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Consulting 101: Preparing for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case interviews can seem like a daunting task. Thankfully, by taking tangible steps you can be well prepared for your case interviews. In my opinion, a productive place to begin is to watch videos about the case interview. Practice cases. My first case was terrible.

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McKinsey + BCG Undergrad Consulting Offer

CaseInterview.com

The student shares her tips on how hard work and preparation are the keys to case interview success. Even 10 days before my first round interview with BCG, I had zero case interview preparation experience. Your workshop was very helpful, as were the printouts. Success Story. Hi Victor!

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The Business Plan Is Alive And Well But It May Not Be What You Think

Steve Shu Consulting

And why shouldn’t that be the case? Business plans can often take the form of workshop sessions and Powerpoint documents as opposed to a traditional textual Word document. The business planning effort can be more organic than written and involve focus groups, customer prospect interviews, etc. intrapreneurship).

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

CaseInterview.com

Management Consulting Networking Success Story: I just want to drop you one additional thank you e-mail, as I heavily relied on your preparation sources throughout my interviewing journey (and the corresponding case interview preparation). I interviewed last autumn for a post-MBA/PhD position at the top firms in Germany.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. I was selected to interview at both the NIH and the DoD and subsequently was offered positions in both organizations.

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Why Consulting: The 2019 Ultimate Guide

QEmploy

Preparing for interviews. Preparing for interviews. Big consulting companies might even send you to workshops or events in new countries for you to gain further experience. In any case, try to get as much experience as you can and evolve your skills, to become a better consultant. Where to find work? What is consulting?

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Integrate Product Owners into Many Teams to Create Good Product Goals, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

Product owners have many challenges: They need to keep at least two thoughts about the product: what it needs to be in the near future, and what the organization wants it to be in the (distant) future. But the biggest problem I see is this: Effective product owners belong to at least two teams and maybe more. Strategic work.)