Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

My favorite part of Taekwon-Do is competition, with its categories of forms, sparring (hand to hand and foot to foot combat), weapons demonstration, and board breaking. It turns out that preparing for case interviews is fairly similar to preparing for Taekwon-Do Competitions. Setting Goals. Performing and Executing.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The MECE principle suggests that to understand and fix any large problem, you need to understand your options by sorting them into categories that are: Mutually Exclusive – Items can only fit into one category at a time and Collectively Exhaustive – All items can fit into one of the categories.

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Buzzsprout

JANUARY 8, 2024

Asking your guests engaging questions is pivotal to the success of interview podcasts and helps differentiate your content from other shows. This guide breaks down how to come up with great questions so you can nail your interviews and keep listeners hooked. " In this case, "where" isn't relevant.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The case interview is a method designed to test your confidence before landing a consulting job. However, business case questions require more thought than precision as there is often no definitive textbook solution. Soft skills such as confidence are there for you during times of uncertainty. Taylor Hartman, Ph.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Travel 78

Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2021

This post will provide you with a guide to creating and perfecting typical slides used to present information in a business context, whether you are a student preparing for a case competition, a fresh consultant who just graduated, or a project manager who has to constantly deliver milestones and progress reports to multiple stakeholders.

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Benchmarking Case Interview Groups Analysis 88

Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

Now, to move forward, you have to understand and prepare extremely well for the interviews. This article will give you a helicopter view of the interview process, and then dive into one part of it. The structure of the interview process is surprisingly similar across firms. One is called the ‘Fit Interview’.

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Interviews Case Interview Resumes Consulting 84

Tom Spencer

JUNE 27, 2013

Management consulting is a difficult industry to break into, and we look forward to reading Ashley’s insights about the case interview process and other aspects of the consulting industry. Next post: Mastering the Case Interview. Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Leadership.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn the basics of a case interview – what it is, how they are different from a regular job interview, who uses them, why they are used, and the types of case interview formats and the difference between them. Topics Covered: What is a Case Interview? What is a Case Interview?

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Management Consulted

JULY 10, 2016

The following 7 categories of people have 8 days left to apply at McKinsey for a full-time position (provided they finish their programs in 2017/2018): PhDs. Once you’ve passed the resume screen, you’ll be invited in to a local office for a first round interview. Almost always, the case interview will come first.

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McKinsey Case Interview Interviews Resumes 100

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 3, 2013

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Machines: Technology and the Future of Work. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Leadership 141

CaseInterview.com

JULY 29, 2020

In this case, people’s fear of sharks vs. mosquitoes is widely different than the statistical risk of death. In the category of risks you can’t do anything about, I personally try to “live without fear.”. For example, most people fear sharks a lot more than mosquitoes. In comparison, over one million people died from mosquito bites.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I was reading an email from a member of my case interview preparation community that had recently gotten offers from Bain and Booz Allen Hamilton. I interviewed with BCG, Monitor-Deloitte, ATK, Booz Allen Hamilton and Bain. The Booz Allen Interview process consisted of four rounds. automatically.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn what skills you need to display in a case interview in order to impress your interviewer. The skills that they are looking for can differ between interview formats,types, and rounds. Topics Covered: Interviewer’s Mindset. How to Prep for Candidate-Led and Interviewer-Led Interviews.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 1, 2020

Sometimes, it shifts completely out of your product category (e.g., hotels), other times it shifts a modest step or two beyond what you normally consider “your product category.”. In most markets, demand hasn’t disappeared entirely. It has merely shifted somewhere else. Now, it is bought in part to provide a sense of security.

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Case Interview Hotels Interviews Video 69

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

You can perform better in a consulting interview by having an upfront preview of what types of questions might be thrown your way. Below you'll find nine categories of questions and a few tips on areas worth exploring within each: 1) Profitability. Profitability cases directly tackle the amount of money a business is generating.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 17, 2019

I interviewed with six major consulting companies + three others during my MBA program 1.5 I managed to get the interviews with all three majors with the help of my well established networking connections, but was again dinged by McKinsey and Bain. Going through interviews after being dinged before is twice as hard.

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Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Bain 49

Tom Spencer

MAY 15, 2013

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: Focus on Happiness: Achieve Sucess. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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Consulting Case Interview Enterprise Interviews 94

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 29, 2013

The framework aids clear thinking in two ways: No overlap: categories of information should be grouped so that there are no overlaps, which helps to avoid double counting; and. No gaps: all categories of information taken together should cover all possible options, which helps to avoid overlooking information. Categories.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 16, 2020

1) Sample-Size Problem As of March 5th, 4 pm ET, the United States had: Total Cases: 164 Total Deaths: 11 Friends of mine have said, “Why is everyone freaking out over 11 deaths?” Only 164 cases, that's not bad compared to other countries." The closest proxy metric that’s easy to measure is # of NEW cases today vs. yesterday.

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Analysis Case Interview Interviews System 144

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

In the first part of this two part series I outlined four general categories and explored the first two in depth: Doing your homework! Case & Fit Practice. Excelling in the Interview. So, the rest of this post will focus on the two remaining areas: proper case practice, and things to remember during the interview.

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting McKinsey 60

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

That was when I participated in my first formal case competition and had the opportunity to speak with industry representatives and recent graduates about their career choices in consulting. Afterwards, my curiosity grew and I took the initiative to participate in other case competitions and business plan competitions.

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Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview Consulting 78

Tom Spencer

MAY 9, 2012

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia 2012. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 21, 2019

I recently received an email from a reader about being rejected by Boston Consulting Group and how he could have better answered the case interview question he was given to help him practice for his next interview with Bain. Here is how I would have tackled this case. “Oh, Oh, I see, the client is losing a big contract.

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Boston Consulting Group Interviews Groups Examples 45

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 7, 2020

I made the case (that I still stand by) that a collapse of the consumer banking system (in the 1930s) and the investment banking system (in 2008) would not be reasons why our current economy would go into a depression. When this period in our global history transitions to something better, there will be three categories or players.

Case Interview 76

Case Interview Trends Industry Interviews 76

Tom Spencer

MAY 29, 2013

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: 9 Signs It’s Time to Hire an Outside Consultant. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff.

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Chemicals Consulting Case Interview Energy 98

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I probably put in over 100 hours preparing , and only about 80 of those were for the case, I believe those additional 20 hours of prep for the experience portions helped put me over the top when competing with other candidates from more target schools. Basically, to get interviews, network, network and then network some more.

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McKinsey Case Interview Interviews Oliver Wyman 64

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Can you talk a bit about the support network at the Consulting Society and how they prepared you for consulting interviews? When you actually began the interviews, what did you discover? When I first started doing interviews, I’d get nervous and make the answer a lot more complicated than then really needed to be. Peter: Sure.

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Deloitte Case Interview Interviews Case Studies 100

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 20, 2013

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: Dick Smith: The Power of Viral Marketing. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. All rights reserved.

Consulting 83

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Leadership 83

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 17, 2012

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: The Transmutability of Desire. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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Case Interview Leadership Interviews Consulting 153

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: Sustainable Social Enterprise. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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Consulting Case Interview Video Enterprise 98

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 2, 2012

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: Here’s to the Crazy Ones. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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Consulting Case Interview Leadership Interviews 98

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 5, 2019

With more specific categories, management consultants can address client challenges that impede growth more thoroughly. Let’s look at each category in more detail. In most cases, financial consultants fall under larger audit firms. Yes, I would like to Subscribe to the Case Secrets Email Newsletter. Strategy Consulting.

Consulting 81

Consulting Management Case Interview Recruiting 81

Tom Spencer

MARCH 1, 2012

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: Can we rely on LIBOR? Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Leadership 94

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Specializing in economic, financial and market analysis, specifically for cases in litigation, Cornerstone Research touts itself as the one player major law firms turn to when navigating the obstacle course that is the American and European legal systems. International Arbitration and Litigation. Labor and Employment. Real Estate. Securities.

Interviews 100

Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

JULY 3, 2012

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: Insights from Australia’s Leading Social Sector Consulting Firm. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff.

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Consulting Insurance Insurance Case Interview 107

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Case in point, the latest version of the NAO humanoid robot. Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Are you creating remarkable products? by Tom Spencer on December 15, 2011 · 0 comments. in Business Strategy. REMARKABLE products are products that are worth making a remark about. Business Frameworks.

Productivity 89

Productivity Case Interview Consulting Interviews 89

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 17, 2013

Categories. Select Category. Case Interviews. Next post: How to Achieve Your Audacious Goals. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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