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How to Approach Experiential Questions

Tom Spencer

You are sitting in a chair facing a recruiter, manager, or professor asking you to share an experience where you displayed a particular emotion, dealt with a problem, or overcame a challenge. How did you resolve the situation? If answered incorrectly, the firm might deem you a poor fit, regardless of your case interview performance.

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The undisputed importance of appearance and how to get it right

Tom Spencer

If you want to wear heels, make sure to learn how to walk in them before going into the meeting (the last thing you want is to be remembered as the one who fell to the ground). This way you make sure to have enough room for extra copies of your CV (without wrinkling them) and for a notebook to jot down notes during the case studies.

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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

After spending 18-years under the guidance of your parents, you gain the freedom to explore the world, study a degree of your choice, discover who you are, and explore potential career options. Most importantly, you can learn how to pitch as if you were presenting to a client. Prioritise academic excellence.

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Tackling the Case Interview

Tom Spencer

Case study interviews put you in the driver’s seat: you’re given a real business problem to work through and solve. The logical reasoning you use to work through the case is just as important as the conclusions you reach” ( The University of Sydney, 2019 ). There are many different case study examples online.

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Generalist vs Specialist Firm Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case Studies. Typically, a generalist interview consists of two types of questions – experiential and business case study. Firstly, although the interview will still contain experiential questions, the business case will be replaced with client-based case studies, which will be related to the field of interest.

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Monitor Deloitte Consulting Interview Tips

CaseInterview.com

Networks , networks, networks after missing most campus recruiting deadlines. This is the motivation for what happens next: Studies everything in print about management consulting once finding out Deloitte is still recruiting on campus. Finds your website one week before back to back case interviews.

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Consulting Case Interviews at Non-Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

As such, I’ve increasingly seen case interviews being used to recruit for corporate strategy roles in all sectors and business operation (“BizOps”) roles at startups. Now, case interviews for non-consulting industries tend to really intimidate candidates. Obviously, recurrence brings with it the potential for specialization.