Consulting Matters

JANUARY 13, 2018

company size, type, industry, title, gender, age) and their psychographics (e.g., You can uncover this information informally or you can do interviews or a survey with those who represent your ideal client. Purchase : Your items for purchase are lower-price offerings, in comparison to a full-on consulting engagement.

Marketing 202

Marketing Consulting Intellectual Property eBook 202

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

PMs also work directly with the industry and community partners, requiring slightly more of a time commitment in comparison to the innovators. I wanted to learn about DISI from firsthand experience, so I interviewed its two Co-Presidents. Sometimes, they also complete team-building exercises such as “Escape the Room”.

Consulting 88

Consulting Engineering Case Interview Survey 88

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

What have been the prevailing trends in the industry? 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' Why is the company failing? Are competitors facing the same problems?

Turnaround 111

Turnaround Case Interview Comparison Interviews 111

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

They have a broader approach to consulting so you get to try different types before specializing, in comparison to the Big Four or boutique firms in which you specialise almost straight away. Application process: There is an extensive online form with more stages to follow, including interviews, tests, and assessment centres.

Consulting 60

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Bain 60

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart. These days, it pays to practice being in “interview mode” so you’re ready for the real thing – whether it’s networking with a neighbor at Starbucks or sitting in the hot seat.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Management Consulted

APRIL 27, 2014

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. It’s heavy, so skim it.

Development 205

Development Consulting Boston Consulting Group McKinsey 205

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: I work in the Venture Capital Industry and am considering a switch to strategy consultancy. 1) In general, I recommend telling the interviewer you want "break down a number into its component parts.". In many cases, the interviewer does not expect you to know the optimal segmentation pattern. When to Switch Frameworks.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview Interviews Resources Analysis 40

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Especially if your first job is management consulting as you will be presented with many opportunities to jump into industry. Depending on the industry you’re entering, you may find that some opportunities offer both better skill-building opportunities and higher compensation – a win-win. Take personal responsibility.

Strategy 78

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Management 78

Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

Competition can come from firms within an industry, or from firms in other industries who produce substitutes. Competition can also come from suppliers and customers within the supply chain who exert bargaining power to extract a larger share of industry profits. What is the concentration of competitors in the industry?

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Industry Productivity Interviews 60

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

And so in PPE, were you interested in business in general, before everything happened with Lehman Brothers did you think you are probably going to stick with the investment banking industry? Can you talk a bit about the support network at the Consulting Society and how they prepared you for consulting interviews? Peter: Sure.

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Deloitte Case Interview Interviews Case Study 100

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 8, 2020

Interestingly enough, I was watching an interview with Bill Gates last night. As a point of comparison, Philips Healthcare, one of the largest ventilator manufacturers in the world, only produces 1,000 ventilators a week. Hamilton, another large manufacturer, only produces 300 units a week.

System 111

System Operations Education Training 111

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In comparison, an equally skilled consultant from a different firm could say the exact same thing and have it be taken negatively by the client. So, maybe the company thinks they offer the fastest service in the industry. This is where all those criticisms of the consulting industry come from. Yet, the client believes they do.

Consulting 45

Consulting Case Interview Interviews McKinsey 45

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. These projects come from a wide variety of industries and nations. Enjoy the ride! KEY STATS FOR IBM GBS. Website: [link]. Automotive.

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IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

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.

Ethics 40

Ethics Case Interview Consulting Interviews 40

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The one-on-one format can create a more conversational, interesting, and intimate experience, and has the added benefit that the CEO or luminary being interviewed theoretically doesn’t have to prepare as much. Despite how effective interviews can be in theory, however, they are often difficult to execute in practice.

Case Interview 35

Case Interview Interviews Banking Examples 35

Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2017

The survey was done by research firm Edelman Intelligence and consisted of 25-minute online interviews conducted on October 13 – November 16, 2016. By comparison, 60% of respondents trusted “a person like yourself” — on a par with trust in a technical expert or an academic.

Survey 43

Survey Government Media Pharmaceuticals 43

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.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Data 40

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 in analyzing the market, you realize that there are huge competitors with large fixed costs (that produce a lot of volume cheaply), and the profit in the industry has just evaporated.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview Interviews Development How To 40

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

By comparison, they spend very little time focused on how they will spend their undergraduate years while in college. In other words, the degree might open the door for a job interview, but employers don’t trust it enough to validate that someone can actually do the job. Kristen Helvey. Jane Heifetz. Michelle Gielan.

Case Interview 28

Case Interview Survey Interviews Education 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2015

There are always rumors in the market that have nothing to do with reality ,” Klaus Rasmussen, chief economist at the Confederation of Danish Industry, said by phone. “There’s no point in speculating that the currency peg will fall,” Arne Lohmann Rasmussen, head of fixed-income research at Danske in Copenhagen, said by phone. One final quote.

Banking 28

Banking Comparison Case Interview Policies 28

MishTalk

JULY 28, 2013

Some sectors have lost even more capacity, with the automobile industry having declined by 40 percent. 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. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31.

Real Estate 77

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 77

Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

Since their founding less than a decade ago, Uber and Airbnb have wrangled with regulators, challenged the taxi and hotel industries, earned extraordinary valuations from venture capital investors — and fundamentally transformed the way people think about urban transportation and travel. That’s true right now.

Hotels 28

Hotels Travel Film Company 28

Management Consulted

JANUARY 4, 2015

This year appears to be a promising year for the consulting industry in general as demand for consulting services around the world steadily increases. In comparison to 2014, salaries appear to be on the rise – although probably not as fast as you prospective consultants would hope. Conclusion.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Boston Consulting Group Deloitte 100

Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2017

To analyze this, we used data from an industry where individuals’ pay and performance are quite transparent across firms and also, at least for some, are quite unequal: Major League Baseball. While sports are different from other industries in many respects, baseball makes a good test case for this kind of study for several reasons.

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Data Sports Metrics Case Interview 32

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

Below is a sample of the research about what happens when algorithms are given control of tasks traditionally carried out by humans (all emphasis mine): In 2002 a team of economists studied the impact of automated underwriting algorithms in the mortgage lending industry.

Research 28

Research Policies Study Data 28

Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2021

Applying for a job entails completing online questionnaires, writing cover letters, and undergoing psychometric assessments before you are even invited for an interview. Although attending a top college will help you stand out in the screening process, your academic prowess should be exemplary in comparison to your peers.

Development 88

Development Consulting Cover Letters Recruiting 88

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I'm not sure that the comparison of "McKinsey uses only frameworks" and "BCG does custom work" is necessarily true. perspective, you got offers from the two best firms in the consulting industry. Any other important things you think as important. My Reply: First off, congratulations. Now, onto your questions. From a U.S.

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McKinsey Case Interview Policies Interviews 40

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It had no track record to point to when targeting and interacting with top talent during its early years, and indeed no recognized industry to point to. Interviewing and Hiring. Managers are excessively confident about their ability to evaluate candidates based on personal interviews. For instance, is the candidate coachable?

Sales 28

Sales Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It had no track record to point to when targeting and interacting with top talent during its early years, and indeed no recognized industry to point to. Interviewing and Hiring. Managers are excessively confident about their ability to evaluate candidates based on personal interviews. For instance, is the candidate coachable?

Sales 28

Sales Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 28

MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ Guest Post I mention the above to prove Culpepper is highly regarded in the industry. For the sake of comparison, Chicago has around $7.2

Financial 28

Financial Engineering Finance Government 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Female board representation at the S&P 500 has not increased significantly over the past decade and, at 18.7%, pales in comparison to the figures in most of Europe. To better understand perceptions of quotas, we interviewed over 60 male and female directors in both the U.S. In Europe, Denmark is another outlier.

Recruiting 28

Recruiting Recruitment Interviews Company 28

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Other consultancy is well-focused on particular industries. Over time, you’ve maybe shifted a little bit who you’re focusing on the industry depending on what’s happening in the economy, but you have certainly identified specific types of people within organizations. Has it evolved over time? We don’t do that.

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Consulting Company Sales System 100

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

” This “ next best alternative ” for the target is the essential point of comparison for calculating the value-based price. To accomplish this step, marketers typically use research methods like conjoint analysis or qualitative customer interviewing. The value-based price of Brand A’s TV is $949.

B2B 28

B2B Productivity Case Interview Comparison 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2016

If you’re a hiring manager, you’re probably happiest getting a sense of a candidate through unstructured interviews, which allow you to randomly explore details you think are interesting and relevant. These interviews should not be your evaluation tool of choice; they are fraught with bias and irrelevant information.

Interviews 28

Interviews How To Talent Data 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2017

By comparison, there are 17.1 “We started it,” author and surgeon Atul Gawande told Vox’s Sarah Kliff in an interview in September. Based on weighted estimates, 92 million, or 37.8%, of American adults used prescription opioids the prior year (2014); 11.5 million, or 4.7%, misused them; and 1.9

Insurance 28

Insurance Insurance Survey Pharmaceuticals 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Many male mentors we interviewed stated that they often learned more from their female mentee than she did from him! These competitive differences are largely associated with socio-cultural differences related to gender socialization in cultural comparison research and effects of single/mixed gender schooling research.

Case Interview 28

Case Interview Research Study Report 28

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Kerry''s Preposterous Comparison. Kerry looks like a complete fool (as well as an Obama tool) to make the comparison he did. However, from numerous interviews with doctors, Ghouta residents, rebel fighters and their families, a different picture emerges. Five Simple Facts. Syria has no desire to rule the world. Rush to War.

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Chemicals Case Interview Comparison Interviews 77