Tom Spencer

MAY 20, 2018

The reason that this framework is worth introducing is due to the increasing frequency of M&A cases confronting candidates in the case interview. Of course, financial experts have many detailed definitions of M&A. Yes, M&A is not all about finance! Here, you just need to remember this simple description.

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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. I was selected to interview at both the NIH and the DoD and subsequently was offered positions in both organizations.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Do you sweat when nervously thinking about how Disney can expand its operations in Brazil? Learn more about the interview preparation course and guide that helped land offers at BCG, Accenture, and McKinsey. Master fit questions, conquer case studies, and become the smartest interviewer in the room.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 22, 2017

SpareHire is an online work marketplace for finance and consulting projects.” TalMix is a bidding marketplace, offering consulting opportunities in strategy, market research, due diligence, competitive intelligence, operations, and program management. Rates to the client (not to you) range from $75-200 per hour. Q: What are the fees?

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. Of course, I was admiring the company's financial management while also feeling a little chilly. In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008.

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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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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 8, 2020

Interestingly enough, I was watching an interview with Bill Gates last night. His foundation has decided to provide the financing to build seven vaccine manufacturing factories — one for each of the seven most promising vaccines currently in clinical trials.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 3, 2016

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Though this decommissions 1/7 of the firm’s operating days, it has done nothing to harm Chick-Fil-A’s growth, with the company continuing to post impressive same-store-sales numbers over multiple consecutive years. Interview Tips & Tricks. In the interview, Chick-Fil-A takes it to the next level by getting funky.

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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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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2017

I’ve also independently developed a number of online courses so have thought deeply about which kind of programming is appropriate for professionals’ needs. Through informational interviews and background research (such as scanning leaders’ LinkedIn profiles), try to get a sense of their educational background.

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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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Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

If the company is considering a certain course of action, does it have sufficient funds available to undertake the project? This can be done by segmenting costs into value chain activities: inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, sales & marketing, customer service. What’s the break even analysis? Cost Structure.

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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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Emerson Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

No one under him has served as the top officer of an operation as large as his, and no one outside the company comes to mind as someone he can turn to and confide in. Plus, of course, he dare not reveal to his executive team that their own paychecks are in jeopardy due to circumstances beyond his control.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. Operating margin: earnings per sales, which indicates the entrepreneur’s ability to earn revenue.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

Do you wonder how to get the word out about a book you have recently published in addition traditional actions like book reviews and radio interviews? No one under him has served as the top officer of an operation as large as his, and no one outside the company comes to mind as someone he can turn to and confide in.

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Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But there is a pattern among these critics, which is that they rarely ask how well the systems they analyze would operate without algorithms. Improving on the Status Quo.

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Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2017

In contrast, under employment, the hiring party basically calls all the shots: what the individual does, how they do their work and when they do it, what they are permitted to do and not do, what performance is deemed acceptable, and of course the rate of pay. These distinctions matter.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Oil has proved crucial to financing Isis’s operations, netting several million dollars a day. So, we blow up refineries owned and operated by civilians and it is buried in the news, with no hint of an apology or restitution offered to the refinery owners or to Syria. We will plan the work for next season.

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Energy Productivity Financial Government 78

MishTalk

AUGUST 6, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Operation Twist (2011). EDT by announcing the implementation of Operation Twist. In essence, the Feds balance sheet does reflect announcements (and of course the absurdity of those announcements). This Week in Money Interview. Mike "Mish" Shedlock.

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Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Back in my GE days, the Finance Director was skeptical about the merits of the HR function which he labeled the ‘Health and Happiness Department.’ Devise a semi-structured interview format and ask the customers what they want from you. As the doors opened in Hell she stepped out onto a beautiful golf course. Ask the customer.

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Benchmarking Development Case Interview Sports 40

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. Of course, the journey isn’t over. What values drove them?

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Emerson Consulting Group

JANUARY 31, 2019

Operating in this manner, you will no longer feel a need to shoehorn all the features, bells and whistles into the conversation. We should, of course, position ourselves as independent and objective experts, peers of the buyer, who can provide ideas, provocation, and new perspectives on the spot.”.

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Sales Conference Industry Productivity 40

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

Toby Johnson, who I interviewed for my book Reinventing You , taught me this one. Of course, we all want to make good decisions, and it makes for an appealing can-do story to identify the job you want and land it. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail. But recognize that your first job may not be a fit.

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Real Estate Case Interview Deloitte Leadership 43

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2016

He’s a middle-aged former minister of finance for France and a former professor at Harvard Business School. Of course, Atos didn’t ban electronic communication outright. Atos’s operating margin increased from 6.5 While Atos still hasn’t hit 0% email, the reduction efforts are working. percent to 7.5

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Chief among them were behavioral-interview methods to uncover candidates’ intrinsic motivations and biases. We also invested significant leadership time in performing final interviews for all roles — from medical assistants to physician leaders — to ensure that each team member would strengthen the team’s dedication.

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MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Non-recourse loans: A non-recourse loan is a loan for which the lender’s only remedy in case of default is to repossess the property being financed or used as collateral. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31.

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Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising 74

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Its a mixed bag of retail PMI news in Europe today (assuming of course one believes that spending is good). 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. This, of course, can be difficult or uncomfortable.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 4, 2015

So far, Strategy& hasn’t integrated with the consulting division of PwC and operates as separate entity. Summer internships range from a short 10-week period (par for the course in the U.S.) EY also made a bold move to support its strategy consulting group by acquiring Parthenon.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." The Corporate Fund is Chicago’s general operating fund.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Safety is why so-called "closed-course" uses, which keep automated trucks away from the public, are happening first. Traditionally, these trucks would require four drivers to operate 24 hours a day. Jon : Of course trucking companies are excited about this.

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Real Estate Financial Trends Advertising 78

Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2023

I went the safe route and did a couple of interviews with outstanding entrepreneurs. So, of course, when I hit burnout this fall, I was compassionate right away. Ask yourself these three questions: As it relates to pure exhaustion, on a scale of 1-5 where one is “I’m operating on fumes. What about you?

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Energy Exercises Consulting Sales 156

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

That is a part of the CEO’s job, of course. Of course, every organization needs professional managers, and many of the great value-creation stories of business can be traced to their efforts. One would hope the CEO attained his or her position by being one of the best operators in the business. This is poppycock.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The insight you glean through interviews and focus groups provide you an independent and outside point of view - one of the key reasons why executives hire consultants in the first place. You always want to do interviews with them. Sometimes legal and finance, they can be in a group together.

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