Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Tom Spencer

JULY 20, 2019

An MBA degree has long been known as a robust pathway towards accessing management consulting career options. Yet, what about other graduate degrees in comparison to an MBA? Many consulting firms are trying to diversify the academic backgrounds of their talent pool to go beyond MBAs.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 27, 2014

A prospective management consultant without basic business understanding is like a camera tripod with 2 legs — it just won’t work out for you. Here, we’re not talking about actually developing case interview skills per se – we have a whole bunch of suggested articles at the end that will help you do that.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 22, 2019

Below is a success story I recently received from a CaseInterview.com student about the success they had using a set case interview practice routine. Initially, not everyone realizes this is an important part of the interview to practice. The same is true for case interview practice.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I have been practising case interviews for over two months now, however, I always get a little tense when I am doing the cases. I actually made it to the final round with a top consulting firm but was told that I came across as a little nervous and was rejected. So this is why confidence in cases and in consulting is important.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Individual and group comparisons are available. About LSA Global Founded in 1995, LSA Global is the leading performance consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 5, 2019

Today I’m going to talk about a very important aspect of the case interview, which is your conclusion to the case problem. This is really important and it has an obvious insight for case interviews, which is that the conclusion you provide can have an incredible weight on your interviewer’s perception and memory of your performance.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 15, 2019

Interview with Rachelle Stone. I’m super excited to have an opportunity to interview Rachelle Stone, one of my favorite Consultant Institute members, almost graduate. What made you decide to leave your corporate job and start your own consulting business? You are a consultant that also coaches.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 4, 2015

Welcome to our Consulting Salary post – the kickoff to 2015! As you’ve been busy popping bottles of champagne, watching the ball drop while fireworks shoot up in the background, or just flat-out ambitiously working through the New Year holiday, we here at Management Consulted have had our version of fun.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2018

Student consulting would seem to most students as an obvious first step towards a career in consulting. However, Sam Smith has recently argued in the post ‘ Student consulting – Does it deliver? This results in a misplaced comparison between the abilities of an experienced consultant and that of a student one.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. So, if in a profitability case, I explore cost and sales.

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Ben de Haldevang

MARCH 21, 2017

A first for iROAM (inarticulate Ramblings of a Management Consultant)! I have asked my co-inteviewer to give his perspective on the interviews we conducted. Abhay Pande made some comments below which I wanted to share with you. These two aspects reveal themselves over the course of our discussions.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 12, 2019

Here's my comparison of consulting in a Big 4 Accounting firm and at BCG (note from Victor while this readers experience is specific to BCG it can. Consulting in a Big 4 accounting firm is all about. Big 4, it's all about working with middle managers and possibly doing. apply to McKinsey and Bain as well). At BCG on the.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

It is something you must pay attention to as a new consultant. Your power with senior management comes from having access in this case to facts and analysis that the senior clients do not have access (or easy access) to. Incidentally, this is why consulting is a relationship business. Let me give you some examples.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

My work on the show was frankly boring, but I interviewed the news anchors and field reporters. I spent the summer reviewing literature on malaria as a clinical disease, the different phases and symptoms of malaria, and interviewing patients about the treatments they used. I lived in Washington, D.C.,

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

When I stopped to think about what makes a franchise (the local owner of a big chain) successful, it’s really two things: 1) They follow instructions really well; and 2) They are good at hiring and managing a lot of employees. If you find case interviews painful, you definitely don’t want to be a consultant.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 15, 2021

BCG (Boston Consulting Group) potential test is an online test used in the first round of interviews. This test allows BCG to test candidates using the same test giving them a better comparison tool for evaluating candidate performance. Check out our privacy policy for details on how we protect and manage your submitted data.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I received two offers recently and have also been given offer deadline extensions for them until later this week, which I had requested as a way to "buy" time: 1) to hear back from other firms I interviewed with, and 2) for the final round interview with my top-choice firm this week. some will speed up the process for you.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 11, 2021

If some of your goals are currently way out of reach, start on the path that is robust in comparison to the objective. Research is also essential when going into job interviews. Doing some research on who will be interviewing you can also significantly boost your chances of getting hired. Do your research. Look for ways to grow.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

We recently chatted with Peter Woo, a graduate from the London School of Economics, to talk about his journey into consulting and life at Deloitte. He took an interesting pathway to get into consulting, and he dishes great info about what it was like to break in – and how life REALLY is on the inside. Peter : Yeah, sure.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There is a simple principle the underlies the relationship between client and consulting firm. In the business of consulting , there is one major arbitrage that you should be aware of. In short, what clients are really buying is confidence … paying consulting fees to transfer confidence from the consultant to the client.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 18, 2019

BCG (Boston Consulting Group) potential test is an online test used in the first round of interviews. This test allows BCG to test candidates using the same test giving them a better comparison tool for evaluating candidate performance. What is the BCG Potential Test and Why is it Used? What is the format of this Test?

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

By comparison, rivals Amazon and Wal-Mart have continuously adapted and maintain a significant competitive advantage in pricing these products due to scale. Case Interviews Management Consulting' RadioShack had developed a reputation as the ultimate shopping destination for budding innovators and engineers.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

As the next installment in our popular Firm Profile series, we take a look at the evolution, reinvention, and current interview tactics of one of the world’s premier consulting firms – IBM. Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. Enjoy the ride!

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I had my eye on management consulting for some time, so I decided to give it a shot. After talking with the recruiter, I was set up to do a practice case over the phone with an ex-McKinsey consultant. I really didn't even understand what interviewer-led was. I passed the first phone interview case easily.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: I work in the Venture Capital Industry and am considering a switch to strategy consultancy. While orienting myself in the strategy consulting field, I find your material extremely helpful. 1) In general, I recommend telling the interviewer you want "break down a number into its component parts.".

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Organizations are increasingly favoring algorithms in an effort to make organizational decision making and judgment more rigorous, be it for setting prices or for selecting candidates to interview for a job. One is to create a shared reference set, essentially a group of cases that your people all know well and can use for comparison.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

The Three C’s Framework may prove extremely valuable for consulting case questions. For more information on consulting interviews, please download “ The HUB’s Guide to Consulting Interviews “ ]. (Source: Flickr ). It involves examining customers, competition, and the company.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 3, 2013

World’s lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for "imperceptible electronics"; Man vs. Machine Comparison. For comparison purposes, a Facebook video shows " Humans are Awesome ". World’s lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for "imperceptible electronics"; Man vs. Machine Comparison. Consult your.

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MishTalk

JULY 8, 2013

By this comparison only 2012 looks anything close to a normal recovery year. Wallace charts show non-adjusted numbers vs. the same month in prior years, and that is a valid statistical comparison. Lets also look at seasonally adjusted numbers vs. the prior month, also a valid comparison. Consult your. Prior Year.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

I have recently received feedback from my final round interviews at McKinsey, and have been told that they would like to interview me two more times because they were not clear on some of my case solving abilities. I have studied your LOMS program extensively and have tried my best during my interviews to implement all your advice.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 29, 2019

Being insightful in a case interview is an important skill, especially as you get in more competitive environments (like a final round interview). And the final insight, which is probably the one most valued internally amongst consulting firms, is the "we are focusing on the wrong problem" type of insight. 2) Avoid a Negative.

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MishTalk

JULY 23, 2013

In comparison, 51% on average in the European Union (EU) believes that the main challenge for the country is 72% unemployment and the economic situation is bad. Consult your. Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. This Week in Money Interview.

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MishTalk

JUNE 24, 2013

This as an apples to apples comparison illustrates that FHA rates have increased 1.75% in 7 weeks. Consult your. Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. Any action that.

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MishTalk

JULY 28, 2013

They are 15 percent lower than Belgian and French wages and 30 percent lower than wages in Germany, according to a current Bank of Italy comparison. Consult your. Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. This Week in Money Interview. Any action that.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Always keep in mind WHAT exactly you are trying to solve or find, always do a recap, always ask the interview to explain something once again if you are confused, even slightly. Remember: the math is never complicated during your case interviews , it’s actually easier compared to, say, GMAT. Finally, you should look like a consultant.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2017

We conducted in-depth interviews with 18 gay and lesbian auditors, and followed up with them over the course of two years. Previous psychology research has shown that in comparison to workers who are not out, employees who are open about their sexuality tend to experience higher job satisfaction and better relationships with their managers.

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