Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

First things first, your consulting application is the most important part of the recruitment process for two reasons. The HR person will look at your Resume, Cover Letter, and Transcript and decide whether you are qualified to attend a first round interview. Craft exceptional application materials (Cover letter and Resume).

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

Are you able to synthesize the information the interviewer gave you, probably on an industry you’re unfamiliar with, and understand the case you need to crack? Second, it’s whether you’re able to develop a plausible hypothesis and insights given marginal information. Do you have the leadership and motivation necessary to succeed?

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Comatch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A significant number of businesses are turning to independent consultants or outsourcing as a way to complete projects, meet short-term objectives, or simply obtain specialized expertise and valuable perspectives that aren’t available otherwise. Here are the topics to explore with a consultant before making that hiring decision.

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Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

BATES WHITE ECONOMIC CONSULTING. Bates White Economic Consulting is a highly reputable boutique firm that has been gathering momentum in recent years. In case you hadn’t figured it out by now, Bates White is a boutique economic consultancy firm headquartered at Washington, D.C. Economics is currently being led by Hans W.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Beau approached us a few months ago to ask about breaking into consulting. He had the epiphany that consulting was his calling in life, and went searching for details – finding MC in the process. Is my resume where it needs to be? Well, let’s just go through the resume and maybe that will lead into some of my questions.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn how to market yourself through your resume and cover letter so that you will get the interview. Topics Covered: How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. Your resume needs to show all of these skills. Academic Performance.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? Unfortunately, Danielle at HR just called to inform me that I won’t be receiving an offer. Here are some possible criteria for resume rejections.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Founded in Boston, MA , and containing the heart and DNA of consulting industry giant Bain & Company, Bridgespan is the key non-profit consulting firm in today’s consulting industry. Bridgespan Employees: 15-60 Consultants. Their services emphasized analytical consulting. Strategy Consulting.

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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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Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2020

You and your leadership team are facing a decision, so you gather a wealth of data – and then you gather some more. When we come upon this leadership situation, we have – literally – one word of advice: Decide! Fear can paralyze your leadership team, stopping you from making the decisions you need to make. Fear of being wrong.

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Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2020

You and your leadership team are facing a decision, so you gather a wealth of data – and then you gather some more. When we come upon this leadership situation, we have – literally – one word of advice: Decide! Fear can paralyze your leadership team, stopping you from making the decisions you need to make. Fear of being wrong.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. Why did you decide to pursue management consulting? Jeff : I had little idea about management consulting until my second year at university.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

With the 2018 application cycle in full swing for a number of top-tier consulting firms, many of my MD and PhD colleagues have been inquiring about how they can leave academia, if only for a few years, and pursue a career change in management consulting. Boston Consulting Group : Bridge to BCG. Introduction. Case Practice.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 15, 2022

In this article, we will explore the 7 main differences between internal strategy and management consulting. 7 differences between internal strategy and management consulting. In a management consulting firm, you will be carefully taught a rigorous problem-solving approach, which you can apply to any situation. Flexibility.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 19, 2017

Today we highlight business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Intuit. Intuit is a financial software and information technology company that has spent an impressive 13 years on Fortune’s list of the Best Companies To Work For by pledging to “Simplify the Business of Life!” ” Enjoy!

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Management Consulted

MARCH 18, 2015

A great company that started from humble beginnings, IMS Health is a global leader in providing solutions in the healthcare scene specializing in information, services and technology. With so many diverse arms of the company, today we will be focusing on IMS Consulting Group, a branch of the massive IMS Health organization.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 18, 2019

At consulting firms like McKinsey, you will receive a personal experience interview (or McKinsey PEI). Despite the emphasis I and others places on the case interview, it is important that you be prepared for the more general interview questions that are based on your consulting resume. First, let's step back for a moment.

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Brimstone Consulting

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Define Your Leadership Model. Take the time to define your leadership model and to make it explicit. Articulating and codifying your leadership model will help you better understand where you excel, your focus, and what you enjoy as a leader. How do you define poor leadership? How do you affect change? Assess Your Value.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2015

Consulting. Consulting is a global management consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and analytical rigor to help clients solve their most critical business problems. This will be of particular interest for students and recent graduates who are looking to pursue a career in the management consulting industry.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Do you stumble when asked why you’d be a great consultant? We’ve helped 1600+ people land interviews and offers in the consulting world (including such esteemed firms as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte and Mercer). Let’s be honest - breaking into consulting is hard. ” -Giulia, Chicago Booth alum.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From this noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of Booz Allen Hamilton’s finest moments from the early years was in the 1950s when Time Magazine dubbed it “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm.” Information Technology. Consultant.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. PARADE is an acronym that stands for: P roblem.

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Management Consulted

MAY 10, 2015

HAY GROUP CONSULTING. In this firm profile, we do a deep dive into Philadelphia-based Hay Group, a darling in the boutique organizational consulting realm. Hay and Associates, Management Consultants.” This resulted in Saatchi Consulting, of which Milton Rock was the Management Director. 1. Leadership and talent.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

The Fit Interview will include deceptively simple questions such as: “Why did you choose consulting?”. In contrast, the Case Interview will put you in the position of a real consultant. The case interviewer will act like a client, waiting for you to probe for information, and for you to tell him or her your solution to the problem.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I hadn't applied during the regular recruiting season as I was planning on going directly to an MBA program and trying to get into consulting afterwards. Before my interviews with both firms, I actually got rejected from non- management consulting jobs (even though they were both less prestigious firms and would have been backups for me).

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

My written case consisted of a pack of information about a company and the task to distill a strategic advice in the form of a powerpoint , all within two hours. The many questions and overdose of information were rather overwhelming, so I decided pretty early what the story was I wanted to tell. You need to have good answers ready.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

From this innovative and noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of their finest moments in the early years was when Time magazine dubbed the firm, “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm”, at the end of the 1950s. Information Technology.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Among them was an offer for Deloitte’s Federal Consulting practice – from Penn State, people had been hired in the past at 2 levels and Sam – with strong extracurriculars and work experience at Nike – should have been a strong candidate for the higher position. He, however, wanted to do something outside supply chain.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 23, 2019

For more information on Accenture’s recruiting process click here. More common at the initial stages of the process, this interview is your opportunity to flesh out the information on your application materials. The achievements and experiences that you had to edit or condense in your resume you now can discuss at greater length.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

BearingPoint started at the height of the consulting boom years in the late 1990s, and was a part of KPMG’s worldwide consulting practice. Read on to discover interesting nuances of culture and competence that are unique to the global consulting firm. This consulting business unit focused on both technology and management.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

The Advisory Board Company is perhaps best known for its membership platform which provides information, research and tools specifically targeted to companies pursuing operational and strategic organization improvement in the U.S. The Advisory Board Company also offers technology, management, and consulting services. Kirshbaum).

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at T-Mobile. Power and Associates, a global marketing-information-services firm, as the highest in retail store satisfaction amongst its competitors consecutively for the the past four years and also the highest for customer care two years consecutively.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 17, 2015

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Airbnb. After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, finished assessments and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days. Are you an employer?

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 15, 2017

Today we highlight Kalypso, a young but emerging player in the consulting market. Working in a wide variety of industries ranging from Consumer Goods to Life Sciences, Kalypso is establishing itself as a player to be noticed in the tech consulting niche. Innovation & Change Leadership. Practice Areas. Digital Innovation.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2017

Companies have become much more likely to dismiss their chief executive officers over the last several years because of a scandal or improper conduct by the CEO or other employees — including fraud, bribery, insider trading, inflated resumes, and sexual indiscretions. We see five reasons for the rise of ethics-based dismissals.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

I am super excited to introduce you all to Charles Browne, the latest graduate from the Consultant’s Institute, who has got an amazing new business that he is launching, so welcome. So, I know that you didn’t just wake up one day and say hey I want to start a consulting business, you’ve been thinking about it for a while.

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