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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Even for such a high travel firm, which we’ll discuss below, they all seem to be so gosh darn chummy with each other. Travel – Now don’t get us wrong, warning a prospective consultant about travel is a bit like warning trainee surgeon that they may see blood once in a while. Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Chemicals & Materials. Transportation, Travel & Tourism. Intern pay and training are on-par compared to what you will find at many other consulting firms, and prior interns have found it a good foot in the door for landing permanent positions. Travel is unavoidable at Simon-Kucher. Industries. Automotive.

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Sales Reps, Stop Asking Leading Questions

Harvard Business

I recently had a conversation about this with the director of purchasing at one of my client companies who told me: “I can always tell when a rep has been through sales training, because instead of launching in to a pitch, they launch into a list of questions.” When I watched a few meetings it was easy to see why.

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Bologna Shows How a Business Cluster Can Stay Vibrant for Centuries

Harvard Business

Firms in the cluster design, manufacture, and assemble packaging machinery for a wide range of products, such as baked goods, confectionery, beverages, tea, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. The fruit of their travel was first the gestation and then, around 1844, the foundation of a technical school named after them.

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Terrorist Arrests in Germany, Belgium; Nine Warning Signs Ignored; Could Attacks Have Been Prevented?

MishTalk

The sheer number of such peripheral figures that European counterterror officials must track is daunting, but the Paris plot required eight of them to be in regular communication and to have trained together. He had already traveled and returned from Syria. Many will ask about the gaps in the system that prevented that.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Exit Opportunities: Exit opportunities from Booz & Company are not as extensive as MBB, because the network of the pure strategy firm is still new, the training still untested, and the prestige still growing. They travel quite a bit, but their hours are slightly less than BCG or McKinsey and on par with Bain. Program Management.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Petroleum & Chemicals. While each practice also has its own formal training program to develop skills, FTI is like most firms in that the majority of your learning will happen “on the job”, so don’t expect to be fully prepared for whatever work ends up coming your way. Financial Institutions. Government & Public Contracts.