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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

Since everyone has a unique financial situation, amount of free time, and ability to travel, some of these suggestions will be more applicable to you than others. You were probably practicing case studies daily, so it should be easy to replace this daily discipline with practicing a new language every day. Learn a New Skill.

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An Overview of Business Development Consulting

Tom Spencer

It is a waste of resources communicating with random strangers who can’t be helped or who can’t afford to pay. This means coordinating many parties and resources in collaboration with other consultants. A recent case study involved Shake Shack, a New York based fast food chain, wanting to build the “Shack of the Future”.

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Case Study: Should a Hotel Giant Eliminate Some Brands and Refocus?

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. “For me, it’s really a resource question. Right now we’re putting our resources into 21 different buckets. No pruning necessary.

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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. Additional Resources. I do not want free resources. No, Thanks!

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The Six-Minute Hypothesis Rule

CaseInterview.com

Also, it ensures that the subsequent questions I asked would hold a lot more meaning to the case in question. I had heard from a lot of people before coming across your resources that it is of essence to lay out a structure for solving the case right at the start and that asking lots of questions is the most important thing.

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London School of Economics Postgrad Talks About Life At Deloitte

Management Consulted

From conversations with him and hearing about life there in terms of what he was able to do, the travel and the work that he was doing with several different clients, I slowly became interested in consulting. I think out of the four firms, I think I only had one case interview, which happened to be at Deloitte. Jenny Rae: Great.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Their focus is on: structure and governance, processes, technology enablement, resource configuration and capabilities and culture. Transportation & Travel. Firm hires 2,000th employee. Procurement. Technology.