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Consulting’s Unofficial Interview Hurdle – The Airplane Test

Tom Spencer

There are many steps to take in preparing to apply and interview for a consulting position. If you are just starting out, you will find yourself editing your resume, preparing answers for experiential questions, and practicing business frameworks to use in the case interview. Rather, it can encompass the entire interview.

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The real advantage of case interview preparation

Tom Spencer

Consulting case interviews require lots of preparation. Consequently, if you want to be well prepared for your case interview, you will probably have to expect 1-2 months of intense preparation, after which it is not yet certain whether you will receive the job offer. In his free time, Till enjoys sports and going out into nature.

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How Soccer Helps You Prepare for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

The biggest challenge of getting into a consultancy is the case interviews. Fortunately, there are numerous resources to help you prepare for these case interviews. One mistake that almost all applicants make during their interview preparation is, although it may sound counterintuitive, to practice too many full cases.

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When to Seek Help from a Coach for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

It seems like coaching is a necessary part of the consulting interview prep process and without it you don’t have a chance of getting an offer. A coach can be a peer who is prepping for consulting interviews, a person willing to offer their time who has a consulting job, or someone who does coaching full time. When to seek out a coach.

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Ask these Six Questions in a Case Interview

Tom Spencer

One of the most difficult tasks in a case interview is to ask the right questions at the beginning of the case. Sometimes candidates even ask questions just for the sake of asking questions to give the interviewer the impression that they know what they are doing. In his free time, Till enjoys sports and going out into nature.

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Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot

Martinka Consulting

No matter how good someone is, they’re going to take their time, do multiple interviews, and thoroughly vet everybody. Sports are exciting because of upsets. With all the pre-employment tests, interviews, background checks, and more, it’s still a crapshoot. He never seemed to get this. Which brings me to the topic of this memo.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

ALIXPARTNERS INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . By all accounts, interviewing at AlixPartners is pretty rigorous, to put it lightly. A phone interview with someone in HR to assess your skills and qualifications etc. A phone interview with a consultant. In office interview with fit and case interviews. Healthcare.