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All you need to know about the interview (Part 1: Overview and Fit Interview)

Tom Spencer

Fit Interviews are all about showing your compatibility with a firm’s working environment and culture. In short, the Case Interview process in management consulting firms is designed to measure your real capability and potential to be a consultant from day one. Walk me through your resume.”. Why are you interested in our firm?”.

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Book Recommendation: Four Thousand Weeks

Kai Davis

Convenience culture seduces us into imagining that we might find room for everything important by eliminating only life’s tedious tasks. The more you try to manage your time with the goal of achieving a feeling of total control, and freedom from the inevitable constraints of being human, the more stressful, empty, and frustrating life gets.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

After all, she says, the goal with any reference check is to “go beyond simply verifying facts” on a resume. Begin by saying something like, “We are seriously considering Mary to be a project manager here. Brian called two of Richard’s references, his former manager and a former colleague. Find ways in.