Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Be prepared for some difficult questions, an example being “what is a decision that you had to make in a fast-paced environment”, possibly prompting you to make the ironic response of “just now as I am taking part in this Hirevue process”. If you continued to impress in step two, you’ll secure yourself an interview with a real human!

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 10, 2018

We overheard male classmates bond with internship interviewers about fantasy football drafts. It is no wonder we came to fear our gender would keep us from achieving the same level of success as our male peers in finance. We turned to those most able to effect change in finance: the professionals actively working in the field.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Knowing the ins and outs of upcoming trends in finance is indispensable for any aspiring consultant. A prime example for such a question is how finance is adapting to the issue of climate change, and might assist its mitigation. Green Finance. Final thoughts.

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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

MAY 13, 2018

As I have been asked by quite a lot of people to share some frameworks, I will use the next 3 posts to walk you through the most frequently used frameworks in the case interview. While you are reading those frameworks and related examples, keep in mind that no framework is the skeleton key to all case interviews.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Stacked full of big-brained folks, most of Analysis Group’s 600+ staff hold advanced degrees in law, economics, finance, accounting or business. To use their legal work as an example, Analysis Group has worked with the 25 largest law firms in the country, which would give you access to some of the greatest legal minds available.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Interviewing with NERA Economic Consulting? The firm advises government divisions, law firms, and major global corporations on governmental regulation (like anti-trust rulings), public policy implications, public, competitive forces, and private financing. NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING. Well, NERA is no MBB. Employee Lifestyle. .

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. TOWERS WATSON CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Be prepared for several rounds of interviews, the first of which usually consists of connecting with a recruiter for a phone screen. It may also consist of a group interview. We offer resume editing and interview prep.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2024

An HR Guide to Company Culture and Your Organizational DNA When it comes to people and organizational dynamics, the concept of company culture can seem nebulous and less vital when compared company strategies, systems, people, or finances. Do your recruiting and interviewing processes effectively assess for cultural fit ?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2023

For example, in a recent consulting engagement, I worked with a company that was struggling with low employee morale. After conducting interviews and surveys, it became clear that the root cause of the problem was a lack of transparency on the part of management. For example, how should a car make decisions in case of an accident?

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Emotional Intelligence Ethics Consulting Case Interview 88

Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2014

” Here is one we got recently from John: A few months ago, I wrote you for advice in regards to resources I could use to prep for interviews in consulting. I then took another internship in finance with Merrill Lynch. I also explored other areas of finance and ultimately decided that I wanted to give investment banking a shot.

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Consulting Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 204

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. Interviewers want to know what you did.

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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

To secure a final round interview at Bain, you would have to be in the top 3% of applicants for that office. The key thing to do after a rejection is to reflect on the interview process and ask for feedback. For example, doing a course on LinkedIn on ‘ Communicating with Confidence ’ could help you develop your interview skills.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In the following interview, Yvette Gyles – Director at =mc talks to Gill Cameron-Waller – Policy, Insights and Communications Manager (pictured below) at Wealden District Council about their exciting journey: Gill, tell me about your role and what it is the Policy, Insights and Communications (PIC) team do at Wealden? How did they do it?

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

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. Over 50 fit questions that you’re guaranteed to hear in consulting interviews. Click to purchase !

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Case Interview Bain McKinsey Interviews 175

The Management Centre

APRIL 8, 2024

Chris Chadford, Learning and Development Manager at the Calico Group In this interview Chris Chadford, Learning and Development Manager at the Calico Group, shares his experience of developing managers so they have commercial, financial and innovation skills. mc: The programme is called the Leading Edge. What’s next?

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Management Groups Development Course 52

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

If you are an undergrad who has been turned down for a summer internship at MBB, going in to finance is your next best bet. In addition, having a finance internship under your belt shows that you’ve got the necessary quant skills to succeed in consulting. Oliver Wyman , OC&C , Roland Berger, or AT Kearney.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 11, 2021

This can range from health to career/finance to how you organize your living space. For example, this could be earning a higher qualification or investing in stocks. Research is also essential when going into job interviews. Try and split up your goals into different categories of life to avoid being overwhelmed with the task.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2020

To understand the target customers on this level, methods such as focus groups, surveys, interviews, and case studies can be successful. Attitudes toward the brand, the way they use it, and their knowledge base are all examples of behavioral segmentation. Brand loyalty is an excellent example of behavioral segmentation.

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Apparel Retail Examples Productivity 103

Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 22, 2017

SpareHire is an online work marketplace for finance and consulting projects.” TopTal is a network of the world’s top 3% of software engineering, design, and finance talent — available on demand to help companies accelerate, adapt, and scale.” The company claims to have 4,000 professionals in its network, all paid on a 1099 tax basis.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 29, 2022

Stories of Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates who dropped out of Harvard are constantly used as examples to amplify this point. A few key examples include: Elon Musk , founder of SpaceX, has an MBA from Wharton. Informational interviews become second nature to the point that rejection no longer leaves a mark on you.

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Ethics Case Interview Case Study Case Studies 88

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

For example, if I’m only going to be working in the defense industry, and there’s not going to be any opportunities outside of that, then that’s maybe less interesting to me. Or anywhere in the process was the position – the level that you were actually interviewing for – discussed? Let me ask you a question. Not explicitly.

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Deloitte Interviews Consulting Finance 100

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

” The first example that comes to mind when you think of the new sharing economy, Uber has fashioned itself as a quicker, cheaper and ultimately better alternative to taxis. Interview Tips & Tricks. Uber looks for and only hires the best, so be prepared to be asked what makes you stand out when you go in for your interview.

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Culture Case Interview Interviews Transportation 100

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

If your interviewer works with insurance companies, there's a good chance you'll get an insurance case. For example, McKinsey Houston I've heard has more Oil & Gas cases than say McKinsey New York City - which has more finance, media, and retail cases. Sometimes it may seem like the interviewers are out to get you.

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Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Insurance 40

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

For example, Pixar doesn’t just make a sequel simply because it knows it would be a box-office success. Interview Tips & Tricks. Pixar’s interview process is both light-hearted and challenging. Instead of its focus being on profit, Pixar’s focus is to “make great films,” which, in turn, creates profit.

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Culture Film Interviews Consulting 113

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Peter: When I was at Warwick, it was a massive feeder school into investment banking, and finance, but slightly less into consulting. Can you talk a bit about the support network at the Consulting Society and how they prepared you for consulting interviews? When you actually began the interviews, what did you discover?

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Deloitte Case Interview Interviews Case Study 100

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 11, 2019

While uncertainty is self-explanatory, if you're not from a finance background, the concept of arbitrage may be new to you. Here's a simple example: Let's say the price of 100 oranges in Los Angeles is $100, and the price of 100 oranges in San Francisco (about a 5-hour drive away) is $1,000. Your profit would be $850.

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Case Interview Interviews Comparison Transportation 40

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Interview Tips & Tricks. When pursuing a position at GP, be prepared for a behavior-based interviewing format. For example, you will be asked to describe a time when you used good judgment and logic to solve a problem, or a time you used your coping skills when faced with a stressful situation. Prepare for interviews.

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Culture Case Interview Interviews Recruiting 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Dropping these terms in interviews can be good, but only as a Master’s student, and only when appropriately practical. Her biggest hangup in case interviews was “de-jargonizing” her language and really understanding the fundamentals of business which an Econ degree had not taught her. And why not math?

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Consulting Engineering Finance Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? It is almost impossible to cover all these aspects in a 30-60 minutes case interview. Once you have laid out your framework, your interviewer will typically make you focus on a specific area of the framework for the rest of the case. M&A Case Examples. IBM Acquisition.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 60

Tom Spencer

JULY 13, 2019

Industry verticals are centered around specific industries, for example telecom and media, healthcare, industrial and consumer goods, or financial services. LEK , for example, is a smaller strategy consulting firm that has a large practice area in healthcare relative to its size. Specialised Consulting. Final Thoughts.

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Consulting Turnaround Healthcare Deloitte 60

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 5, 2020

If the VP of sales maximizes sales without considering what the finance team needs for profitability, collections, or cash management, overall company performance suffers. For example, in basketball, if every player on the team personally tries to score as many points as possible, the team’s overall performance suffers.

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Case Interview Government Resources Interviews 71

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Case Interviews. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Categories. Select Category. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Management Consulting. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer. All rights reserved. Enjoy the Consulting Blog?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2010

Yes, there's much that each sector can learn from the best examples in other sectors of the economy, but I've always believed that the corporate sector should be learning from us when it comes to efficiency and getting the most out of limited resources. Tags: corporate zilch Nonprofit interview books Nancy Lublin management.

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Interviews Nonprofit Case Interview Management 74

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? You’ll typically receive a rejection call after the interview. Example questions to ask are: “Mark – thanks for the call.

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Resumes Consulting Case Interview Interviews 147

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

Corporate finance advisory. For example, in the United States, their presence is limited to The Ivy League, Stanford, Northwestern, and University of Virginia. The hiring process involves a mixture of both behavioral interviews and case interviews. Public policy. Strategic IT. Customer relationship management.

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Oliver Wyman Case Interview Interviews Bain 49

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 8, 2020

Let me give you two examples (one of which I’m personally involved with). 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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