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15 Best Business Podcasts for Independent Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Unleashed by Will Bachman Unleashed offers long-form interviews with successful top-tier independent management consultants. We discuss what actually works in generating business, from writing books to organizing events to old-fashioned relationship building. Sales for Nerds by Reuben Shwartz. The wine is just for fun.

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Know Your Weaknesses

CaseInterview.com

I’m terrible at attention to detail (it hurts my brain too much) and even worse at anything aesthetically oriented (anything from fashion to website design to creating visually impactful slides). If you’re not great at sales, find someone who is. If you find case interviews painful, you definitely don’t want to be a consultant.

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Cracking Pricing Strategy Case Studies

Tom Spencer

Therefore, you are likely to come across pricing problems in your case interviews. Showing your interviewer that you know about the concepts laid out below will set you apart from other candidates. The luxury fashion industry often uses this approach. superior after-sale service, Gucci brand, etc.)?

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Why You Should Always Go Off-Script in a Job Interview

Harvard Business

You’ve just landed an interview for your dream job. If you’re like most people, you’ll spend hours, perhaps days, preparing for that interview. But, in spite of your careful preparation, your interviewer might not evaluate your skills, ability, and potential using an equally thorough process. Further Reading.

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Options for Post Consulting Careers

CaseInterview.com

Or a problem involving sales and marketing over-selling and over-promising in their messages, causing the client to have unrealistic expectations? Work for one of the major fashion designers in NYC. If you went to work for a fashion designer on the design side, I think consulting would be a liability. Is that a design problem?

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The consulting case study: What you need to know

freshminds

There are four steps which will greatly increase your chances of success by helping you to structure your answer in an intelligent and commercially aware fashion. 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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If Only It Was So Easy

Martinka Consulting

A friend feels she recently dodged a bullet during an interview. When arriving at the company the first person she met said, “Oh, you’re here to interview for my job.” It appears the interviewer overheard at least some of the conversation, didn’t say anything, and then told the recruiter how she didn’t like that conversation.