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Case Study: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. It was definitely the PCE and the family against me.” Vishnu Patel, a respected cardiologist who’d just given his notice.

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The Six-Minute Hypothesis Rule

CaseInterview.com

It is definitely better to state your hypothesis immediately upfront than it is to forget to state the hypothesis at all. The whole case study interview consists of about five sections (about six minutes each), each focusing on a different aspect of the same case - sort of jumping around from one part of the case to another.

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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

This was definitely the case for me. Your personal skills, such as confidence and time management and coping with stress, will likely be tested as you will find yourself in scenarios that stretch your capabilities in these areas. This gives you an opportunity to prepare and practice for these before the real thing.