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Making an impact at interviews

The Management Centre

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. Here, Yvette Gyles , =mc Director and coach explains how to prepare for such meetings with confidence.

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

Tom Spencer

Now, to move forward, you have to understand and prepare extremely well for the interviews. This article will give you a helicopter view of the interview process, and then dive into one part of it. The structure of the interview process is surprisingly similar across firms. One is called the ‘Fit Interview’.

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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. Maybe you do not want to learn something new, but this is also a good time to try a new activity. You did it! Try a New Activity.

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The Six-Minute Hypothesis Rule

CaseInterview.com

Email: I am an MBA student at a leading Indian B-school and successfully secured offers following my AT Kearney interview and BCG interview for their [ City in India ] office last week. I had three interview rounds each at both A.T. Thanks a lot once again for all the help. This is a big problem.

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4 Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom during an MBA

Tom Spencer

Through teamwork you learn how to assert your position and also how compromise in all areas where a decision needs to be made: separating roles and responsibilities, selecting fonts and graphics to use in a presentation, creating a meeting agenda, deciding on a meeting place and time, you get the idea. Time management.

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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

When you’re managing managers, your responsibilities are two-fold: you need to make sure they’re producing good work (as with any employee) and that they’re effectively supporting their teams. You might know how to do the former, but how do you do the latter? And how do you serve as a good role model?

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How to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager

Harvard Business

Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone? To gain some perspective on how to handle this kind of challenge, I reached out to some management experts for their point of view on the skills and personalities to look for. Is It Time to Quit Your Job?