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Case Study: An Office Romance Gone Wrong

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. After two months of romantic dinner dates, daily texts, and even a brief meet-and-greet with her parents, she and Brad had hit a lull. Ada: Because he’s your boss?

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5 Steps To Securing a Consulting Internship

Tom Spencer

Nothing tells you more about a firm than meeting the people who work there – the notion of a ‘company culture’ may sound like a cliché at first, but it genuinely provides insight. Consultants and recruiters often spend no more than a few seconds looking at your application when shortlisting interview candidates.

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Management Consulted

Overview of the Management Consulting Recruiting Process. It showed me the “benchmark” that I need to meet in order to be successful in business. In future weeks, I plan to release case studies, interview guides, and the like. UPCOMING POSTS: More detail on each component of the recruiting process.

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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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The Right Attitude for Case Interviews

CaseInterview.com

Email: My success is really your success at case preparation. Preparation: - LOMS and McKinsey's Problem Solving Test for the case studies (four weeks). Personally, I found the best case interviews [ in LOMS ] to be the most helpful. It is possible to recruit well, but not do well early in your career.

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OC&C Strategy Consultants Interview and Culture

Management Consulted

As always, you will be working in a team intensive environment, so be sure to network and collaborate as you will be meeting plenty of new people. OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . In your third round, you will encounter two 45-minute case study interviews, this time with partners.

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Second Chance Case Interviews

CaseInterview.com

First, those who have the time and are able to devote it to case study interview practice have a significant advantage. The consultant walks down the hall to the recruiter coordinator's office. She says to the recruiter, "Hey there Amy. I gave her a quick case, and I think she's good. How's it going?