his belief that gold is not money, then he should find it truly baffling that the US holds more than 8,000 metric tons of gold in reserve. Economies can and should save.

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Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The most powerful message came from Brian Quint with Aqua Quip, who sold to Leslie’s Pools a couple years ago (hear more from Brian on his podcast interview with me). In both cases the more prep time you put in the better the results. It requires having the right processes, metrics, documentation, and culture. Conclusion.

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QEmploy

AUGUST 19, 2019

At the same time you are engaging with the target users and reporting before-and-after metrics. In the case of client management, utilising these trends can help client tracking through sales process. First and foremost you need to be adept at interviewing. Why Consulting? ]. Apply current IT trends. Use the right skill set.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Here are some questions to ask your recruiter, interviewer or APM coordinator: How long has the APM program been around? Here are some questions to ask your recruiter, interviewer or APM coordinator: Could you connect me to 2 or 3 potential APM managers? How many cohorts have graduated from it? How big is the average cohort?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

” Take the case of a recent client of mine, an architectural firm. ” Metrics were developed to monitor these, and targets were set before moving on. They’re so used to thinking operationally rather than strategically that putting “self” first seems like heresy. Be prepared to adjust.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The job interview is often the best opportunity to accurately separate out people who have this relatively rare talent from the high volume of candidates that only have tactical capabilities. Instead, use one of these six interview approaches. Ask Specific Interview Questions. Give Them a Real Problem to Solve.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

Consider the case of a company selling basic supplies to businesses. One business-to-business supplier dealt with similar questions by combining metrics from Workplace Analytics with other sources that measured factors that, we hypothesized, might improve sales performance, such as cross-selling new product categories.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

The business case for diversity is clear. Based on evidence that diversity initiatives are more effective if they start at the top , I interviewed 11 CEOs who have made a public commitment to diversity about how they are creating more diverse workforces. Interviews were recorded and professionally transcribed.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Ultimately, as I have become skilled in using this metric, it has become a calculation I am able to do in my head. In my own case, making complex ideas simple is a skill I have honed and that I enjoy to such a degree that if the answer is “yes,” I would rank this a 4 or a 5.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2017

While sports are different from other industries in many respects, baseball makes a good test case for this kind of study for several reasons. Consider the infamous case of Seattle credit card processer Gravity Payments, which, in 2015, set a minimum salary of $70,000 for all employees.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2017

In the case of cybersecurity, some decision makers use the wrong mental models to help them determine how much investment is necessary and where to invest. Replace your CEO’s mental model with new success metrics. The way that information is conveyed to us has a huge effect on how we receive and act on it.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

We love being in the trenches with our clients, a case with every professional services firm. What kind of metric do you use to measure that in terms of compensation based on great client work? Many consulting firms spend time writing about their methodologies or writing about their own case studies to self-promote. Desperation.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

Instead, the manufacturing-era qualities of individual heroism, delivering product on deadline (whether proven or not), and contribution to high-level, often unaccountable business metrics were the main determinants of employee competence, success, and promotion. And this result wasn’t just about their skill sets.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The saying “You only have one chance to make a first impression” holds true in many situations, from job interviews to sales calls. If, for instance, colleagues say you are a great people manager, seek out metrics to support that idea. Case Study #2: Know what you’re good at and prepare a list of talking points.

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Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2018

We visited and interviewed farmers in Italy, Germany, and the UK to find out why the platform had bombed. Surprisingly, the interviews did not reveal any unequivocal reasons for why farmers shunned the platform. Their relative value is remarkable across a variety of metrics, such as purchases and frequency of use.

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