Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Job interviews can be nerve-wracking, but with proper preparation, you can significantly increase your chances of success. Whether you’re a fresh graduate or an experienced professional, thorough interview preparation is key to showcasing your skills, qualifications, and personality.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 7, 2019

Here's a list of Case Interview Questions that I've received as a candidate. Keep in mind the interview format (especially for McKinsey) has evolved since the time I went through it as a candidate. How much time does it take to relocated an average size mountain 10 miles using an average size dump truck? McKinsey Case.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Acing the Fit Interview: Strategy and Approach Motivation Questions Effective Storytelling Finessing Negative Stories In the second article of this series, you will learn about the often-underestimated motivation questions like “why consulting?” The interviewer will be expecting a few concise and well-supported reasons. Why consulting?”

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Buzzsprout

JANUARY 8, 2024

Asking your guests engaging questions is pivotal to the success of interview podcasts and helps differentiate your content from other shows. This guide breaks down how to come up with great questions so you can nail your interviews and keep listeners hooked. Can you give an example? What is your best childhood memory?

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 20, 2019

The process and rational I use to answer this specific estimation question can be used as a template to practice answering other estimation questions as you prepare for case interviews. The interviewer's evaluation in this type of question is in assessing the approach you took, not necessarily the specific answer you gave.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Interviews are difficult – they involve researching the company, preparing for informational interviews, and practicing behavioral questions. If you are aiming for a consulting internship or full-time job, there is also an unavoidable hurdle you will need to jump – case interviews. Case interviews can be stressful.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Acing the Fit Interview: Strategy and Approach Motivation Questions Effective Storytelling Finessing Negative Stories In the third article of this series, you will learn about personal experience questions that demand a different approach from motivation questions. It’s crucial that the extent of the challenge is sufficiently underscored.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

Interviews at consulting firms are often broken down into 3 segments: Fit Interview (~10 mins) Case Interview (~30 mins) Questions and Answers (~5 mins) While the vast majority of content out there focuses on the case interview, it is worth pointing out that the fit interview should not be overlooked.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Acing the Fit Interview: Strategy and Approach Motivation Questions Effective Storytelling Finessing Negative Stories In the last article of this series, you will learn about complex questions designed to trip up even the best of candidates. For example: “I have always hated people who are “all talk but no action”.

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Chad Barr

MAY 3, 2023

During the event, I shared numerous examples of how ChatGPT can benefit you. Example #3: Get Interviewed by World-Class Interviewers ChatGPT can act as an interviewer, asking thought-provoking questions in your areas of knowledge to enable you to showcase your expertise. How are you using this amazing tool?

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

You received an interview with a consulting firm! Management consulting interviews generally have two types of assessments, behavioral and casing. Behavioral interview questions help shed significant light on you as a candidate. Examples of these questions could be something as simple as: Tell me about yourself?

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 28, 2022

Case interviews can seem like a daunting task. Thankfully, by taking tangible steps you can be well prepared for your case interviews. In my opinion, a productive place to begin is to watch videos about the case interview. From these videos you can get familiar with the format and process in which a case interview is done.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 12, 2019

This article focuses on how to conclude well in your case interview. What I’m going to do in this post is to give two examples of conclusions to the same case interview: one okay conclusion and one great conclusion. It is part 2 of a 3 part series.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 10, 2022

There are many steps to take in preparing to apply and interview for a consulting position. If you are just starting out, you will find yourself editing your resume, preparing answers for experiential questions, and practicing business frameworks to use in the case interview. Rather, it can encompass the entire interview.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

If you are interested in consulting roles, case interviews are an integral part of that process. Your heartbeat will pulse with excitement when you receive an e-mail letting you know that you made it to the interview stage. The interview is a nerve-wracking experience. This article is going to focus on team interviews.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Consulting firms rely heavily on case interviews to find the right candidate and, therefore, you should practice them – practice them well, start practicing them early (2-3 months prior to the interview), and then keep practicing them often. The 2 case interview styles are Interviewer-led and Interviewee-led cases.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 5, 2020

It is a classic case interview question, in which a candidate is asked to make an estimate. When a consultant meets with the CEO of a major airline to discuss growth strategy, for example, they may need to do a market sizing to get a grasp of how big the broader market is. Reading Time: 4 minutes. How big is the market?

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Steve Shu Consulting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

As another example, the younger generation thinks about finance and life very differently than older generations. We understand some of these differences better than others (such as innumeracy and its impacts). How to better address individual behavioral differences and situations will be an ongoing opportunity where people will need help.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 28, 2022

Almost every case interview across all consulting industries includes one specific section devoted to evaluating the interviewee’s ability to handle a mathematical problem. Firstly, it will allow you to receive feedback from your interviewer in case your method of finding the correct answer is incorrect. Accuracy beats speed.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 21, 2019

I recently received an email from a reader about being rejected by Boston Consulting Group and how he could have better answered the case interview question he was given to help him practice for his next interview with Bain. One of the mistakes I think this reader made was that he assumed the question was an interview question.

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The Management Centre

AUGUST 10, 2020

In our coaching practice and on our personal effectiveness programmes we often help people who are getting ready for interviews. These could be interviews for new jobs, or meetings with new supporters, or pitches. Why we need to make an impact in interviews. Interviews are tough. They are also very strange. Getting ready.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 10, 2021

Many candidates spend numerous hours perfecting their resumes, preparing for case and technical interviews, and crafting their fit story. Conducting due diligence on the company you are interviewing for will help you build rapport with the interviewer, learn the firm’s culture and values, and showcase that you did your homework.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 25, 2020

For example, "industry consolidation" refers to the process of small businesses merging into a larger business so that an industry with many small companies ends up being an industry with only a few large companies. What general business concepts (not necessarily case interview concepts) do/did you find confusing?

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 11, 2019

The following is an example of a real-life case a student received and my advice on how to go about solving the case step by step. Question: I have a question regarding a case I had in an interview with AT Kearney last month. I never used it when I was interviewing but have used the framework on-the-job.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

It is easy to put a lot of pressure on yourself during interview season, especially when your classmates are receiving interviews for firms you’re interested in. This blog post is mostly about what to do when you receive an interview at that firm you’ve been eyeing for some time. So, if this is you, congrats! Determination.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

You can generally tell whether you did well in an interview based on the connection you built with the interviewer. You have probably been in situations where an interview felt uneasy and awkward because of a lack of chemistry with the interviewer. The interview process is not a perfect system. Talk about them.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 27, 2021

The biggest challenge of getting into a consultancy is the case interviews. Fortunately, there are numerous resources to help you prepare for these case interviews. One mistake that almost all applicants make during their interview preparation is, although it may sound counterintuitive, to practice too many full cases.

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Management Consulting Prep

MARCH 5, 2020

Estimation question & market sizing in case interview. The post Estimation example & tips with mental math appeared first on Management Consulting Prep.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It turns out that preparing for case interviews is fairly similar to preparing for Taekwon-Do Competitions. For example, in Taekwon-Do you learn forms or patterns of moves, which increase in difficulty as you test for a higher belt. You too can achieve success in your consulting interviews. Learning Frameworks. Setting Goals.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2021

Consulting case interviews require lots of preparation. Consequently, if you want to be well prepared for your case interview, you will probably have to expect 1-2 months of intense preparation, after which it is not yet certain whether you will receive the job offer. On average probably 1-2 months.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2021

It seems like coaching is a necessary part of the consulting interview prep process and without it you don’t have a chance of getting an offer. A coach can be a peer who is prepping for consulting interviews, a person willing to offer their time who has a consulting job, or someone who does coaching full time. When to seek out a coach.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 22, 2021

A part of me can’t believe that I’m actually going to write about the Meghan Markle interview with Oprah. However , for some reason I can’t quite articulate, I decided to watch the full interview. Invariably, interviews like this end up becoming a battle of narratives. If you haven’t watched the interview, it’s worth watching.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 20, 2019

In my last blog post I wrote about how new grads can navigate interview season when they finally receive a consulting interview they’re excited about. After this post was published, students reached out to me asking for examples of ‘fit’ questions. You can find the full article here. What do you enjoy doing for fun? Make sense?

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 10, 2014

During an interview, it is common to be asked “Tell me about yourself.” The fit interview is where magic happens , where your true self comes out, and where the interview is ultimately decided. The fit interview is the tiebreaker, so you best be on your game. Au contraire, peeps. Why Consulting?

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. An example of one of his first questions was, “Are Federal expenditures for relief and recovery too great, too little, or about right?” Interviewing – Call Centers – Non-consulting (create surveys/capture data/analyze data). Bilingual Outbound Interviewer.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

A major portion of the consulting case interview tests your quantitative skills. So your interviewers want to know that you’re comfortable with math and have strong analytic reasoning skills. Here is a play-by-play of how you should approach a case interview: . Your interviewer should be able to follow along easily.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 15, 2017

KALYPSO INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. rounds of interviews, the first of which may consist of connecting with a recruiter for a phone screen. Next, you will be called in for a case interview, which will usually take place in front of a panel of interviewers. “ Nervous about your case and behavioral interview chances?

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