Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. In the span of 9 years, the firm acquired more than 16 consulting companies in 5 different markets, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States and Latin America. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Office Locations.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

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.

Case Interview 81

Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Big Picture.

Sales 73

Sales Real Estate Financial Advertising 73

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. Business A can be profitable if it grows revenues enough to cover the non-product-related operating costs (such as sales, marketing, customer service, finance, and human resources).

Case Interview 59

Case Interview Retail Finance Conference 59

Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2020

It is a critical step towards identifying growth opportunities in business and should be carried out before undertaking any of the following actions: Developing customized marketing programs (e.g. Demographic segmentation divides a market through variables such as age, gender, education level, family size, occupation, income, and more.

Apparel 103

Apparel Retail Examples Productivity 103

The Fearless Marketer

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Your marketing message communicates to the world what your business is about. And your LinkedIn profile is the perfect place to both develop and spotlight your most focused marketing message. This is the fourth of five articles about the 5 Pillars of Marketing, my marketing model that helps get your marketing on track.

Marketing 54

Marketing B2B Media Course 54

Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Sample projects include company valuation, workshop development, competitive analysis, financial projections, go-to-market plans, performance measurement, and pricing. SpareHire is an online work marketplace for finance and consulting projects.” Some are fixed price, some by the hour. Sounds intimidating. More investigation required.

Talent 150

Talent Finance Consulting Development 150

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

The Financial Services Operating Group concerns itself with Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. Accenture careers in this field are all about working with clients to rethink marketing in an age that is simultaneously global in scale yet focusing on the customers as individuals. Finance and Performance Management.

Accenture 45

Accenture Case Interview Operations Automotive 45

MishTalk

JULY 18, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. in June, bringing total sales for the first six months of the year to just 6.44

Analysis 73

Analysis Trends Sales Real Estate 73

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Automatic Earth.

Retail 70

Retail Sales Real Estate Financial 70

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.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

MishTalk

JULY 15, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4%

Retail 64

Retail Trends Sales Real Estate 64

Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

Sales 37

Sales Software Productivity Data 37

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

. – has grown to be the largest quick-service chicken restaurant in the United States based on domestic annual sales. Interview Tips & Tricks. You need to be prepared when interviewing with Chick-Fil-A, because the questions that you will receive are both behavioral, like “Why do you want to work for Chick-Fil-A?”

Culture 100

Culture Cover Letters Case Interview Interviews 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.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Insurance 40

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

The market. The first area consultants typically analyze in M&A cases is the market. This is extremely important because a big part of the success or failure of the acquisition will depend on broader market dynamics. How big is the market? How profitable is the market? How heavily regulated is the market?

Case Study 60

Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 60

Tom Spencer

JULY 15, 2015

Market growth: Has market growth slowed forcing competitors to compete over market share? Market Power: Does the company have market power (product differentiation, proprietary technology, economies of scale, network effects)? If prices are changed, how will this affect sales volume and product perception?

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Operations Sales Analysis 60

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

It’s an important question – and never more so than in today’s market. 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.

Resumes 147

Resumes Consulting Case Interview Interviews 147

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Alex Petrov, former VP of Retail Marketing at PayPal and VP of Consumer Brands at Safeway, joined the company as Vice President of Partnerships. With this power-hitter on the team Square has already entered the market in Japan, and we’re expecting even bigger things ahead in the next year. Interview Tips & Tricks.

Culture 100

Culture Case Interview Interviews Engineering 100

MishTalk

AUGUST 16, 2013

Gold Bull Paulson Cuts SPDR Stake by Half in Bear Market. Bloomberg reports Gold Bull Paulson Cuts SPDR Stake by Half in Bear Market. Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, who told investors as recently as last month that they should own gold, cut his holdings in the metal by more than half as prices plunged into a bear market.

Sales 69

Sales Government Report Marketing 69

Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

It can help to assess the business situation in the context of entering a new market, M&A, product development, and starting a new business. How big is the market? How fast is the market growing? What is the concentration of customers in the market relative to the concentration of firms? What is its market share?

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Industry Productivity Interviews 60

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Depending on the firm and specific role this case could be very strategic and operational like doing a market entry/growth-type case or very technical (i.e. Increased market share : assuming the two companies are in the same industry, bringing their resources together may result in larger market share.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Case Interview Case Study Case Studies 60

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 8, 2020

My work helps clients create surges in market demand and then adapt to sell to and service those new customers. If you have a surge in qualified leads but aren’t closing them, you know the constraint in the overall system lies in the sales team. Interestingly enough, I was watching an interview with Bill Gates last night.

System 111

System Operations Education Training 111

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

We then conducted a series of in-depth individual interviews, delving into pivotal experiences in their personal history and career progression, and using Korn Ferry’s executive online assessment to measure key personality traits and drivers that had an impact. Women could be ready for the CEO role sooner. But what else did you do?

Interviews 28

Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 28

freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Investment banking case studies are a lot more quantitative and tend to focus on reading financial statements and based on a corporate finance deal e.g. a company going public on the stock market. The Ivy Case is a system created by a Harvard professor who coached students for interviews at top-tier consultancies such as McKinsey.

Case Study 53

Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 53

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Compensation and benefits are on par to the market, but not adjusted for NYC living (so for take-home pay you might be better off in Atlanta or Dallas as a young McKinseyite, unless the magnetic draw to the Big Apple is just too much). The office at NYC has grown quite a bit the past ~7 years.

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

As the next installment in our popular Firm Profile series, we take a look at the evolution, reinvention, and current interview tactics of one of the world’s premier consulting firms – IBM. Finance Risk. Marketing Sales & Service. Financial Markets. Enjoy the ride! KEY STATS FOR IBM GBS. Automotive.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Tax Collections, Retail Sales Prove Otherwise. Spains Retail Sales Decline 36th Month. Automatic Earth. Big Picture.

Analysis 70

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 70

Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For reference, my first three questions to owners are: Have you worked with a financial advisor to see how much money you need from the sale to support your next great adventure in life (and do you know what your business is worth – not just what you want for it)? What will you be doing after the sale? Pretty straightforward, right?

Financial 40

Financial Banking Sales Case Interview 40

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I imagine someone interested in product/marketing management is better off going into industry. If someone works in industry for three years in marketing, they have three years of experience in marketing. VP of marketing for Ghiradelli Chocolates (after working in brand management at Clorox). * Any thoughts?

Oliver Wyman 40

Oliver Wyman Consulting Case Interview McKinsey 40

Emerson Consulting Group

JANUARY 31, 2019

Too often otherwise good sales reps fail because they just haven’t learned to stop talking and start listening. The objective of basic sales questions is to identify what your prospect actually wants. By asking more questions and listening even more, you can take any sales conversation to a higher level. By Ken Lizotte CMC.

Sales 40

Sales Conference Industry Productivity 40

MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2013

But recall what Brazil''s finance minister said on March 3, 2012 in a currency war declaration on the US: " When the real appreciates, it reduces our competitiveness. Bhatia, head of the enterprise business at television maker Videocon Industries, said in an August 21 interview. How Can Businesses Operate in A currency Freefall?

Apparel 76

Apparel Finance Hotels Enterprise 76

MishTalk

JULY 23, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Scranton taxpayers could face a 117 percent increase in taxes next year as the citys finances continue to spiral out of control.

Real Estate 77

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 77

1 to 1

JUNE 16, 2022

Consumers in general are connecting more deeply with brands since the pandemic began, and “intimate brands” outperform other companies when it comes to profits and the stock market, the report found. Visits to distribution centers, employee interviews, and ride-alongs with sales representatives were all parts of the process.

Telecommunications 26

Telecommunications Sales Tools Operations 26

Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2018

The paltry market for organic wine around the world belies the fact that over the past half century, countless organic winegrowers and vintners have dedicated great effort to creating a larger market for the category, without much success. ” Organic wine was not strongly embraced by distributors and retailers, either.

Chemicals 35

Chemicals Retail Case Interview Turnaround 35

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. and DoubleLine Capital LP and at least 18 trade groups representing the finance industry, homebuilders and real estate firms.

Real Estate 75

Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising 75

MishTalk

JULY 16, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Hormel Cure 81 hams were allegedly on sale for $3.99 This Week in Money Interview. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition.

Analysis 75

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 75