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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

In-person, low-paying positions in retail, hospitality, restaurants, and healthcare remain in strong demand, though they may not attract highly skilled talent with college degrees or advanced credentials. Job seekers report on peer-support calls and during networking meetings that they have had their interviews postponed or canceled.

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The 6 Million Euro Man (or Woman): Sourcing Superior Talent

Confessions of a Consultant

Big Idea #1: Targeted Selection: Selection interviewing is a notoriously subjective process. A substantial body of research has indicated the reliability rate (the likelihood that two skilled interviewers will judge a candidate’s ability in the same manner) to be less than 50%. It’s based on a fairly simple premise.

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How has the pathway to partner changed in the consulting industry?

The Source

Or, at least, that used to be the case. While consulting is still associated, in the minds of many, with the aggressive “up or out” system, the truth is that it’s a model increasingly ill-suited to the realities of the modern industry. This is a change that’s been driven by both the supply and the demand side of the talent equation.

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McKinsey 7 S Model

Tom Spencer

While you may not directly use the 7 S Model in the consulting case interview, it will give you a deeper understanding of how to examine the inner workings of an organisation, identify strengths and sources of competitive advantage, as well as weaknesses and reasons why an organisation may not be operating effectively.

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

In this case, you may determine that gaining market share will be your client’s biggest challenge. This may involve traveling to the client’s site to collect data, interview employees, and examine daily operations. A simple answer would be that some questions are important enough to bring in outside talent.

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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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Oliver Wyman Careers

CaseInterview.com

These changes can either be internal shifts of processes and systems or responses to the changing market environment. The hiring process involves a mixture of both behavioral interviews and case interviews. Talent Programs. Corporate finance advisory. Bain & Company).