Management Consulted

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Sample case studies that are as challenging (if not more so) as the toughest ones you’ll encounter at any McKinsey/Bain/BCG interview. You’ll learn everything I know about recruiting for and working at the top businesses in the world. Thanks for your readership!

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Claudia was the newest recruit to the sales team—young, eager, pretty. Ada: Because he’s your boss? Elizabeth: He’s not! Just C-suite. And super-smart.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 27, 2008

Overview of the Management Consulting Recruiting Process. Given that experience (and the experience inside McKinsey helping recruit new employees and seeing how the hiring process worked), I decided to start this blog to share the knowledge accumulated – and am looking forward to meeting others on a similar journey.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2017

Consultants and recruiters often spend no more than a few seconds looking at your application when shortlisting interview candidates. Get comfortable with case studies and develop your own style. Case studies only make up about half of each interview. Spend some time perfecting your CV and cover letter.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 21, 2019

Additionally, you should know: - I came out of a school that didn't do a lot of consulting recruiting, so I knew very little about it. - Determined to not falter during full-time recruiting, I stumbled across your website, engulfed the content, and became so much better. - LOMS was/is the best case prep material in the world!!!

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Case Interview Accenture Interviews Deloitte 40

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

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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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . In your third round, you will encounter two 45-minute case study interviews, this time with partners. These longer interviews are meant to enable you to delve deeper into strategy side of the cases. However, they do recruit their applicants online too.

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Interviews Culture Strategy Strategy 100

Tom Spencer

MAY 13, 2018

Once you have already started a full-time job though, it may be much more difficult to quit in case you realise that you do not enjoy the job or the lifestyle that comes with it. If you want to figure out what really differentiates firms, company websites and recruitment events may not be enough.

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Consulting Case Interview Travel Recruiting 68

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2015

Tom: When is the next round of recruitment application deadlines? At MBA level, we recruit from B-schools in Europe and the US as well as locally – so deadlines vary accordingly. Kearney Consulting use the case interview in its recruitment process? Tom: Does A.T. Kearney: Of course! Tom: Does A.T.

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Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment Interviews 60

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

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?

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 20, 2008

I offer a personalized consultation service – from re-writing your resume to simulated interviews/case studies to thorough Q&A. You’ll learn everything I know about recruiting at the top management consulting firms in the world. Subscribe to my RSS feed here.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Once passing the initial screening, there are 2 to 4 more rounds of interviews that include both fit and case study questions. For the business, research, and consulting positions, The Advisory Board Company asks a mixture of fit and case questions.

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Interviews Culture Company Healthcare 147

Harvard Business

APRIL 10, 2017

” Databases and job search websites, such as Glassdoor, Indeed, Ladders, and Salary.com are a good starting point, but Lees recommends talking to recruiters and headhunters and others in the industry. Case Study #1: Do due diligence on salary considerations and be open to making trade-offs. ” Job content.

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How To Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview 53

Management Consulted

MARCH 18, 2015

IMS CONSULTING GROUP INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. There are three main ways you can get an interview: through campus recruiting, an online application or through an employee referral. You will be surprised to find that the highest number of applicants are through the online system, followed closely by campus recruiting.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I never submitted a resume through their website, but rather, followed your advice on networking and was able to connect and network with someone who directly referred me to their recruiter. Although these case studies were conducted separately from the interview, 1 was timed, and the other was due 20 hours after it was assigned.

Case Interview 45

Case Interview Interviews Consulting Cover Letters 45

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2020

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. You always need to bring a briefcase (not a bag or backpack) to an interview. This allows you to keep a better balance. Less is more.

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freshminds

JANUARY 20, 2015

Excel skills are the one thing which recruiters continuously say are very weak among new consultants. We also run career workshops for our network from interview or case study preparation, CV sessions and assessment centre advice. So to help you get a head start (or to catch up!)

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. KEARNEY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. As a standard, in each interview, you will be asked to complete a short case study that measures your communication and problem-solving skills. Target Schools.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

recruiting, onboarding and training), technology, consulting and implementation services. The case for a contact center carve-out : Digital transformation around the customer is a strategic challenge. Agile outsourced support from day one : A case study on end-to-end outsourced support that delivers best-in-class results.

Management 26

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freshminds

MARCH 10, 2015

American based website with nice detailed profiles of some of the major consulting firms with plenty of links, articles of interest including 'A Day in the life of a Management Consultant', 'Overview of the Recruiting Process' and 'Consulting Lingo Dictionary' as well as some free 'Consulting 101' videos.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 25, 2019

A CaseInterview.com student who received an interview from BCG recently asked me about how a practice case study interview works. I've also noticed a trend of more firms offering practice case interviews with an actual practice interviewer. This has got to be a pretty expensive investment on their part to do this.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Case Study 40

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 25, 2019

When practicing case studies with friends, I had zero (none at all!) Honestly I did not have time to finish reading all the books, so I just glanced through the beginning of Case In Point and practices. I am a first year MBA and I am trying to recruit for internship position. problems with math.

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Interviews Case Interview McKinsey Resources 45

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Researching early is key so that you are well informed before the application windows open, especially as many firms recruit on a rolling basis. Staying up to date with current events is crucial to acing your interviews, especially for case studies in which you may need to consider external factors affecting the problem.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Bain 60

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Master fit questions, conquer case studies, and become the smartest interviewer in the room. The Consulting Bible is the self-study version of our 10-hour prep package – we tell you every secret we know about getting jobs at the world’s best consulting firms. What else can you tell me? This all sounds great.

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Case Interview Bain McKinsey Interviews 175

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

A few years later I was recruited for a position by one of the government consulting companies who had previously made me a contingent offer. There’s no “hiring season” to follow, no case studies to prepare for, and frequently, candidates are hired to fill a specific position for an ongoing contract.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

The atmosphere itself, and the interview itself was very, very different in the fact that the big four in the UK in comparison to the MBB over here really focus a lot less on the case study. I think out of the four firms, I think I only had one case interview, which happened to be at Deloitte.

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Deloitte Case Interview Interviews Case Study 100

Management Consulted

MAY 8, 2016

These are common for on campus recruiting where 60+ people may be being interviewed. As such, they use this round to weed out the people who can’t solve cases by making sure everyone gets cases that are comparable in terms of difficulty. Market sizing questions are easy go-tos on the phone.

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Case Interview Interviews Oliver Wyman McKinsey 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

” In the workplace, this “can stymie diversity, recruiting, promotion, and retention efforts.” Job listings play an important role in recruiting talent and often provide the first impression of a company’s culture. Case Study #1: Work to understand biases and set diversity goals.

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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Software 28

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 13, 2019

My answer: Go through all the Case Interview Secrets videos in the order they are listed. If you have time left over, either: 1) Practice some cases with a current/former consultant or a very talented friend who is also recruiting, or. These are best practice interviews that demonstrate how to do a case the right way.

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Case Interview Interviews Video Case Study 40

The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Here's a quick look at six months of strategic, happy, thinking: The old mission statement: "We recruit, train and support volunteer host home families to shelter abused, neglected and at-risk children and youth." Tags: case studies branding vision Nonprofit success stories mission. But to what purpose? From process to outcome.

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Recruiting Recruitment Case Study Case Studies 66

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Infosys also has an arm called the Academic Entente (AcE), which is a bridge between Infosys and academia, creating opportunities through case studies, student trips and speaking engagements. Thankfully though, we don’t have any recordings of their set… INFOSYS CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

The focus is on developing and refining your approach to the recruitment cycle to be able to make a powerful impression throughout. The team draw on their vast experience to deliver a unique take on how to excel at the interviews, with an emphasis on tackling a variety of case study scenarios.

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Case Interview Consulting Interviews Groups 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2017

The metrics we track include: productivity, cost savings in recruitment and training, quality, retention, and speed to promotion. Three-quarters of our training is practicum, providing hands-on practice through role playing, case studies, and simulations. These metrics can be converted into an estimate of ROI for the employer.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The school summarized its decision in a revealing 23-page investigation report , which serves as a useful case study for the way organizations, leaders, and individuals fall victim to moral biases — rationalizations for behaving unethically usually due to one’s self-interest.

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Ethics Report Recruiting Recruitment 28

Management Consulted

JUNE 5, 2016

It started off with contacting – actually, I reached out to recruiters specifically and sent in my application, and they were mostly very quick to respond to me. Because sometimes, for example, for a great recruiter, that might actually matter more to them than it would to a junior level person. All for the Boston practices, exactly.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare Case Interview Consulting Interviews 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Dr. Reddy’s: A Movement-Minded Case Study. This was the case with the leaders of the 1960s civil rights movement, who recruited members through the strong community ties formed in churches. But recruiting new members to a cause is not the only way that movement makers leverage social networks.

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