CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: I have been following your blog at CaseInterview.com and using your video for my case interview practice. I did exactly this in one management consulting interview and got dinged -- the biggest feedback I received was I lacked creativity (which I intentionally suppressed to make sure that I was not jumping around).

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? In reality, McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting Group are tied for first, so Booz & Company is a close 2 nd place. BOOZ & COMPANY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Have an upcoming Oliver Wyman interview? Marketing and Sales - utilizes in depth analysis and scientific experimentation to develop innovative ways to add significant value for leading firms. Additionally, a lack of an advanced degree would not knock you off that path (like it would at McKinsey, BCG or Bain). Website: [link].

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

To do this, they should possess a keen understanding of the client’s target market and existing customer base, as well as the ability to recommend clear and actionable strategies to increase sales, expand the customer base, and develop new product offerings that will appeal to customers.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

Following is a report from a CaseInterview.com student that was recently hired by BCG in Western Europe where he shares his experience interviewing with BCG in Europe. I am not only writing to thank for your helpful material, but also to explain my experience during the interviewing process.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

I was recently sent this email from a student who has upcoming interviews with Bain and McKinsey asking me to clarify some details on my profit loss framework below is his question as well as my response. in the interview process, generally we simplify the process to assume the two are the same.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 13, 2021

A question I am asked often is how to utilize all of the various frameworks and advice on frameworks out there on other case interview prep sites? As a former McKinsey case interviewer, the problem I see with too many frameworks or being wedded to any framework at all is this. This is definitely not good.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

has been helpful in leading me towards receiving multiple job offers - eventually accepting an offer from McKinsey Milan, Italy. In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. Most interviews ended with them smiling and wishing me good luck.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Question: Thanks to the material proposed on your website as well as to a lot of practice sessions with my friends (I don't have a business background), I managed to successfully pass my first round interview with BCG. So at one point in the case, the interviewer said, "Let's fast forward three years. Mathematically, both could work.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

You can perform better in a consulting interview by having an upfront preview of what types of questions might be thrown your way. They can also refresh their sales and marketing approaches. Consulting interview questions about competition deal with beating out other industry contenders or responding to something they've done.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Hans-Dieter Kleinhueckelskoten, who both worked at McKinsey. An office opened in Paris in 1989 and another opened in Rotterdam in 1992, founded respectively by Philippe Kaas and Pieter Witteveen, both previously Partners in the local McKinsey offices. Practice Areas .

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Those are of great help as well, especially the ones about "how not to feel nervous on the interview" and "how to get the most from the LOMS" and other tips. What is the best way to summarise/remember the case interview question ? 3) Confirm with the interviewer what you heard. 2) Remember what you heard.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 16, 2019

Below is a success story from a student who was an experienced hire who passed five BCG interviews. This story offers insight into the recruiting process for experienced hires as well as tips for success in the interview. This is a summary of my experience going through BCG interviews as an experienced hire. Success Story.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 25, 2019

Some thoughts/observations on the BCG Internship interview process below, which might be of interest to you (although I imagine you get a lot of these!). I think the key thing is that as soon as the interviewer stops, you (the candidate) need to continue onwards with the case unless they pull you another way. I had an L.E.K.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 4, 2020

Generate $1 in sales within 90 days from this new revenue source.”. My client thought to himself, “Shoot, even my 8-year-old son can generate $1 in sales from a lemonade stand on a Saturday afternoon. Surely my entire team and I can generate $1 in sales in a quarter.”. It took them roughly 75 days to get that first $1 in sales.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 28, 2015

These are: The McKinsey Way by Ethan Rasiel. nurturing marketing and selling skills for consulting (for example, I highly recommend books like Winning the Professional Services Sale by Michael McLaughlin ). One site that sells such a book (“ The Consulting Interview Bible “) is ManagementConsulted.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. However, US-based clients still account for the vast majority (around 75%) of sales. FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. First round FTI Consulting interviews are generally straight forward. Interviews are seen as a two-way street by the majority of the interviewers.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. So, if in a profitability case, I explore cost and sales.

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CaseInterview.com

JANUARY 26, 2021

Before I share what I do personally and why I do it, I thought I’d start by explaining what happens before and at the start of a McKinsey engagement. Before McKinsey is hired, the many stakeholders in a company (various executives and the board of directors) all have endless opinions on what direction a company should go in.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 26, 2023

This may involve traveling to the client’s site to collect data, interview employees, and examine daily operations. It could be evaluated by tracking sales, calculating savings on operational costs, or counting new customer acquisitions. Many management consulting firms refer to McKinsey as the gold standard of the industry.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

So, does BCG give M&A questions while McKinsey gives business cases? 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.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 27, 2014

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. To learn more about this book, read our McKinsey Way Book Review.

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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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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In one of my early McKinsey engagements, I was assigned to conduct 1:1 market research interviews with the client's top customers. For example, I have expertise in the case interview. Yet, much of what I write and teach about these days isn't directly related to the case interview. This isn't an accident.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 17, 2020

It occurred to me that looking at metrics and finding the story that the numbers are telling is something I’ve done ever since my first job working at McKinsey. I see a company with failing sales that’s actually two businesses commingled — one that’s failing and one that’s actually doing fine. I see a story.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 20, 2017

Unleashed by Will Bachman Unleashed offers long-form interviews with successful top-tier independent management consultants. We publish two episodes per week: a core marketing lesson on Mondays and an expert interview on Thursday. Learn all the skills of McKinsey and BCG consultants without having to work at a consulting firm.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 3, 2016

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Product: Does our revenue come primarily from ticket sales or other sources? By appealing to a wider and younger audience, our client could attract visitors who previously were uninterested in the museum’s offerings, leading to more sustainable ticket sales over the next five years. Company: What is our cost structure? Consentino.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I first started recruiting for consulting jobs, an interviewer at Bain shared a story (arguably a legend at this point) about how Bain (or it might have been McKinsey) was asked to advise Motorola on whether or not they should enter the mobile phone market. This would be a textbook strategy created by McKinsey, Bain or BCG.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 23, 2020

If sales and retention are on target, but you have no cash left in the bank, something is wrong. If you found this post useful, I suggest becoming a registered member (it's free) to get access to the materials I used to pass 60 out of 61 case interviews , land 7 job offers, and end up working at McKinsey.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Jason : After finishing one year of university I joined the army to serve my country for two years, and while in the army I came across a book called the ‘McKinsey Way’. I had never heard of firms like McKinsey or BCG, not to mention the term ‘management consulting’. Below are two examples of what I did to land an interview.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 1, 2020

If you don’t adapt your sales and marketing messages to your target market’s new priorities, your sales will suffer. This might be an opportunity to change sales messaging. Other times, you have to find where the market has shifted toward. Sometimes, prospects are still willing to buy what you sell, but why they buy has changed.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. 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). My second thought was, "Look at all that unnecessary cost.". but was still profitable!

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

McKinsey & Company. Yes, the great McKinsey has its headquarters in New York, located at 55 E 52nd St on the 21st Floor. Founded in 1926, McKinsey now has its largest global office in New York with more than 500 consultants. Drum roll… 1. The Boston Consulting Group.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

The company specializes in enterprise cloud computing applications, particularly customer relationships management (CRM), allowing companies to automate their sales and customer service processes. Interview Tips & Tricks. If you make the cut, you can expect to be contacted for a phone interview within 3-6 weeks.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

as an inside sales associate for half the salary than the consulting offer. Inside sales in tech is a dead-end job. As an engineer + inside sales, that's a very rare profile in terms of self-raising capital. At the same time one of the big tech companies has offered me a position in Silicon Valley.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 13, 2015

As you’ve likely already figured out, the case interview is a very unusual creature. Besides, McKinsey doesn’t make more if you work 60 hours a week – they get paid a flat rate per project, not by the hour. Do not use the word “framework” in your interview. High impact in a short time is the name of the game.

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