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Boutique vs Large Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

Since graduation, I have had the pleasure of working for both a boutique and a large strategy consulting firm and wanted to share my insights on the differences in: Undergraduate recruiting. During the recruiting process, I was surprised that I had to answer interview questions on the retail and transportation industries!

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. In 1996, Simon-Kucher opened an office in Boston and began to put more of a focus on its other three practice areas: strategy, marketing, and sales. Practice Areas.

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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. Transportation. As with all boutique firms, putting their name on your resume is tantamount to labeling yourself a specialist in one particular area. Industries.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

By 2002, their agreement, their strategy and their implementation appeared to have paid off, as Alvarez & Marsal’s client base continued to diversify. Transportation and Infrastructure. There is also a lightweight focus on longer-term strategy, but the focus is really on near to medium-term changes. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

BearingPoint partners with the major technological suppliers, like Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, to develop solutions and strategies suiting their clients’ requirements. Strategy & Business Executive. Strategy & Business Executive. Air Transport. Rail Transport. Practice Areas.

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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews – Moving Up in a Down Economy

Management Consulted

While MBB’s main focus is strategy, economic consulting firms like NERA focus is on economics first and strategy second. . Industry Related Practices: Energy, Environmental Economics, Health Care and Life Sciences, Insurance, Postal Services, Communications Networks and Media, Transport, Water. . The key reason?

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Strategy Consulting & Research. Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) Transportation. While each practice also has its own formal training program to develop skills, FTI is like most firms in that the majority of your learning will happen “on the job”, so don’t expect to be fully prepared for whatever work ends up coming your way.