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Consulting 101: Preparing for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case interviews can seem like a daunting task. Thankfully, by taking tangible steps you can be well prepared for your case interviews. In my opinion, a productive place to begin is to watch videos about the case interview. Practice cases. My first case was terrible.

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5 Expert Tactics to Master the Case Interview

Management Consulted

To the uninitiated, the case interview can be more than a little bit terrifying. The main point of the case interview is to provide you with an opportunity to show the interviewer the great job you’d do if they hired you today and set you straight to work. Not tens, or hundreds, but thousands. 1 – Mental Math.

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Become a More Productive Learner

Harvard Business

Yet, unfortunately, this does not appear to be the case. On the corporate side, working professionals apply only about 15% of what they learn in many corporate training and development programs in many cases. In short, we have become less productive learners. Here are four ways to become a more productive learner.

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

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. Read books or listen to audiobooks on business and consulting.

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Case Interview: Beyond Common Frameworks

Tom Spencer

And as more and more candidates start to use them frequently, it is harder to impress the interviewers. Hence, I would like to give you two secret models to help you delight your interviewers. This market can be segmented in many ways, including by age of customers and product categories (step 2). Chart 1: Value Position Map.

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Are you creating remarkable products? - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Are you creating remarkable products? REMARKABLE products are products that are worth making a remark about. Case in point, the latest version of the NAO humanoid robot. Case Interviews. Definitions. Helpful Links. by Tom Spencer on December 15, 2011 · 0 comments. in Business Strategy. Categories.

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Growth Strategies

Tom Spencer

Growth strategy begins with identifying the source of the problem – you will want to look at customers, products, the company and its competitors. Addressing this type of case question is achievable, provided you can identify the root of the problem. Below we look at a specific case scenario. Source: Culturamix ).