Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Prior to Accenture offering me a position, one of my interviewers asked me “what attracted you to consulting?”. This is a common question in consulting interviews, and it is one that usually throws people off. I strongly believe in authenticity, preparing ahead, and applying personal experience and skills in every interview question.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

To do this, they should possess a keen understanding of the client’s target market and existing customer base, as well as the ability to recommend clear and actionable strategies to increase sales, expand the customer base, and develop new product offerings that will appeal to customers.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 14, 2022

I'm in the middle of what I'm calling my "Favorite Executive Series of all time" series, and so, of course, I had to include Sarah King in this series! Why HR often IS your client and not the gatekeeper if you're in the organization development, leadership development, or change management consulting space. So get ready!

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Management Consulted

JUNE 12, 2016

With 27 offices worldwide, Parthenon-EY is still a new venture, although it is has gained decent market share in the 2 years it has been operational. The practice areas at Parthenon-EY reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm. PARTHENON-EY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Practice Areas. Consumer Products.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Initially, I wanted to interview Jared because he has done a fantastic job carving out a unique position in the market as a specialized futurist. If you got a big vision for your business and your life, but need a jolt of inspiration on how to make it happen, listen in to this powerful interview with Jared. Jared Nichols [link].

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. In 2005, the firm developed their first 5-year plan with a goal to double revenues from approximately $427M to $1B in 5 years. There are 2 Senior Vice Presidents as well – one heads up Strategic Development and the other serves as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . In 2000, the group launched its first website, www.bridgespan.org, and started operations from a Boston-based office. In 2003, Bridgespan created the “Bridgestar” initiative to focus on leadership development and to help professionals transition into nonprofit careers.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. In this job I managed investigator initiated clinical trials, scientific messaging and key opinion leader development.

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Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

Ramit is a junior at Duke University who successfully aced his on campus interview. However, he did receive some puzzling feedback from his interviewers, leading him to contact Jenny Rae to guide him through how to use the input constructively for his final interview on site at BCG. This week I talked to the two interviewers.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 29, 2022

Human resource teams are critical to the growth of a company since employees typically represent both the biggest operating expense and largest off-balance sheet asset for most businesses. They look for several details such as education, previous experience, and goals for the new role in extensive interview processes. Compensation.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 22, 2017

My last article discussed working with consulting agencies to supplement your business development efforts. Sample projects include company valuation, workshop development, competitive analysis, financial projections, go-to-market plans, performance measurement, and pricing. Some are fixed price, some by the hour.

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Rick Conlow

MARCH 1, 2023

Interviews in seven hundred companies of 2 million employees suggest that the productivity of employees depends on their relationship to their boss. Operates with position power. Provides on-going training and development. In addition, go here for our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

Given political climates around the world and a new wariness around international cooperation, the private sector could find itself in the hot seat: trying to pick up the slack on big issues from climate change to sustainable development. The problem is that the private sector is not easily organized to create or bolster public goods.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts. I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations. That’s a lot of bending!

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

Booz developed a theory that said businesses could be more profitable and successful if they could garner advice from impartial outsiders. Intelligence & Operations Analysis. Candidates will be interviewed on campus or by phone. Rohit Bhagat – Global Chief Operating Officer – Barclays Global Investors.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 8, 2020

However, once the right vaccine is developed, it still has to be manufactured in extremely large quantities and safely. Interestingly enough, I was watching an interview with Bill Gates last night. There’s a growing concern around having enough medical staff available who know how to operate a ventilator.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 26, 2015

Tom: Accenture offers a range of services including Strategy, Digital, Technology and Operations. Additionally this specialisation may not be specific to an industry but could be related to our technology, strategy, digital or operations business. Tom: Does Accenture use the case interview in its recruitment process?

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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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Jerry Fletcher

MAY 8, 2021

where you sit down with a prospect and learn about her/his operation and get to ask questions from which you will develop a proposal. If they were uncomfortable talking about any part of the operation, now is the time to ask. Each of us learn in the course of an engagement. Headed for indispensable. Do not sell.

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

It typically is a set of roles at the center and dedicated or aligned roles in the operating units. We worked with a large oil and gas company with operations spread across North America. The first step taken with the client was to define guiding principles for their business operations to help define a design logic. An Example.

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freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Here are some examples of different approaches across industries; Management Consulting : tend to use “operational” type case studies (more details below). The Ivy Case is a system created by a Harvard professor who coached students for interviews at top-tier consultancies such as McKinsey.

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Rick Conlow

JULY 15, 2019

Are you doing interviews but getting no job offers? This post will help you in these two situations: You are considering that you need a new job, and are beginning the job seeking and interview process. The lesson learned is don’t count on your company or your boss for career development and advancement in your position or pay.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 20, 2017

Unleashed by Will Bachman Unleashed offers long-form interviews with successful top-tier independent management consultants. We publish two episodes per week: a core marketing lesson on Mondays and an expert interview on Thursday. These podcasts are listed in no particular order.]. To listen and subscribe, visit forecast.fm/itunes.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2015

Kearney offers a broad range of services including Analytics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations and Strategy. We have a series of formal and informal training sessions which consultants must join as part of their development – certainly the formal training. Kearney Consulting use the case interview in its recruitment process?

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2018

It’s great CV and interview fodder. For most students, this will probably be the main reason why they join a student consultancy – it looks great on the CV and gives you something to talk about in interviews. You get to develop or learn new skills. This was definitely the case for me.

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Melissa Agnes

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Of course they are closely related. In other words, it would make no sense at all to be changing course to avoid icebergs if the ship is already sinking and people are drowning. In a crisis the choices become fewer rather than more as the situation develops. By Tony Jaques.

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Management Consulted

JULY 5, 2015

Of course, what naturally follows when you play nicely with others is that your superiors (the manager and partner) look like geniuses for trusting you with a particular work stream. Teamwork, and the ability to work with ANYONE in a team, is a critical trait to demonstrate in key interviews. 2 – Networking.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ensuring that your team understands how to operate within their new working conditions is a key part of creating a culture of accountability. As quarantine begins to ease, and businesses are starting to operate as normal again, organizations must take advantage of the changes they have made and assess which ones they want to keep.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 14, 2018

This study uses two rounds of interviewing to identify what the Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman describes as the “inside view” and the “outside view” of the phenomenon. imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S. imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S. market on China.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This is me when I was in my twenties and I just got my master's degree in Organization Development. And I had this team that I was leading around human resource development. We had career development, organizational development, training, and development. How did I start positioning myself in the way that I did?

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This is me when I was in my twenties and I just got my master's degree in Organization Development. And I had this team that I was leading around human resource development. We had career development, organizational development, training, and development. How did I start positioning myself in the way that I did?

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

Its hierarchical authority, specialized division of labor, and standard operating procedures enabled companies to grow far larger than they had ever been. Tens of thousands of agile teams have operated for decades without much awareness — let alone active support — from CEOs. I watched videos and took certification courses.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 1, 2009

From my interview sessions these days, it’s apparent that many of you are uncomfortable with sizing/estimation questions and the assumptions-based arithmetic in tackling these problems. From Steve Shu’s blog – a crash course reading list for new consultants. I offer resume editing and interview prep.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Investments in traditional leadership development are often misguided and a waste of money. It’s not that development itself isn’t important. So they’re looking for ways to cultivate those competencies and, in the process, feeding the fad-driven leadership development market. Paul Garbett for HBR.

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Leadership Deloitte Culture Pharmaceuticals 44

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Consulting-style case interviews are highly effective, and the same format is being adopted more and more widely. The major consultancies have converged on a largely identical interview style, precisely because it excels in picking out the most genuinely capable candidates from the huge pools of applications received.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring.

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Productivity Management Engineering Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 4, 2018

” “Our goal,” it stated, “must be to develop the talents of all to their fullest.” The talents of all are not being developed to their fullest, and many U.S. Google, for instance, provides funding, volunteer hours, and other resources to Khan Academy , which offers a vast assortment of online courses.

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