Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

As a result, the consulting firms want to see strong soft skills demonstrated in the interviews. Which ones will interviewers be looking for you to demonstrate? Below are three key traits that define successful communication in a case interview: Don’t ramble. Likely, your interviewer will feel the same way. Communication.

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Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

The practice areas at Archstone Consulting reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm: Business Strategy. IT Strategy & Operations. Archstone Consulting specializes in working with clients in the Consumer Products (especially packaged goods), Life Sciences, and Manufacturing sectors. Practice Areas.

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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. Jason Oh is a management consulting professional at Novantas, specialized in financial services strategy consulting.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

In some ways, it feels like a boutique firm, whereas in others it feels like a pure strategy firm. Strategy & Analytics. However, it also offers financial, and business strategy consulting as services to corporations and government agencies. Clark Kibler – Director of Product Management – MPARTICLE.

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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? The focus of this article is on Booz & Company because of its focus on strategy. The practice areas of Booz & Company include: Strategy and Leadership. Consumer Products.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. So it was a very significant role and we did very unique things and new to the world type products.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. So it was a very significant role and we did very unique things and new to the world type products.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Interviewing with NERA Economic Consulting? While MBB’s main focus is strategy, economic consulting firms like NERA focus is on economics first and strategy second. . As you can see, the firm covers a much broader spectrum of practice areas than many of the core strategy consulting firms we profile. The key reason?

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Strategy Consulting & Research. Retail & Consumer Products. It also means that interns are at times required to travel and interact with FTI’s clients. How has the firm grown from a podunk, small-town cluster to a global behemoth? Trial Services. Strategic Communications.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I recently wrote an article about the difference between Planned vs. Emergent Career Strategies. The emergent strategy sometimes reveals itself in the process of pursuing the original career plan. Were you traveling? The career plan is one you create at the beginning of your career when you have the least amount of information.

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Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

In fact, the firm is already beating out strategy heavyweights for strategy projects in the tech sector due to better industry specialty. What makes Bulger Partners even more unique among consulting firms is the fact that the firm houses Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking arms under the same roof, and even has a small PE fund.

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Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

In fact, the firm is already beating out heavyweights such as McKinsey, Bain, and Parthenon-EY for strategy projects in the tech sector due to better industry specialty. On the value creation side, Bulger Partners covers 13 different types of value assignments (growth strategy offerings, technical strategy, operations, etc.).

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Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

In fact, the firm is already beating out heavyweights such as McKinsey, Bain, and Parthenon-EY for strategy projects in the tech sector due to better industry specialty. On the value creation side, Bulger Partners covers 13 different types of value assignments (growth strategy offerings, technical strategy, operations, etc.).

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 11, 2019

This way I can show the interviewer I am 100% hypothesis driven and I don't ask any irrelevant data. Would you recommend this and what is your view about this as a past interviewer? Example 1: Company A faces profitability issues, please come up with strategies. . Hypothesis 1.1.3 – We can introduce a new product.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 13, 2019

Strategy Consulting. The leading firms that are generally associated with strategy consulting are McKinsey , BCG and Bain , also known as the MBBs. Service areas – or functional areas – can include strategy, operations, technology, human resources, mergers and acquisitions, among others. Internal Corporate Strategy Consulting.

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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.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 12, 2020

During the MBA program, besides attending classes and completing assignments, students also get involved in clubs, competitions, alumni meetings and informational interviews, all while applying for internships and jobs. Time management. In order to take on all of these responsibilities, one has to develop outstanding time management skills.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2018

Based on my experience and conversations with consultants, a typical due diligence project is shorter than a general strategy engagement (2-4 weeks vs. 6-12 weeks) with minimal travel and minimal client exposure. Table 1 – Framework for validating an M&A deal from a strategic and operational perspective. Image: Pexels.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 15, 2018

When it comes to recruiting the three big criteria are: networking, application package (cover letter, resume, and transcript), and interview. DO follow-up on my replies and build with natural conversation (good topics to mention are sports, food, and travel). The smoother it is, the better. Poor body language. How are they talking?

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Management Consulted

MARCH 12, 2017

Many lawyers we’ve heard from would rather be involved in proactive strategy vs. reactive strategy – being involved in setting a company’s course as opposed to being called in to fix something after it’s gone wrong. Not sure how to network effectively or reach out to cold contacts? On the plus side?

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

The Products Operating Group concentrates on Air Freight & Travel Service, Automotive, Consumer Goods & Services, Industrial Equipment, Infrastructure & Transportation Services, Life Sciences, and Retail. The Financial Services Operating Group concerns itself with Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. For more: [link].

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 30, 2020

family, business, finance, travel…) that ground you and make your journey meaningful, rewarding and impactful. Having conversations with fascinating individuals and being interviewed is one of the best ways to strengthen your thought leadership and theirs. Identify the pillars of your life (i.e. Have you identified it?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The most common ways of doing this are to send executives to build personal relationships with international business partners and to hire local distribution partners — or independent, third-party intermediaries — to represent their products or services overseas. For example, consider Dez Blanchfield , whom I interviewed.

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QEmploy

JULY 16, 2019

Preparing for interviews. Preparing for interviews. For instance, you have consulting within Business Strategy, Marketing, IT, Management and so on. A great possibility to travel. It is not unusual that consultants will travel to other countries to work on projects. Marketing and Sales strategy. Job Trends.

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Consulting Success

OCTOBER 16, 2017

She is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. 11 years ago, Dorie Clark was focused on one job — helping companies with their marketing strategies and social media presence. Staying Focused and Productive. 22:04] Tips for staying focused and productive. [26:42]

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 22, 2015

Tom: PIP appears to offer a broad range of services including Coaching & Training, Operations & Maintenance, as well as Strategy. Tom: Can you tell me a little bit about your interview process? Tom: What’s the most common mistake that candidates make during the interview process?

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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. In 1991, IBM approved a new world-wide services strategy to make IBM a world class services company by 1994. Consumer Products.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

Having a clear direction and strategy for your career early on can grant you amazing advantages, but so can keeping your options open and exploring the opportunities offered by consulting. Travel is an alluring carrot that attracts many young people towards consulting. Exit opportunities.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

Why is it that when a group of managers gets together for a strategic planning session they often emerge with a document that’s devoid of “strategy”, and often not even a plan ? ” The latter is a list of actions interspersed with a sprinkling of desired results, all utterly useless in terms of strategy.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 7, 2016

In short, Kash subscribes to the philosophy that demand in the market should come first before a product or service is offered, instead of creating a product or offering a service and then trying to gin up demand. Brand & Business Portfolio Strategy. Global Growth Strategy. Market Entry Strategy. Innovation.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 6, 2018

Leading up to the summer before my senior year of college I was searching through Google for my next travel destination when a pop-up ad directed me to a website about Mongolia, the land of nomadic culture and once the largest contiguous empire founded by Genghis Khan. Image: Pexels.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

These sorts of analyses are helping EY, where some of us work, by working with Microsoft Workplace Analytics to help clients to predict the likelihood of retaining key talent following an acquisition and to develop strategies to maximize retention. That helped us to optimize work design to achieve the result the client wanted.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

BTS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. A strategy execution and implementation firm based in Sweden, today the firm counts 59 of the U.S. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Household Products. BTS GROUP KEY STATS.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2017

And if you’re called in for an interview, should you acknowledge you might be overqualified? ” Your goal, therefore, is “ to make sure the interviewers don’t shy away from you.” Here are some possible strategies — along with some words of caution: Think big. Should you still apply?

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Igor Sechin, chief executive officer of state oil producer OAO Rosneft (ROSN) and a long-time ally of President Vladimir Putin, spent two days traveling by plane, ship and helicopter last week to announce a billion-barrel crude strike in the iceberg-prone Kara Sea region of Russia’s Arctic Ocean. “We

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2018

These intense work styles are often celebrated as the only way to get to the top and be a super-productive leader. ” In an interview, three CEOs rated as top performers by HBR said the job was 24/7 and admitted they weren’t great role models. But does it have to be that way? “We kept trying.

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